[Editor's Note: The CACC is doing a profile on each of the league's eight school nominees for the 2021-22 NCAA Woman of the Year Award. This installment features Chestnut Hill College's Bri Hewlett of the basketball and soccer teams.]
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (July 21, 2022) -- Chestnut Hill College women's basketball and soccer standout Bri Hewlett is her institution's nominee for the 2021-22 NCAA Woman of the Year Award, as announced by the national organization in early July. She is in the running for the prestigious honor by demonstrating success on the hardwood and pitch, in the classroom, and giving back to her local community. Hewlett is a terrific role model for young female athletes everywhere.
The following is a profile on Hewlett's impressive collegiate career which led to her honor as being Chestnut Hill's nominee for the national award. The NCAA will announce the conference's woman of the year award winner later this summer, as that individual(s) will move on for consideration for the national award with other conference honorees from all three divisions of the NCAA.
INFORMATION
Name: Bri Hewlett
School: Chestnut Hill College
Sport: Women's Basketball & Women's Soccer
Undergrad Majors: Computer & Information Sciences | Cybersecurity
Cumulative GPA: 3.95
EXCERPT FROM NCAA WOTY PERSONAL STATEMENT
"An early goal of mine as a student-athlete was to have a positive impact on others. When I was in middle school, my younger cousin was diagnosed with brain cancer. One of things that brought him a tremendous amount of joy was when the Penn State Men's Lacrosse team adopted him as a lifetime honorary team member through the Friends of Jaclyn Organization. Besides being a part of the team, I saw how the players and coaching staff became extended family. I approached our coach at Chestnut Hill to see how we could get involved in a similar program. We enrolled in Team Impact, a program in which sports teams are matched with children facing serious illnesses. In 2019, our Chestnut Hill basketball team was matched with Alice. Since then, she's helped us get pumped up for big games in the locker room, invited us to go bowling to celebrate her birthday, and participate in the annual Holiday Cookie Day at my house. As college athletes, it is easy to define yourself solely as an athlete, but being involved in organizations like Team Impact, allows us to see ourselves in a much broader perspective and feel lasting purpose outside of the sport. "
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES
♦ Friends of the Wissahickon Earth Day Cleanup (2022). Helped clear invasion species and plant new trees and flowers along the Wissahickon trail in Philadelphia.
♦ Peer Tutor (2019-22). Tutored multiple subjects in cybersecurity and computer science related courses.
♦ Soccer Team Captain (2021). One of the captains of the soccer team; helped lead the team to the program's best record.
♦ High Technology Crime Investigation Association Member (2018-Present). Attended professional conferences and meetings. Additionally, I helped organize a conference at my school.
♦ Chosen 300 Homeless Services (2019). On Martin Luther King Day, volunteered at a homeless service performing different tasks, like cleaning the facilities, organizing clothing, and setting up for an event.
♦ The Jordan Family Learning Center (2018). Members of the basketball team volunteered at a daycare. We played with the kids and participated in learning activities.
♦ Kiddie Prep Academy (2018). Members of the basketball team volunteered at a daycare. We played with the kids and participated in learning activities.
♦ Sole Sister Run (2018). The basketball team volunteered at a 5K run. We helped to direct traffic, setup and teardown the race.
ACADEMIC HONORS/SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS
♦ 2021-22: CACC Female Scholar Athlete of the Year...Chestnut Hill College President's Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement ... CACC Women's Basketball and Women's Soccer All Academic Teams.
♦ 2020-21: Chi Alpha Sigma Honor Society ... CACC Women's Basketball and Women's Soccer All-Academic Teams.
♦ 2019-20: CACC Women's Basketball All-Academic Team ... Sigma Zeta Honor Society Epsilon Pi Tau Honor Society.
♦ 2018-19: Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society ... IDHP Honors Program.
♦ Additional Honors: Dean's List all eight semesters ... Chestnut Hill Athletic Academic Honor Roll all eight semesters ... Graduated Summa Cum Laude with double major (Computer Science and Information Systems and Cybersecurity).
ATHLETIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS
♦ Third Team All-CACC - Women's Basketball 2021-22.
♦ Chestnut Hill College won the CACC South Division title 2021-22.
♦ 4x CACC Weekly Honor Roll 2021-22 season (Women's Basketball).
♦ CACC Goalkeeper of the Week (Women's Soccer).
♦ 2X CACC Weekly honor Roll 2021 (Women's Soccer).
