Bowling Green State University

Women's Track & Field

2021-22 Recipient

Zaresha Neal (Sr. | Findlay, Ohio) is a six-time All-MAC thrower at Bowling Green State. She qualified for regionals three times while competing in the shot put and discus. Neal set a program record and won the MAC Outdoor Track & Field Championship in the discus as a senior and earned Second Team All-America honors in the shot during the indoor season this past winter. In the classroom, Neal has landed on the Dean’s List nine times and is a five-time Academic All-Conference honoree thanks to a 4.0 GPA. Neal has also been an active member of BGSU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, contributing to athletics-related planning and advocating for student-athletes on campus and around the country. Neal is the second Bowling Green State student-athlete in history to receive Chi Alpha Sigma Scholar Athlete of the Year honors, joining former Falcons thrower Aliyah Gustafson, who won the inaugural award in 2018-19.