TUSCALOOSA, Ala. | The 2019 Alabama Sports Writers Association awards banquet was held on Sunday at the Capstone Hotel, and The University of Alabama in Huntsville women's lacrosse team was represented by Nicole Federovitch as the organization's Small College Athlete of the Year at the event in honor of her terrific senior campaign.
 
A native of Barnegat, New Jersey, Federovitch is the first UAH student-athlete to garner the honor since former UAH men's basketball standout Jaime Smith was selected in 2013.
 
Federovitch – who was recognized as a Gulf South Conference Top Ten Award winner last month – has been the UAH women's lacrosse program's offensive leader from the team's inaugural season in 2016 through the 2019 GSC Championship campaign, as she became a three-time GSC Player of the Year this season by leading the league and ranking sixth in NCAA Division II with 115 points on 67 goals and 48 assists.
 
She led all active career players nationally in 2019 with 400 career points on 271 goals and 129 assists, ranking fourth all-time in career points in NCAA Division II history.
 
Federovitch additionally finishes in the top 10 in NCAA Division II history in career goals with her 271 career tallies.
 
In her time with the Chargers, Federovitch led the squad to the GSC invitational final all four years along with GSC regular season titles in 2017 and 2019, while boasting an overall record of 57-17 and 22-5 in GSC play since 2016.