Reina Sausedo Named Elite 13 Award Recipient
By: Alex Kline, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – Reina Sausedo has been named the 2023-24 women's basketball recipient of the Elite 13 Award, it was announced during a pregame ceremony by the CCAA on Thursday afternoon.
The Elite 13 Award, formerly the CCAA Championship Scholar Award, recognizes the academic and athletic achievement of the student-athlete by honoring the individual who has reached the conference championship level in his or her sport, while also achieving the highest academic standard among his or her peers.
Instituted in 2017-18, the award is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the final CCAA championship site in each conference-sponsored sport.
Sausedo, a Kinesiology major and a senior academically, has a cumulative undergraduate GPA of 4.00 – making her more than qualified for the award. In addition to excelling in the classroom, Sausedo has played in 22 games for the Broncos this season, scoring 102 points while grabbing 91 rebounds. She has played in a total of 357 minutes, averaging 16.2 per game.
The Ripon native is the fifth Bronco to win the award, and the first since the 2021-22 academic year. She is also the first Cal Poly Pomona women's basketball student-athlete to ever win the award.
Cal Poly Pomona Elite 13 Award Recipients
- Reina Sausedo – Women's Basketball (2023-24)
- Analexis Glaude – Women's Track & Field (2021-22)
- Ryon Knowles – Baseball (2021-22)
- Jeremiah Suzara – Men's Track & Field (2020-21)
- Jeremiah Suzara – Men's Cross Country (2019-20)
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