Kassie Parker of Loras was named the Women’s Scholar Athlete of the Year for the 2022 NCAA Division III Cross Country season. Parker, who hails from Guttenberg, Iowa, and majors in Coaching Leadership, won the individual title at the 2022 NCAA DIII Cross Country Championships in East Lansing, Michigan. This is the second year in a row that Parker has been named the Women’s Scholar Athlete of the Year, making her the first athlete to do so since Sarah Zerzan of Willamette in 2006 and 2007.