PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – UIndy student-athlete Pilar Echeverria highlighted her historic season by becoming the first-ever Greyhound to be named the PING WGCA Division II Player of the Year, announced at the NCAA DII Women's Golf Championships Thursday. The news comes on the heels of Echeverria's team-best seventh-place finish at Nationals.
 
A native of Guatemala City, Guatemala, Echeverria has set a number of records and firsts this year. She became a three-time medalist at regionals, racked up a program-record seven individual wins, and is on the verge of breaking her own single-season school mark for lowest scoring average (she's currently at 72.3).
 
Echeverria was also one of 12 student-athletes named to the WGCA DII All-America First Team, which was also announced Thursday at the Championships. It marks the third consecutive All-America First Team nod for the junior standout – another UIndy first.
 
Released at the NCAA Division II Women's Golf Awards Banquet earlier this week was the list of WGCA All-East Region Team. Four Greyhounds earned inclusion, including Echeverria, Cailyn Henderson, Kennedy Holtsclaw and Katharina Keilich. Keilich became the program's first-ever four-time all-region honor, Echeverria picked up her third all-region nod, while Henderson and Holtsclaw earned their first all-region accolades.