NMU’s Colla honored for work on and off the court

MARQUETTE — NMU’s Alyssa Colla graduated with an award winning GPA while having a great season for the Wildcats basketball team.

Colla was honored today by the GLIAC as a recipient of the conference’s commissioner’s award. The award is presented after each athletic season to six female and six male student–athletes who excel both in their respective sport and in the classroom.

Colla average 18 points per game this past season while maintaining a 3.91 GPA as a public relations major at NMU. Among her other distinctions are First Team All–GLIAC and the Daktronics All–Region team.