Bolingbrook Resident Named Female Athlete of the Year

Bolingbrook resident and St. Dominic Catholic School Alum Mia Farrell recently was named Female Athlete of the Year at The University of Chicago. Mia, while playing Basketball for UChicago has over a dozen spots in the University of Chicago record books including No. 2 in free throws made, No. 4 in three-point percentage, No. 10 in steals, No. 5 in school history for points scored and No. 5 for points in a single season. This past season she was also named First Team All-UAA (conference award) and Co-Defensive Player of the year in addition to Second-Team All-Region by D3Hoops.com.

The Chicago Maroon newspaper named Farrell, along with 2 fellow senior teammates “Female Athletes of the Year”. These players left a mark on the program. During Mia’s four years playing for the University of Chicago, the team made it to four straight NCAA Tournament appearances and won their conference title twice while going undefeated for one of their conference titles.

Mia will graduate in June with an undergraduate degree in Public Policy and plans to go to DePaul University in the fall for Grad School to obtain her Masters in Public Administration.