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Sherika Nicholas and Track and Field HC Stephanie Reilly at RIAWIA Banquet
Sherika Nicholas and Track and Field HC Stephanie Reilly at RIAWIA Banquet
Posted: May 11, 2011

Nicholas receives RIAIAW Award

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SMITHFIELD, R.I. - After completing one of the most successful four-year careers of any athlete to come through Bryant University, Sherika Nicholas (East Patchogue, N.Y.) was honored with the 2010-11 RIAIAW Distinguished Athlete Award in a ceremony last week at CCRI in Warwick, Rhode Island.

A four-year standout member of the Bryant indoor and outdoor track & field teams and two-year member of Bryant's women's volleyball team as a freshman and sophomore, Nicholas is the team's top sprinter, holding both the top time in the 100 meters (13.20) and the 200 meters (26.97) during the current outdoor season.

Outside of competition, Nicholas is an active member of the Zeta Phi Beta sorority and serves as the Chair of the Finer Womanhood Committee and Director of Public Relations.  She has helped create, implement and promote various events and activities that emphasize the importance of wholeness in mind, body and spirit.

During the past three years, she has been an assistant in the Hochberg Women's Center, where she helped implement new events and activities for various awareness programs.