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Benner Named MEC Women's Sports Coach Of The Year

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. -- Wheeling Jesuit's Christy Benner has been named the Mountain East Conference Women's Sports Coach of the Year for 2015-16.

Benner directed the Cardinals to a historic season that saw Wheeling Jesuit capture the first NCAA championship in school and league history. WJU went 39-4 and won its third-straight MEC title and fifth-consecutive NCAA Atlantic Region championship last fall. From there, the Cardinals defeated Arkansas Fort-Smith and Western Washington to advance to the NCAA finals. Wheeling Jesuit then claimed the NCAA title with a 3-0 win over Palm Beach Atlantic.

Benner joins Shepherd football coach Monte Cater as MEC Coach of the Year recipients. The MEC Women's Sports Coach of the Year is selected by a vote of institutional administrators and the conference office. 

2015-16 Annual Award Winners
Men's Sports Coach of the Year: Monte Cater, Shepherd
Women's Sports Coach of the Year: Christy Benner, Wheeling Jesuit