TEMPE, Ariz. -- Villanova women's tennis graduate student Sophia Edwards capped off her lone season on the Main Line in a big way this week, earning ITA Senior Player of the Year for the Northeast Region. 

The Intercollegiate Tennis Association recognized Edwards after an impressive campaign in which she was unanimously named to the All-BIG EAST First Team. The Florida native led the Wildcats to their first ever BIG EAST Championship match with a 12-6 record in No. 1 singles, winning 10 of her final 12 singles matches of the season and earning the conference's Singles Player of the Week honors in April. 

Edwards was also named to the PhillySIDA Academic All-Area Team in early June, becoming the second Wildcat women's tennis player in history to earn mention on the list.