Youngstown State senior Jaliyah Elliott was named the Alfreeda Goff Indoor Track and Field Female Athlete of the Year for the 2020 indoor season, the league office announced on Friday.
Due to a tie in the voting process, Oakland's Maggie Schneider was also awarded with the honors.
Elliott becomes the fourth female in program history to be honored with the award and the first since Jaynee Corbett in 2018. The Beloit, Wisconsin native was also named the Athlete of the Year during the 2019 outdoor season. She becomes just the third female in league history be honored with both awards, joining Milwaukee's Tenia Fisher and Wright State's Casandra Lloyd.
Elliott enters this weekend's Horizon League Championships with the league's fastest times in the 60m and 200m dashes. She also holds the 27th fastest 60m time in Division I at 7.33 seconds. Elliott was honored as the Horizon League Women's Runner of the Week three times this season on Feb. 4, Feb. 11 and Feb. 25. She won the 60m at the Akron Invitational, Kent State Doug Raymond National Qualifier and Al Campbell Invitational and was also the runner-up twice, including at the Penn State National Open on Jan. 31. In her lone 200m race of the season, Elliott took first at the season-opening YSU Icebreaker.
Oakland's Zach Stadnika received the Men's Alfreeda Goff Athlete of the Year honors.
The 2020 Horizon League Indoor Track & Field Championship will begin tomorrow at 9 a.m. from the WATTS.
