TROY, N.Y. - The Liberty League has announced its year-end award winners in women's outdoor track & field and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) student-athlete Emma McGuinn has been recognized as the Rookie of the Year. She is RPI's first women's outdoor Rookie of the Year since Aurora Freedman was chosen in 2016.

A freshman, McGuinn (Broomall, PA / Academy of Notre Dame de Namur) competed in the 100 Hurdles in 10 meets this spring, including the NCAA Division III Championship. She was first in the event six times: Capital District Classic (14.71), Farley Invitational (14.92), RPI Under the Lights (14.72), vs. Bates & Tufts (15.21), at Hamilton (14.94), and at Wesleyan (15.31). She ran a school record 14.17 in finishing second at the Liberty League Championship and then set a new mark when she clocked a 14.08 in the preliminaries at the NCAA Meet. McGuinn finished 12th at nationals.

The Liberty League Rookie of the Week six times in outdoor and 10 times overall, she also ran the 100 and 200 dashes. Her season best in the 200 was 26.60, which she accomplished at Hamilton on April 1, while her top 100 time was 12.93 at the Farley Invitational, which was hosted by Williams.

A chemical engineering major, McGuinn earned Dean's Honor List recognition in both of her semesters in her first year.