AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Track & Field heptathlete Ashtin Zamzow is the 2018-19 Big 12 Female Athlete of the Year, the league office announced Thursday. A three-time Big 12 individual champion and the NCAA heptathlon winner in 2019, Zamzow is the first track & field athlete to win the conference honor since Texas A&M's Jessica Beard in 2010-11.
"It has been an absolute honor to compete in one of the most historically-competitive conferences in the country, let alone be named the best female athlete within it," Zamzow said. "I certainly wouldn't be the person I am today without being challenged and pushed by some of the greatest athletes, coaches and professors the country has to offer at UT.