Bowling Green State University Athletics
Hall of Fame
Linda Popovich Nicastro
- Induction:
- 1995
- Class:
- 1990
Linda (Popovich) Nicastro is one of the best student-athletes to ever attend BGSU.
On the court, as a setter, she was a three time All-MAC selection, one of only three players in school history to earn league honors three times; the MAC Freshman of the Year in 1986, the MAC Player of the Year in 1989, and along with Tammy Schiller, the first Falcon player ever to earn All-Mideast honors (second team, 1989).
Nicastro, a Battle Creek, Mich. native, also established BG career records for assists (4406, also a MAC record at the time), digs (1246, also a MAC record at the time), and aces (190, still stands).
Nicastro never missed a match in her four year career at BGSU. She was awarded the prestigious NCAA Walter Byers Postgraduate Scholarship in 1990 -- the second year that it was awarded.
Linda (Popovich) Nicastro was inducted to the BGSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1995.
On the court, as a setter, she was a three time All-MAC selection, one of only three players in school history to earn league honors three times; the MAC Freshman of the Year in 1986, the MAC Player of the Year in 1989, and along with Tammy Schiller, the first Falcon player ever to earn All-Mideast honors (second team, 1989).
Nicastro, a Battle Creek, Mich. native, also established BG career records for assists (4406, also a MAC record at the time), digs (1246, also a MAC record at the time), and aces (190, still stands).
Nicastro never missed a match in her four year career at BGSU. She was awarded the prestigious NCAA Walter Byers Postgraduate Scholarship in 1990 -- the second year that it was awarded.
Linda (Popovich) Nicastro was inducted to the BGSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1995.
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