Abby Gonzales is required to be a leader not only in the classroom as a student teacher, but also on the court as a member of the University of Delaware women’s basketball program. Her efforts on and off the court were recognized by the Colonial Athletic Association this week when she was named the winner of the conference’s Dean Ehler’s Leadership Award.

The Ehlers Award is presented annually to a men’s and women’s basketball student-athlete who “embodies the highest standards of leadership, integrity and sportsmanship in conjunction with his academic athletic achievement.”

She becomes just the second student-athlete in Delaware women’s basketball history to receive the honor.