GRINNELL, Iowa – Sara Booher '25, a recent graduate of Grinnell College, put together impressive credentials during her time on campus.

Booher has added one more accomplishment to that list today by being named the Midwest Conference Women's Athlete of the Year. She is just the fifth Grinnellian to claim the award, joining Sabrina Tang (2023), Morgan Bober (2012), Claire Reeder (2011) and Rachel Moskowitz (2006).

She now advances to consideration for the NCAA Woman of the Year.

Booher, a political science major with minors in education and environmental studies, starred on both the basketball court and as a track and field athlete.

On the court, Booher averaged a double-double in 2024-25 with 10.4 points and 10.6 rebounds a game. She also led the league and was among the best in the nation in blocked shots per game at 3.2. Booher, who established GC's first-ever triple-double for points, rebounds and blocked shots, set school records for career games played with 96 and rebounds in a season with 287. Her efforts helped Grinnell to its first MWC Tournament title game appearance in 34 years and 19 overall victories, just one win shy of the program record. In track and field, she ranks second all-time in the shot put on Grinnell's leader board.

Booher was Grinnell's Team Sport Athlete of the Year in 2024-25 and claimed the MWC Elite 20 Award for women's basketball. She was named a Chi Alpha Sigma inductee, All-MWC first team in basketball, All-MWC in track and field and Academic All-District in both sports.

Besides her athletic endeavors, Booher was a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) at both the conference and campus levels, worked for the Office of Admissions, was a Student Educational Policy Committee representative and served on GC's Athletic Hall of Fame Committee. She also served in the Grinnell Middle School Mentorship Program, assisted with the Grinnell Community Meal and was a teacher and literacy coordinator at the Grinnell Community Early Learning Center.

Booher won the GC President's Medal, Archibald Prize and Young W. Kihl Political Science Prize while also being inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. Additionally, Booher had an article published in the Washington University in St. Louis Undergraduate Law Review.