(Story courtesy UT-Dallas athletics)

RICHARDSON, Texas - After her first season with the UT Dallas women's basketball program, assistant coach Olivia Cicci has been honored as the Small College Assistant Coach of the Year by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches. Cicci is a 2017 graduate of Austin College, where she played for the 'Roo women's basketball program.

Cicci helped lead the Comets a 23-6 overall record as well as a fourth consecutive trip to the NCAA Division III National Tournament. UTD claimed the regular-season title of the American Southwest Conference's East Division, posting a 15-1 league record in 2019-20, with the Comets advancing to the semifinals of the ASC's postseason tournament. UTD collected a first-round victory in the NCAA D-III postseason for the third straight spring.

A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Cicci joined the Comets as a full-time assistant coach prior to the 2019-20 season after one season as an assistant coach at NCAA D-II Texas A&M-Commerce.