Karenna Groff, a former MIT soccer player once named the NCAA woman of the year, was one of six people killed in a plane crash.

A private plane that crashed in upstate New York over the weekend was carrying a close-knit family of physicians and distinguished recent student-athletes, bound for a trip to the Catskills for a birthday celebration and the Passover holiday.

Karenna Groff, NCAA Woman of the Year, was among six people killed in a small plane crash in Copake, New York on Saturday.The other victims include her parents, her brother, his partner and Karenna's boyfriend.