INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA has announced the 134 conference and independent nominees for its 18th annual Woman of the Year award. The nominees represent all three divisions and have excelled in academics, athletics, leadership and community service.
The top 10 honorees per Division will be announced later this month followed by the selection of the top three honorees per division. The Woman of the Year will be announced at an awards dinner in Indianapolis on October 19.
Honorees are selected based on academic achievement, service and leadership activities, athletics excellence, and a personal statement describing benefits she has gained from her experience as a student-athlete.
To be eligible for this honor, female student-athlete must have earned a varsity letter in an NCAA-sponsored sport and competed during the 2007-08 academic year. Each individual must have completed intercollegiate eligibility in her primary sport by the end of the 2008 spring season and carry a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 2.5.
This year’s conference and independent nominees are:
America East Conference
Dana Hastie
Stony Brook University (Division I) Women’s Cross Country, Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor
America East Conference
Sarah Hudak
Boston University (Division I) Women’s Field Hockey
American Southwest Conference
Michelle Heckmann
Concordia University Texas (Division III) Women’s Volleyball
American Southwest Conference
Tarra Richardson
McMurry University (Division III) Women’s Basketball
Atlantic 10 Conference
Sarah-Jo Lawrence
George Washington University (Division I) Women’s Basketball
Atlantic 10 Conference
Lindsey Ozimek
University of North Carolina, Charlotte (Division I) Women’s Soccer
Atlantic Coast Conference
Kandia Batchelor
Florida State University (Division I) Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
Atlantic Coast Conference
Jessica Botzum
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Division I) Women’s Swimming
Atlantic Sun Conference
Volha Batsula
East Tennessee State University (Division I) Women’s Tennis
Big 12 Conference
Sarah Pavan
University of Nebraska, Lincoln (Division I) Women’s Volleyball
Big 12 Conference
Sally Kipyego
Texas Tech University (Division I) Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
Big East Conference
Allie Quigley
DePaul University (Division I) Women’s Basketball
Big East Conference
Jillian Drouin
Syracuse University (Division I) Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
Big Ten Conference
Molly Crispell
Pennsylvania State University (Division I) Women’s Swimming
Big Sky Conference
Laura Cote
University of Montana (Division I) Women’s Basketball
Big South Conference
Stephanie Reid
Winthrop University (Division I) Women’s Softball
Big South Conference
Allyson Fasnacht
Liberty University (Division I) Women’s Basketball
Big West Conference
Bethany Nickless
University of California, Santa Barbara (Division I) Women’s Cross Country and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
California Collegiate Athletic Association
Katherine Bagwell
California State University, Chico (Division II) Women’s Soccer and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
Capital Athletic Conference Inc
Susan Ackermann
Salisbury University (Division III) Women’s Lacrosse
Centennial Conference
Emily Hinchcliff
Haverford College (Division III) Women’s Volleyball
Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference
Heather Walker
Georgian Court University (Division II) Women’s Softball and Women’s Volleyball
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Kim Moore
Shaw University (Division II) Women’s Tennis and Women’s Volleyball
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Celeste Trahan
Elizabeth City State University (Division II) Women’s Basketball
College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin
Sarah Richardson
Wheaton College (Illinois) (Division III) Women’s Soccer
College Hockey America
Ashley King
Wayne State University (Michigan) (Division II) Women’s Hockey
Colonial Athletic Association
Megan Moulton-Levy
College of William and Mary (Division I) Women’s Tennis
Colonial Athletic Association
Colleen Walsh
University of Delaware (Division I) Women’s Volleyball
Commonwealth Conference
Erin Fisher
Elizabethtown College (Division III) Women’s Cross Country, Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
The Commonwealth Coast Conference
Kacie Gallo
Salve Regina University (Division III) Women’s Soccer and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
Conference Carolinas
Samantha Mitchell
Mount Olive College (Division II) Women’s Volleyball and Women's Outdoor Track and Field
Conference USA
Marissa Daniels
Rice University (Division I) Women’s Cross Country, Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
Conference USA
Jami Tullius
University of Texas at El Paso (Division I) Women’s Soccer
Division III Independents
Holly Andrews
Nebraska Wesleyan University (Division III) Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
East Coast Conference
Diana Redman
Queens College (New York) (Division II) Women’s Soccer and Women’s Indoor Track and Field
Empire 8
Natalia Chabebe
Stevens Institute of Technology (Division III) Women’s Fencing
Empire 8
Emily Lesher
Nazareth College (Division III) Women’s Swimming
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Rachel Folcik
Ferris State University (Division II) Women’s Basketball
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Kirby Blackley
University of Findlay (Division II) Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
Great Lakes Valley Conference
Elizabeth Holmes
Northern Kentucky University (Division II) Women’s Volleyball
Great Northeast Athletic Conference
Jillian Leger
Saint Joseph's College (Maine)(Division III) Women’s Soccer
Great Northwest Athletic Conference
Courtney Schneider
Western Washington University (Division II) Women’s Volleyball
Great Northwest Athletic Conference
Jackie Thomas
Seattle University (Division II) Women’s Basketball
Gulf South Conference
Ashton Washington
University of West Alabama (Division II) Women’s Basketball
Heartland Conference
Kristen Gascoyne
St. Edward's University (Division II) Women’s Soccer
Horizon League
Jessica Weidert
Wright State University (Division I) Women’s Swimming
Independent
Jennifer Artichuk
Delta State University (Division II) Women’s Swimming
Independent
Dena Baskous
New Jersey Institute of Technology (Division II) Women’s Soccer
Independent
Courtney Arno-Templet
Texas Woman's University (Division II) Women’s Gymnastics
Independent
Sheralyn Briggs
University at Buffalo, the State University of New (Division I) Women’s Crew
Independent
Aisha Brown
North Carolina Central University (Division II) Women’s Cross Country, Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
Independent
Elizabeth Enyart
U.S. Air Force Academy (Division I) Women’s Fencing
Independent
Faith Greenawalt
Tiffin University (Division II) Women’s Tennis
Independent
Jennifer Hukill
North Carolina Central University (Division II) Women’s Basketball
Independent
Meghann Morrill
University of Nevada (Division I) Women’s Rifle
Independent
Ashley Postell
University of Utah (Division I) Women’s Gymnastics
Iowa Intercol. Athletic Conf.
Ashley Rogers
Wartburg College (Division III) Women’s Softball and Women’s Volleyball
Ivy Group
Jesse Carlin
University of Pennsylvania (Division I) Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
Ivy Group
Sarah Wu
Brown University (Division I) Women’s Crew
Landmark Conference
Emily Blatter
Goucher College (Division III) Women’s Lacrosse
Liberty League
Nicole Tetreault
Hamilton College (Division III) Women’s Lacrosse and Women’s Soccer
Little East Conference
Christie Lotti
Rhode Island College (Division III) Women’s Softball
Lone Star Conference
Rachel Ingram
Southwestern Oklahoma State University (Division II) Women’s Cross Country
Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference
Colleen Feeney
Bridgewater State College (Division III) Women’s Basketball
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Brittany Bisnott
Niagara University (Division I) Women’s Soccer
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Jaclyn O'Leary
Iona College (Division I) Women’s Lacrosse
Michigan Intercol. Ath. Assn.
Sarah Wittingen
Calvin College (Division III) Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
Mid-American Conference
Stephanie Swiger
Bowling Green State University (Division I) Women’s Volleyball
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association
Jill Johnson
Missouri Western State University (Division II) Women’s Basketball
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf.
Morgan Maxwell
Howard University (Division I) Women’s Volleyball
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf.
Jessica Worsley
University of Maryland, Eastern Shore (Division I) WBW
Midwest Conference
Ashley Yeast
Monmouth College (Illinois) (Division III) Women’s Basketball and Women’s Volleyball
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Maria Bye
University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) (Division III) Women’s Softball
Missouri Valley Conference
Sara Lungren
Wichita State University (Division I) Women’s Volleyball
Mountain West Conference
Chelsea Goodman
Brigham Young University (Division I) Women’s Volleyball
Mountain West Conference
Dionne Marsh
University of New Mexico (Division I) Women’s Basketball
New England Small College Athletic Conference
Grace Moore
Bowdoin College (Division III) Women’s Lacrosse and Women’s Soccer
New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference
Doria Holbrook
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Division III) Women’s Swimming
New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference
Shanti Freitas
Smith College (Division III) Women’s Swimming
New Jersey Athletic Conference
Lizzelle Cintron
New Jersey City University, Volleyball
New Jersey Athletic Conference
Jackie Ferranti
Montclair State University, Softball
No. Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Jill Smolczyk
University of South Dakota (Division II) Women’s Swimming
No. Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Ashley Homan
St. Cloud State University (Division II) Women’s Softball
North Atlantic Conference
Rebecca Allen
Maine Maritime Academy (Division III) Women’s Volleyball
North Coast Athletic Conference
Erin Gorsich
Denison University (Division III) Women’s Tennis
Northeast-10 Conference
Alison Lesher
Le Moyne College (Division II) Women’s Swimming
Northeast Conference
Ann Marie Mangano
Quinnipiac University (Division I) Women’s Field Hockey
Northern Athletics Conference
Catherine Chappell
Milwaukee School of Engineering (Division III) Women’s Basketball, Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
Kallie Tellefson
Winona State University (Division II) Women’s Soccer
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
Kira Wannebo
Northern State University (Division II) Women’s Soccer
Northwest Conference
Sarah Zerzan
Willamette University (Division III) Women’s Cross Country and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
Ohio Valley Conference
Beth Boden
Tennessee Technological University (Division I) Women’s Softball
Old Dominion Athletic Conference
Amy Roberson
Washington and Lee University (Division III) Women’s Swimming
Old Dominion Athletic Conference
Kelly Gonzalez
Guilford College (Division III) Women’s Lacrosse Peach Belt Conference
Patriot League
Denise Infante
American University (Division I) Women’s Field Hockey
Pacific-10 Conference
Arianna Lambie
Stanford University (Division I) Women’s Cross Country, Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
Pacific West Conference
Sheila Johnson
Grand Canyon University (Division II) Women’s Tennis
Patriot League
Christine Smith
Lehigh University (Division I) Women’s Field Hockey and Women’s Lacrosse
Peach Belt Conference
Amanda Gerolstein
University of South Carolina Aiken (Division II) Women’s Volleyball
Peach Belt Conference
Tiara Good
Lander University (Division II) Women’s Basketball
The Pennsylvania Athletic Conference
Ericka Morrison
Misericordia University (Division III) Women’s Basketball
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
Brittany Pikur
Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Division II) Women’s Lacrosse and Women’s Soccer
Presidents' Athletic Conference
Halley Brus
Chatham University (Division III) Women’s Softball, Women’s Soccer, and Women’s Swimming
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
Nicole Schwab
Fort Lewis College (Division II) Women’s Volleyball
Skyline Conference
Jennifer Martinez
St. Joseph's College (Long Island) (Division III) Women’s Softball
South Atlantic Conference
Heloisa de Oliveira
Lincoln Memorial University (Division II) Women’s Soccer
South Atlantic Conference
Melissa DeLuca
Wingate University (Division II) Women’s Volleyball
Southland Conference
Joyce Ekworomadu
Texas State University-San Marcos (Division I) Women’s Basketball
Southland Conference
Brooke Necaise
Southeastern Louisiana University (Division I) Women’s Basketball
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.
Natalie Calderon
University of Redlands (Division III) Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
Katherine Doogan
DePauw University (Division III) Women’s Swimming
Southern Conference
Brenna Burns
Davidson College (Division I) Women’s Cross Country, Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
Southern Conference
Alex Anderson
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Division I) Women’s Basketball
Southeastern Conference
Nkolika Anosike
University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Division I) Women’s Basketball
Southeastern Conference
Stacy Lewis
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (Division I) Women’s Golf
Southwestern Athletic Conference
Janna Moore-Calliste
Texas Southern University (Division I) Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
Southwestern Athletic Conference
Nyasha Chambwe
Jackson State University (Division I) Women’s Basketball
St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Emily Forbes
Eureka College (Division III) Women’s Softball and Women’s Volleyball
State University of New York Athletic Conference
Michelle Coombs
State University College at New Paltz (Division III) Women’s Swimming
The Summit League
Lisa Bue
North Dakota State University (Division II) Women’s Basketball
The Summit League
Halee Clark
Oral Roberts University (Division I) Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
Sun Belt Conference
Rachael Runnels
University of North Texas (Division I) Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor
Sun Belt Conference
Jenna Billingsley
University of Denver (Division I) Women’s Soccer
Sunshine State Conference
Virginia Davenport
Saint Leo University (Division II) Women’s Soccer
Sunshine State Conference
Alexandra Schunk
Lynn University (Division II) Women’s Tennis
University Athletic Association
Esther Erb
Case Western Reserve University (Division III) Women’s Cross Country, Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor
USA South Athletic Conference
Ashley Hay
Christopher Newport University (Division III) Women’s Field Hockey
USA South Athletic Conference
Jenee Johnson
Greensboro College (Division III) Women’s Softball
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Sarah Schettle
University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh (Division III) Women’s Cross Country, Women’s Swimming, Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor
Western Athletic Conference
Melinda Owen
University of Idaho (Division I) Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor
West Coast Conference
Jenna Shay
Pepperdine University (Division I) Women’s Soccer
West Coast Conference
Stephanie Cox (Lopez)
University of Portland (Division I) Women’s Soccer
Western Collegiate Hockey Association
Bobbi Ross
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (Division I) Women’s Hockey
West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Amanda Lyons
Wheeling Jesuit University (Division II) Women’s Soccer
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