INDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA today announced the names of 132 NCAA female student athletes who have received Woman of the Year recognition from their conferences and independent institutions. These selections came from all three divisions and multiple sports. The women will vie for the 2009 NCAA Woman of the Year award that will be presented at a dinner in Indianapolis on October 18, 2009.
A committee composed of representatives from NCAA member schools and conferences will select the Top 30 – 10 from each division – from the conference and independent nominees. The Top 30 will be announced in September and from the Top 30 honorees, nine finalists – three from each division – will be chosen. The NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics will select the national winner from the pool of nine finalists and announce the recipient during the 2009 Woman of the Year dinner.
The 2008 NCAA Woman of the year was Tennessee women’s basketball standout Nkolika Anosike.
Below is the list of the 2009 NCAA Woman of the Year conference nominees.
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Conference Winners |
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Conference
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Name
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Division
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Institution
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Sport(s)
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Allegheny Mountain CC
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Katie Moore
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III
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Pittsburgh-Bradford
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Basketball, cross country
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America East
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Kristen Millar
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I
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Vermont
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Lacrosse
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America East
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Ashley Ross
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I
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Albany
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Field hockey, lacrosse
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American Southwest
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Ashley Huston
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III
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Hardin-Simmons
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Basketball, indoor and outdoor track and field
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Atlantic 10
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Lamarra Currie
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I
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Charlotte
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Indoor and outdoor track and field
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Atlantic 10
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Lauren Olson
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I
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Saint Louis
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Soccer
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ACC
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Amanda Blumenherst
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I
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Duke
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Golf
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Atlantic Sun
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Natasha Harvey
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I
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Jacksonville
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Indoor and outdoor track and field
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Big 12
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Loren Groves
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I
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Kansas State
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Indoor and outdoor track and field
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Big 12
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Yolanda Odenyo
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I
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Oklahoma State
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Soccer
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Big East
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Jennifer Kleinhans
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I
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Connecticut
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Field hockey
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Big East
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Katie Rowan
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I
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Syracuse
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Lacrosse
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Big Sky
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Nubia Garcia
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I
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Montana State
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Basketball
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Big Sky
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Mandy Morales
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I
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Montana
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Basketball
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Big South
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Lisa Kingsmore
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I
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Winthrop
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Softball
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Big Ten
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Ladia Albertson-Junkans
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I
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Minnesota
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Cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field
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Big West
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Katy Freeman
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I
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UC Santa Barbara
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Swimming
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Big West
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Jenae Gibbens
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I
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Cal State Fullerton
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Soccer
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California Collegiate
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Jasimen Bailey
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II
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Cal State Stanislaus
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Indoor and outdoor track and field
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California Collegiate
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Meghan Haas
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II
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Cal State San Bernardino
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Volleyball
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CAC
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Briana McDowell
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III
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St. Mary’s (Maryland)
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Swimming
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Centennial
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Caitlin Mullarkey
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III
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Swarthmore
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Basketball, soccer, indoor and outdoor track and field
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CACC
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Kim Galvin
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II
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Georgian Court
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Cross country
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CIAA
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Farrah Sells
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II
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St. Paul’s
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Softball
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CIAA
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Tiffany Toney
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II
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Bowie State
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Softball, volleyball, indoor and outdoor track and field
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CUNYAC
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Catherine Alves
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III
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Hunter
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Softball
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CUNYAC
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Fiosa Begai
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III
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Staten Island
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Soccer
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CCIW
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Nicole Spear
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III
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Illinois Wesleyan
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Golf
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CHA
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Valerie Chouinard
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I
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Mercyhurst
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Ice hockey
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Colonial
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Candace Gonzales
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I
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Georgia State
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Soccer
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Colonial
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Brittany Woodfield
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I
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Towson
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Lacrosse
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Colonial States
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Diane Bergman
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III
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Neumann
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Field hockey
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Commonwealth
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Annie McMahon
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III
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Albright
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Basketball
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Commonwealth Coast
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Allegra Lovoy
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III
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Salve Regina
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Basketball
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Conference Carolinas
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Mary-Ashley Davino
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II
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Queens (North Carolina)
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Soccer
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Conference Carolinas
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Tomeka Prichard
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II
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Mount Olive
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Basketball
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Conference USA
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Kendra Reed
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I
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Southern Mississippi
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Basketball
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Conference USA
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Eleanor Waite
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I
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Rice
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Cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field
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Division III Independents
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Jordean Matthews
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III
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Lincoln (Pennsylvania)
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Softball, volleyball, indoor and outdoor track and field
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East Coast
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Samantha Johnston
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II
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Adelphi
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Softball, volleyball
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ECAC DIII Women's West
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Kayla Coady
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III
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Elmira
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Golf, ice hockey
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Empire 8
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Laura Persico
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III
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Nazareth
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Softball, volleyball
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Freedom
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Jamie Wargo
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III
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Misericordia
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Field hockey, lacrosse
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GLIAC
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Kathleen Scott
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II
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Lake Superior State
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Cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field
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GLIAC
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Kathleen Tafler
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II
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Grand Valley State
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Soccer
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GLVC
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Tamara McCaskill
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II
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Missouri S&T
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Basketball, outdoor track
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Great Northeast
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Cathryn LaRiviere
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III
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Emmanuel (Massachusetts)
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Cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field
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Great Northwest
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Claire Grubbs
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II
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Seattle Pacific
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Soccer
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Great Northwest
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Ashley Puga
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II
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Northwest Nazarene
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Cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field
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Gulf South
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Kayla Allison
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II
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Arkansas Tech
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Volleyball
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Gulf South
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Suzana Cavalcante
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II
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West Florida
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Tennis
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Heartland Collegiate
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Justine Johnston
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III
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Defiance
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Softball
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Heartland
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Kelsey Yeatts
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II
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St. Edward’s
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Soccer
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Horizon
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Karen Korb
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I
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Valparaiso
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Softball
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Horizon
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Jaqueline Nortman
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I
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Detroit Mercy
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Softball
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Independent
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Kristina Baskett
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I
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Utah
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Gymnastics
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Independent
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Jacquelin Darby
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I
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Chicago State
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Indoor and outdoor track and field
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Independent
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Fiona Wan
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I
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Chicago State
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Golf
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Independent
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Stacy Bjorlie
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II
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South Dakota
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Swimming and diving
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Independent
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Amie Boles
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II
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Texas Woman’s
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Gymnastics
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Independent
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Iulia Doci
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II
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New Jersey Institute
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Tennis
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Independent
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Aubrey Panis
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II
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UC San Diego
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Swimming and diving
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Iowa Intercollegiate
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Kelsey Steffens
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III
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Wartburg
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Indoor and outdoor track and field, volleyball
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Ivy
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Jeomi Maduka
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I
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Cornell
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Basketball, indoor and outdoor track and field
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Ivy
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Kristin Schwab
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I
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Princeton
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Field hockey, lacrosse
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Landmark
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Amber Thomas
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III
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Juniata
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Volleyball
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Liberty League
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Emily Love
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III
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Vassar
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Swimming and diving
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Little East
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Kayla Fleming
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III
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Rhode Island
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Soccer, indoor and outdoor track and field
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Lone Star
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Emily Brister
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II
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West Texas A&M
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Basketball
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Lone Star
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Chrissie Cooper
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II
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Tarleton State
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Tennis
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MASCAC
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Marlee Berg
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III
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Westfield State
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Indoor and outdoor track and field
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MAAC
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Ahna Johnson
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I
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Fairfield
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Soccer
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Michigan Intercol.
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Nora Kuiper
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III
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Hope
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Outdoor track and field
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MIAA
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Venessa Lee
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II
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Pittsburg State
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Cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field
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MAC
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LeVania Henderson
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I
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Kent State
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Indoor and outdoor track and field
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MAC
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Ashley Vogl
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I
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Western Michigan
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Volleyball
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Middle Atlantic
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Tiffany Kulp
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III
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Elizabethtown
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Cross country, indoor track
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MEAC
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Loreal Smith
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I
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North Carolina A&T
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Indoor and outdoor track and field
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Midwest
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Tanesha Hughes
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III
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Monmouth (Illinois)
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Basketball, indoor and outdoor track and field, volleyball
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MIAC
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Katherine Theisen
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III
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St. Thomas (Minnesota)
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Cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field
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Missouri Valley
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Brooke Demo
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I
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Wichita State
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Indoor and outdoor track and field
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Mountain Pacific
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Anna Poponyak
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I
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Oregon
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Lacrosse
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Mountain West
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Brittany Meade
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I
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UNLV
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Softball
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Mountain West
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Gayle Tripp
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I
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New Mexico
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Volleyball
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NECC
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Jill Bigos
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III
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Elms
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Cross country
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NESCAC
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Elise Tropiano
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III
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Amherst
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Cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field
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NEWMAC
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Kate Sorenson
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III
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Wellesley
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Swimming and diving
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NJAC
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Melissa Baumgartner
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III
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Richard Stockton
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Softball
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North Atlantic
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Nicole St.Pierre
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III
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Maine Maritime
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Volleyball
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North Coast
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Tracy Menzel
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III
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Kenyon
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Swimming and diving
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Northeast
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Alexandra Tomlinson
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I
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Wagner
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Swimming, water polo
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Northeast-10
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Kailey Egbert
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II
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Saint Rose
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Soccer
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Northern Athletics
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Megan Scheele
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III
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Edgewood
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Basketball
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Northwest
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Lindsay Nixon
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III
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Lewis & Clark
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Swimming and diving
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Ohio Valley
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Amber Guffey
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I
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Murray State
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Basketball
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ODAC
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Anne Van Devender
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III
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Washington and Lee
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Soccer
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Pacific West
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Akimi Kifune
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II
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Hawaii Hilo
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Tennis
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Pacific-10
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Lacey Nymeyer
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I
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Arizona
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Swimming and diving
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Patriot
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Elizabeth Barnes
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I
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Navy
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Soccer
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Patriot
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Curry Knox
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I
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Colgate
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Indoor and outdoor track and field
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Peach Belt
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Stevi Korczyk
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II
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Georgia Southwestern
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Cross country
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PSAC
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Madeleine Outman
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II
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Indiana (Pennsylvania)
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Indoor and outdoor track and field
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PAC
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Autumn Minor
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III
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Waynesburg
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Softball
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Skyline
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Kaitlin Olmstead
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III
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Sage Colleges
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Volleyball
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SAC
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Anna Atkinson
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II
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Wingate
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Basketball
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SEC
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Ashleigh Clare-Kearney
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I
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LSU
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Gymnastics
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SEC
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Katie Heenan Dodson
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I
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Georgia
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Gymnastics
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SCIAC
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Rebecca Willis
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III
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Redlands
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Soccer
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Southern Collegiate
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Melanie Auguste
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III
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Colorado College
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Basketball
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Southern Collegiate
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Amanda Stier
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III
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DePauw
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Swimming and diving
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Southern
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Val Kikkert
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I
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Samford
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Soccer
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Southland
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Kamryn Koch
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I
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McNeese State
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Soccer
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Southland
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Andrea Simancas
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I
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Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
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Softball
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SWAC
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Mireille LeBlanc
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I
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Jackson State |
Golf
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SWAC
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Almarie Soto-Ortiz
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I
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Southern University |
Soccer
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SLIAC
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Kerry Hammer
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III
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Greenville |
Indoor and outdoor track and field, volleyball
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SLIAC
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Christina Speer
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III
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Principia |
Basketball, volleyball
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SUNYAC
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Julia Hopson
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III
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Fredonia State |
Indoor and outdoor track and field
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Summit League
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Laura Hermanson
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I
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North Dakota State |
Cross country, soccer, indoor and outdoor track and field
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Sun Belt
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Rawia Elsisi
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I
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Troy |
Tennis
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Sun Belt
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Karli Hubbard
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I
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Louisiana-Lafayette |
Softball
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Sunshine State
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Shyla Rider
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II
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Barry |
Softball
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UAA
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Anat Ben Nun
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III
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Brandeis |
Indoor track
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UAA
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Dani Huffman
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III
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Emory |
Volleyball
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USA South
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Erin Wojtkun
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III
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Christopher Newport |
Soccer
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West Coast
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Noelle Lopez
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I
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Santa Clara |
Cross country, outdoor track and field
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West Coast
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Julie Rubenstein
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I
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Pepperdine |
Volleyball
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West Virginia Intercollegiate
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Merissa Larrew
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II
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Pittsburgh-Johnstown |
Outdoor track and field, volleyball
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WAC
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Annett Wichmann
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I
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Hawaii |
Cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field
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WCHA
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Jessie Vetter
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I
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Wisconsin |
Ice hockey
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WIAC
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Elizabeth Kooistra
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III
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Wisconsin-Eau Claire |
Soccer, indoor and outdoor track and field
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WIAC
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Jessica Scott
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III
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Wisconsin-Platteville |
Cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field
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