Lia Thomas, Brooke Forde 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year Candidate
NCAA Champion Lia Thomas And American Olympic athletes Brookford He was one of the candidates for the 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year. Released on Thursday..
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This duo is one of the 577 graduate athletes in Division I, II and III nominated for this award. Schools recommend athletes for awards, and meetings select up to two people from each school. The preliminary list will be narrowed down to 10 people from each department, for a total of 30 people. The Woman of the Year Awards, founded in 1991, recognizes “a female student athlete who has run out of qualifications and is outstanding in community, athletics and scholarship throughout her college career.” This year’s candidate class coincides with Title IX’s 50th anniversary.
The 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year will be selected at the NCAA Convention in January 2023 in San Antonio, Texas.
Among the candidates are 50 aquatic athletes, 46 swimmers and 5 water polo players (one from the University of California, San Diego). Ciara Franke, Do both).
Some of the most notable candidates are:
- Thomas, a 500-free NCAA champion and a controversial transgender woman throughout the season.
- Forde, a graduate of Stanford University who won the silver medal at the 800 Freestyle Relay of the Tokyo Olympics.
- Sara bacon, Five NCAA Champion Divers at the University of Minnesota
- Delaney Schnell, University of Arizona diver who won the US silver medal in the 10-meter sync at the Tokyo Olympics
- Emily Sweet, Bentley Immers Nominated for Honda Inspiration Award
- Krill heart Kenion’s Honda Award Finalist Division III
Below is a list of aquatic candidates. A complete list is available here..
NCAA Woman of the Year Nomination
Division I
- Sarah Bacon, University of Minnesota, Big Ten
- Autumn Darcy, California State University Bakersfield, Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
- Hannah Everhart, Duquene, Atlantic 10
- Brookford, Stanford, Pac-12
- Ciara Franke, University of California, San Diego, Big West (also water polo)
- Riley Gaines, Kentucky, SEC
- Sarah Gendron, Bryant, Northeast Conference
- Sydney Harrington, Navy, Patriot League
- Elena Kotanchyan, California State University Long Beach, Big West (Water Polo)
- Susan Elizabeth La Grand, Auckland, Horizon League
- Kara McCurdy, Providence, Big East
- Anna Metzeler, New Hampshire, Eastern United States
- Madeline Moore, University of North Carolina, Western Athletic Conference
- Emily Nicholson, Fresno, Golden Coast Conference (Water Polo)
- Emma Nordin, Arizona, Pac-12
- Felicia Pasadin, Harvard, Ivy League
- Kathryn Power, Houston, AAC
- Tara Prentice, University of California, Irvine, Big West (Water Polo)
- Mariana Roger Ferreira Duarte, University of the Pacific Golden Coast Conference (Water Polo)
- Delaney Schnell, Arizona, Pac-12
- Sienasen, Davidson, Atlantic 10
- Kate Steward, Kansas, Big 12
- Camryn Streid, Cincinnati, AAC
- Lia Thomas, Pen, Ivy League
- Sarah Thompson, Missouri, SEC
- Georgia Vargas, Siena, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (Water Polo)
Division II
- Caitlin Agar, Wingate University, South Atlantic Conference
- Savannah Brennan, Florida Institute of Technology, Sunshine State Conference
- Johanna Buys, University of Indianapolis, Great Lakes Valley Conference
- Elizabeth Caird, Saginaw Valley, Great Lakes Conference Athletic Conference
- Anna Miram, University of Wingate, South Atlantic Conference
- Grace Sill, Florida Southern, Sunshine State Conference
- Emily Sweet, Bentley, Northeast-10
- Kayla Tennant, Queen’s University in Charlotte, South Atlantic Conference
Division III
- Claudia Burnett, Washington & Lee, Old Dominion Athletic Conference
- Zoe Chan, University of New Jersey, New Jersey Athletic Conference
- Molly Craig, Williams College, New England Small College Athletic Conference
- Lydia D’Acorte, University of Wheaton (Mass), New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference
- Muddiford, Connecticut College, New England Small College Athletic Conference
- University Conference of Ellen Gilbert, Illinois Wesrian, Illinois and Wisconsin
- Clio Hancock, Emory, University Athletic Association
- Mary Huff Jigger, Tufts, New England Small College Athletic Conference
- Macy Klein, St. Catherine, University of Minnesota Athletic Conference
- Sophie Lear, Ursinus, 100th Anniversary Conference
- Drew Lei-Alerta, Sarah Lawrence, Skyline Conference
- Madelynn Marunde, University of Augustana (Illinois), University Conference in Illinois and Wisconsin
- Emmerson Ann Mirus, Kenion, North Coast Athletic Conference
- Kathryn Murphy, Mount Holliok, New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference
- Valery Piachonkina, Austin College, Collegiate Water Polo Association (Water Polo)
- University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, University of Wisconsin Inter-University Athletic Conference, Anna Pilecky
- Jesse Stover, University of Southwestern (Texas), Southern College Athletic Conference
- Jessica Touve, Bridgewater (Va.) College, Old Dominion Athletic Conference
