NCAA Announces Top 9 Finalists For 2016 Woman of the Year Award

The NCAA has continued to narrow down their group of finalists for the 2016 NCAA Woman of the Year Award. The selection committee has whittled the nominations from a record-breaking 517 down to the top nine finalists–three from each division.

The nine women selected not only represent the three separate NCAA divisions, but also highlighted their college careers with outstanding achievements in academics, athletics, community service, and leadership.

Each finalist was chosen from a group of 30 Women of the Year honorees who were announced earlier this month and will be recognized during the awards dinner on October 16th in Indianapolis.

Of the nine finalists three athletes represent the sports of swimming and diving: Margaret Guo (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Haley Townsend (Kenyon College), and Kara McCormack (University of Miami-FL).

Guo graduated with a perfect 5.0 grade-point average on the five-point scale as a double major in electrical engineering and computer, as well as biological engineering. She was awarded with All-America honors five times from the CSCAA and along with her relay teammates set NEWMAC records in a total of three events at the conference championships in 2016.

Townsend finished school with a degree in international studies, with a concentration in Islamic civilization and cultures, along with a minor in Arabic. She was a three-time CoSIDA Academic All-American, earned the 2014 NCAA Elite 89 Award (now referred to as the Elite 90 Award), and was recognized by the CSCAA as an All-American Scholar for all four years of her college career.

McCormack earned her degree in mathematics, making her way onto the dean’s list each semester. In 2013 she was named the ACC Diver of the Year after winning the conference championship on the diving platform. She was a three-time CSCAA All-American ad qualified for the 2016 Women’s NCAA Championships in both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events.

More about the nine finalists can be read here

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