Ten finalists have been selected for the 2001 NCAA Woman of the Year award, which recognizes young women for their outstanding achievement in athletics, academics and community service.

The 10 finalists are: Kimberly A. Black, University of Georgia --swimming and diving; Camille Cooper, Purdue University -- basketball; Andrea Dutoit, University of Arizona -- cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field; Kameelah Taliah Elarms, University of California, Davis -- indoor and outdoor track and field; Kristen English, Swarthmore College -- field hockey, basketball and lacrosse; K. Elizabeth Flynt Asti, University of Tennessee, Knoxville -- swimming and diving; Sunny Gilbert, University of Missouri, Columbia -- cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field; Angie Oxley, University of Nebraska, Lincoln -- volleyball; Claire Cunanan Reyes, Longwood College -- field hockey and softball.

The winner will be announced at the annual Woman of the Year awards dinner October 21 at the Indiana Roof Ballroom in Indianapolis.

Following are some of the accomplishments of the 10 finalists .

Kimberly A. Black

University of Georgia Swimming and diving

Member of the Olympic gold-medal-winning 200-meter freestyle relay team.

Four-time NCAA all-American and member of Georgia's national championship team.

Winner of four gold medals and a silver medal at the World University Games.

Recipient of an NCAA Walter Byers Scholarship, the highest academic honor bestowed by the Association.

Awarded the Joy Williams Science Award as the top female science honors student at Georgia.

Southeastern Conference Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete of the Year for 2001.

Inaugural winner of the Georgia Athletic Association Community Services Award, given to a student who dedicates time to volunteer work.

Recipient of 2001 Peach-of-an-Athlete Award, given by the Atlanta Boy Scouts of America for volunteer work.

Camille Cooper

Purdue University
Basketball

Member of the Division I Women's Basketball Championship team in 1999 and the runner-up team in 2001.

Starter for Purdue teams that were two-time Big Ten Conference champions and three-time Big Ten tournament champions.

Earned honorable mention all-American designation as a senior, as well as first-team all-Big Ten honors.

Political science major and member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Three-time academic all-Big Ten and a Verizon Academic All-American.

Coordinated the Tiffany Young Celebrity Basketball Game, a benefit for a youth center in her late teammate's honor.

Walked horses carrying disabled children, collected and served food for needy families and volunteered at basketball clinics and with the Girl Scouts.

Andrea Dutoit

University of Arizona
Indoor/outdoor track and field, cross country

2001 Division I women's pole vault champion.

Named 2000 Raytheon Sportswoman of the Year.

Three-time all-American, competed in 2000 U.S. Olympic trials.

Selected as Arizona's most outstanding female student-athlete.

Graduated summa cum laude as the University of Arizona School of Health Professions Outstanding Graduating Senior.

A molecular and cellular biology major and recipient of Arizona Flinn Scholarship and Regents Scholarship.

Volunteered with Make-a-Wish Foundation, Tucson Women's Shelter, Adopt-a-Highway Program and the Boys & Girls Club.

Camp counselor for underprivileged children in Tucson.

Kameelah Taliah Elarms

University of California, Davis
Indoor/outdoor track and field

Twelve-time indoor and outdoor track and field all-American.

Six-time first-team all-conference selection.

Served on campus student-athlete advisory committee.

California Collegiate Athletic Conference Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Member of the Verizon Academic All-District team and the Golden Key National Honor Society.

Winner of UC Davis Outstanding Leadership Award.

Served as coordinator of volunteers for Shriner's Hospital event, and volunteered as camp counselor and peer counselor.

Kristen English

Swarthmore College
Field hockey, basketball, lacrosse

Captained three different athletics teams for two years.

Division III Defender of the Year in lacrosse.

USILA all-American and all-conference selection.

Conference player of the year in field hockey, and a National Field Hockey Coaches Association all-American.

Recipient of Swarthmore's Gladys Irish Award, given to the senior woman who has best combined devotion to excellence in athletics performance with qualities of strong leadership.

A Rhodes Scholarship finalist, as well as a Verizon Academic All-American in field hockey and lacrosse.

Founder of the Kiddie Cafe, a lunch and activity program for preschoolers.

Founding director and coach at several summer camps and clinics for girls.

K. Elizabeth Flynt Asti

University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Swimming and diving

Five-time all-American diver and two-time NCAA champion.

Three-time conference silver medalist in platform diving and holder of platform-diving records at Tennessee.

Member of the USA Diving Senior National team who competed at the 2000 Olympic trials.

Verizon Academic All-American and all-Southeastern Conference pick.

Named the Lady Vol Academic Achiever for 2001 and also a member of the Golden Key National Honor Society.

Graduated in biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology with a nearly perfect grade-point average.

Volunteered at the Hope Pregnancy Resource left, participated in Cooks for Christ and led the Athletes in Action prayer team.

Sunny Gilbert

University of Missouri, Columbia
Cross country, indoor/outdoor track and field

2001 Division I women's indoor champion in the distance medley relay.

Finished 11th in the 800-meter run at the outdoor championships in 2000 and was the Drake Relays Champion in the 800-meter relay.

NCAA postgraduate scholarship recipient.

Granted a Bright Flight scholarship, a Curator's scholarship and a Howard Hughes fellowship for research in biochemistry.

Big 12 Conference all-academic first-team selection for cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field.

Recipient of Natasha Kaiser-Brown Outstanding Female Athlete Award and also chosen for the U.S. Track Coaches Association academic all-American indoor and outdoor track and field teams.

Volunteered for Big Brothers, Big Sisters and as a camp counselor.

Angie Oxley

University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Volleyball

Starting outside hitter for the Division I women's championship team in 2000.

Tri-captain for Nebraska's Big 12 Conference championship teams from 1998 to 2000.

Selected as the university's female student-athlete of the year.

Four-time academic all-Big 12 selection and two-time GTE Academic All-District pick.

Chancellor's Scholar and four-time winner of< the Highest Honors Distinction Medal.

Volunteered with Aid to the Blind, served as a speaker for the Husker Outreach program, as a counselor and coach for YMCA volleyball leagues and also participated in the E-mail Pals Program with the Lincoln public schools.

Claire Cunanan Reyes

Longwood College
Field hockey

Helped lead Longwood to a conference championship in 2000.

Named her team's most valuable player; also chosen for the Longwood field hockey coach's award.

Two-time National Field Hockey Coaches Association all-American.

All-NFHA academic pick and academic all-conference selection.

GTE Academic All-District selection and member of Alpha Lambda Delta, Delta Psi Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi.

Volunteered in the physical therapy department at local hospitals and clinics, and volunteered with preschool children.

Toby Wilmet

Washington College (Maryland)
Field hockey, softball

Two-sport team captain.

All-American field hockey goalie.

Named all-conference in both field hockey and softball.

Recipient of the Washington College Senior Athletics Award.

NCAA postgraduate scholarship recipient; graduated magna cum laude in art and humanities.

GTE Regional Academic All-American and three-time member of the National Field Hockey Coaches Association all-academic team.

Volunteered at a South African shelter, coordinated Student-Athlete Mentors at Washington and also volunteered with campus clean-up efforts