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2006 (October) — The NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics debuts a process for selecting the NCAA Woman of the Year that determines finalists by conference rather than by state. Under the new process, the Woman of the Year selection committee chooses from all conference nominations the top 10 winners from each division. Nine finalists — the top three from each division — are chosen from that group of 30 conference nominees. The Woman of the Year is selected from the pool of nine finalists.
The change is due to the committee’s belief that routing selections through conferences is more equitable than the previous practice of choosing one winner per state, since some states have more NCAA institutions than others. The CWA also believes that organizing the process by conference and division would give student-athletes and institutions a better chance of advancing.
15 years ago
1992 (October 12-14) — The NCAA selects the American College Testing Program (ACT) as administrator for the proposed initial-eligibility clearinghouse contingent upon the approval of legislation at 1993 NCAA Convention creating the clearninghouse.
20 years ago
1987 (October 24) — The Bucknell University’s men’s cross country team extends its record to 147-0 in dual meets in 13 straight undefeated seasons. The Bison streak began in 1974.
35 years ago
1972 (Oc-tober 25) — The NCAA terminates its membership in the United States Olympic Committee but votes to continue to support the Olympic movement.
115 years ago
1892 (October) — Johnson C. Smith University (then Biddle College) defeats Livingstone College in the first football game between black colleges. Biddle wins, 5-0.
2006 (October) — The NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics debuts a process for selecting the NCAA Woman of the Year that determines finalists by conference rather than by state. Under the new process, the Woman of the Year selection committee chooses from all conference nominations the top 10 winners from each division. Nine finalists — the top three from each division — are chosen from that group of 30 conference nominees. The Woman of the Year is selected from the pool of nine finalists.
The change is due to the committee’s belief that routing selections through conferences is more equitable than the previous practice of choosing one winner per state, since some states have more NCAA institutions than others. The CWA also believes that organizing the process by conference and division would give student-athletes and institutions a better chance of advancing.
15 years ago
1992 (October 12-14) — The NCAA selects the American College Testing Program (ACT) as administrator for the proposed initial-eligibility clearinghouse contingent upon the approval of legislation at 1993 NCAA Convention creating the clearninghouse.
20 years ago
1987 (October 24) — The Bucknell University’s men’s cross country team extends its record to 147-0 in dual meets in 13 straight undefeated seasons. The Bison streak began in 1974.
35 years ago
1972 (Oc-tober 25) — The NCAA terminates its membership in the United States Olympic Committee but votes to continue to support the Olympic movement.
115 years ago
1892 (October) — Johnson C. Smith University (then Biddle College) defeats Livingstone College in the first football game between black colleges. Biddle wins, 5-0.
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