The NCAA announced 130 conference and independent nominees for the 18th annual NCAA Woman of the Year award.

The honor recognizes outstanding female student-athletes who have excelled academically and athletically in addition to demonstrating strong community service and leadership.

Nominees represent all three divisions.

The top 10 honorees in each division will be announced later this month followed by the selection of the top three honorees per division. The NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics will choose the winner from the top nine honorees, and the 2008 NCAA Woman of the Year will be announced at an awards dinner in Indianapolis on October 19.

To be eligible for this award, the female student-athlete must have earned a varsity letter in an NCAA-sponsored sport and competed during the 2007-08 academic year. In addition, each individual must have completed intercollegiate eligibility in her primary sport by the end of the 2008 spring season and must have a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 2.5.

This year’s conference and independent nominees are:

America East Conference
Dana Hastie
Stony Brook University (Division I) Cross Country, and Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field

America East Conference
Sarah Hudak
Boston University (Division I) Field Hockey

American Southwest Conference
Michelle Heckmann
Concordia University (Texas) (Division III) Volleyball

American Southwest Conference
Tarra Richardson
McMurry University (Division III) Basketball

Atlantic 10 Conference
Sarah-Jo Lawrence
George Washington University (Division I) Basketball

Atlantic 10 Conference
Lindsey Ozimek
University of North Carolina, Charlotte (Division I) Soccer

Atlantic Coast Conference
Kandia Batchelor
Florida State University (Division I) Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field

Atlantic Coast Conference
Jessica Botzum
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Division I) Swimming and Diving

Atlantic Sun Conference     
Volha Batsula
East Tennessee State University (Division I) Tennis  

Big 12 Conference
Sarah Pavan
University of Nebraska, Lincoln (Division I) Volleyball

Big 12 Conference
Sally Kipyego
Texas Tech University (Division I) Outdoor Track and Field

Big East Conference
Allie Quigley
DePaul University (Division I) Basketball

Big East Conference
Jillian Drouin
Syracuse University (Division I) Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field

Big Ten Conference
Molly Crispell
Pennsylvania State University (Division I) Swimming and Diving

Big Sky Conference
Laura Cote
University of Montana (Division I) Basketball

Big South Conference
Stephanie Reid
Winthrop University (Division I) Softball

Big South Conference
Allyson Fasnacht
Liberty University (Division I) Basketball

Big West Conference
Bethany Nickless
University of California, Santa Barbara (Division I) Cross Country and Outdoor Track and Field

California Collegiate Athletic Association
Katherine Bagwell
California State University, Chico (Division II) Soccer, and Outdoor Track and Field

Capital Athletic Conference Inc
Susan Ackermann      
Salisbury University (Division III) Lacrosse

Centennial Conference        
Emily Hinchcliff
Haverford College (Division III) Volleyball

Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference
Heather Walker          
Georgian Court University (Division II) Softball and Volleyball

Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Kim Moore
Shaw University (Division II) Tennis and Volleyball

Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Celeste Trahan
Elizabeth City State University (Division II) Basketball

College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin
Sarah Richardson
Wheaton College (Illinois) (Division III) Soccer

College Hockey America
Ashley King
Wayne State University (Michigan) (Division II) Ice Hockey

Colonial Athletic Association
Megan Moulton-Levy
College of William and Mary (Division I) Tennis

Colonial Athletic Association
Colleen Walsh
University of Delaware (Division I) Volleyball

Commonwealth Conference
Erin Fisher
Elizabethtown College (Division III) Cross Country, and Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field

The Commonwealth Coast Conference
Kacie Gallo
Salve Regina University (Division III) Soccer, and Outdoor Track and Field

Conference Carolinas
Samantha Mitchell
Mount Olive College (Division II) Volleyball and Track and Field

Conference USA
Marissa Daniels          
Rice University (Division I) Cross Country, and Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field

Conference USA
Jami Tullius
University of Texas at El Paso (Division I) Soccer

Division III Independents
Holly Andrews          
Nebraska Wesleyan University (Division III) Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field

East Coast Conference
Diana Redman
Queens College (New York) (Division II) Soccer, and Indoor Track and Field

Empire 8
Natalia Chabebe
Stevens Institute of Technology (Division III) Fencing   

Empire 8
Emily Lesher
Nazareth College (Division III) Swimming and Diving

Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Rachel Folcik
Ferris State University (Division II) Basketball

Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Kirby Blackley
University of Findlay (Division II) Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field

Great Lakes Valley Conference
Elizabeth Holmes
Northern Kentucky University (Division II) Volleyball

Great Northeast Athletic Conference
Jillian Leger
Saint Joseph's College (Maine) (Division III) Soccer

Great Northwest Athletic Conference
Courtney Schneider
Western Washington University (Division II) Volleyball

Great Northwest Athletic Conference
Jackie Thomas
Seattle University (Division II) Basketball

Gulf South Conference
Ashton Washington
University of West Alabama (Division II) Basketball

Heartland Conference
Kristen Gascoyne
St. Edward's University (Division II) Soccer        

Horizon League
Jessica Weidert
Wright State University (Division I) Swimming and Diving

Independent
Jennifer Artichuk
Delta State University (Division II) Swimming

Independent
Dena Baskous
New Jersey Institute of Technology (Division II) Soccer

Independent
Courtney Arno-Templet
Texas Woman's University (Division II) Gymnastics

Independent
Sheralyn Briggs
University at Buffalo, the State University of New (Division I) Rowing    

Independent
Aiesha Brown
North Carolina Central University (Division II) Cross Country, and Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field

Independent
Elizabeth Enyart
U.S. Air Force Academy (Division I) Fencing

Independent
Faith Greenawalt
Tiffin University (Division II) Tennis

Independent
Jennifer Hukill
North Carolina Central University (Division II) Basketball

Independent
Meghann Morrill
University of Nevada, Reno (Division I) Rifle

Independent
Ashley Postell
University of Utah (Division I) Gymnastics

Iowa Intercol. Athletic Conf.
Ashley Rogers
Wartburg College (Division III) Softball and Volleyball

Ivy Group
Jesse Carlin
University of Pennsylvania (Division I) Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field

Ivy Group
Sarah Wu
Brown University (Division I) Rowing

Landmark Conference
Emily Blatter
Goucher College (Division III) Lacrosse  

Liberty League
Nicole Tetreault         
Hamilton College (Division III) Lacrosse and Soccer  

Little East Conference
Christie Lotti
Rhode Island College (Division III) Softball        

Lone Star Conference
Rachel Ingram
Southwestern Oklahoma State University (Division II) Cross Country

Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference
Colleen Feeney          
Bridgewater State College (Division III) Basketball

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Brittany Bisnott
Niagara University (Division I) Soccer

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Jaclyn O'Leary
Iona College (Division I) Lacrosse

Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Sarah Wittingen
Calvin College (Division III) Outdoor Track and Field

Mid-American Conference
Stephanie Swiger
Bowling Green State University (Division I) Volleyball

Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association
Jill Johnson
Missouri Western State University (Division II) Basketball

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Morgan Maxwell
Howard University (Division I) Women’s Volleyball

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Jessica Worsley
University of Maryland, Eastern Shore (Division I) Bowling

Midwest Conference
Ashley Yeast
Monmouth College (Illinois) (Division III) Basketball and Volleyball

Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Maria Bye
University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) (Division III) Softball      

Missouri Valley Conference
Sara Lungren
Wichita State University (Division I) Volleyball

Mountain West Conference
Chelsea Goodman
Brigham Young University (Division I) Volleyball

Mountain West Conference
Dionne Marsh
University of New Mexico (Division I) Basketball

New England Small College Athletic Conference
Grace Moore
Bowdoin College (Division III) Lacrosse and Soccer

New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference
Doria Holbrook
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Division III) Swimming and Diving

New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference
Shanti Freitas
Smith College (Division III) Swimming

New Jersey Athletic Conference

Lizzelle Cintron
New Jersey City University (Division III) Volleyball

New Jersey Athletic Conference

Jackie Ferranti
Montclair State University (Division III) Softball

North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Jill Smolczyk
University of South Dakota (Division II) Swimming and Diving

North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Ashley Homan
St. Cloud State University (Division II) Softball

North Atlantic Conference
Rebecca Allen
Maine Maritime Academy (Division III) Volleyball

North Coast Athletic Conference
Erin Gorsich
Denison University (Division III) Tennis

Northeast-10 Conference
Alison Lesher
Le Moyne College (Division II) Swimming and Diving

Northeast Conference
Ann Marie Mangano
Quinnipiac University (Division I) Field Hockey

Northern Athletics Conference
Catherine Chappell
Milwaukee School of Engineering (Division III) Basketball, and Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field

Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
Kallie Tellefson         
Winona State University (Division II) Soccer

Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
Kira Wannebo
Northern State University (Division II) Soccer

Northwest Conference
Sarah Zerzan
Willamette University (Division III) Cross Country, and Outdoor Track and Field

Ohio Valley Conference
Beth Boden
Tennessee Technological University (Division I) Softball

Old Dominion Athletic Conference
Amy Roberson
Washington and Lee University (Division III) Swimming and Diving

Old Dominion Athletic Conference
Kelly Gonzalez
Guilford College (Division III) Lacrosse

Patriot League
Denise Infante
American University (Division I) Field Hockey

Pacific-10 Conference
Arianna Lambie
Stanford University (Division I) Cross Country, and Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field

Pacific West Conference
Sheila Johnson
Grand Canyon University (Division II) Tennis

Patriot League
Christine Smith
Lehigh University (Division I) Field Hockey and Lacrosse

Peach Belt Conference
Amanda Gerolstein
University of South Carolina Aiken (Division II) Volleyball

Peach Belt Conference
Tiara Good
Lander University (Division II) Basketball

The Pennsylvania Athletic Conference
Ericka Morrison
Misericordia University (Division III) Basketball

Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
Brittany Pikur
Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Division II) Lacrosse and Soccer

Presidents' Athletic Conference
Halley Brus
Chatham University (Division III) Softball, Soccer, and Swimming and Diving         

Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
Nicole Schwab
Fort Lewis College (Division II) Volleyball

Skyline Conference
Jennifer Martinez
St. Joseph's College (Long Island) (Division III) Softball

South Atlantic Conference
Heloisa de Oliveira
Lincoln Memorial University (Division II) Soccer

South Atlantic Conference
Melissa DeLuca
Wingate University (Division II) Volleyball         

Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.
Natalie Calderon
University of Redlands (Division III) Outdoor Track and Field  

Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
Katherine Doogan
DePauw University (Division III) Swimming and Diving

Southern Conference
Brenna Burns 
Davidson College (Division I) Cross Country, and Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field

Southern Conference
Alex Anderson
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Division I) Basketball

Southeastern Conference
Nkolika Anosike
University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Division I) Basketball         

Southeastern Conference
Stacy Lewis
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (Division I) Golf

Southwestern Athletic Conference
Janna Moore-Calliste
Texas Southern University (Division I) Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field

Southwestern Athletic Conference
Nyasha Chambwe
Jackson State University (Division I) Basketball

St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Emily Forbes  
Eureka College (Division III) Softball and Volleyball

State University of New York Athletic Conference
Michelle Coombs
State University College at New Paltz (Division III) Swimming and Diving

The Summit League
Lisa Bue
North Dakota State University (Division II) Basketball   

The Summit League
Halee Clark
Oral Roberts University (Division I) Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field

Sun Belt Conference
Rachael Runnels
University of North Texas (Division I) Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field

Sun Belt Conference
Jenna Billingsley
University of Denver (Division I) Soccer  

Sunshine State Conference
Virginia Davenport
Saint Leo University (Division II) Soccer

Sunshine State Conference
Alexandra Schunk
Lynn University (Division II) Tennis

University Athletic Association
Esther Erb
Case Western Reserve University (Division III) Cross Country, and Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field                      

USA South Athletic Conference
Ashley Hay
Christopher Newport University (Division III) Field Hockey

USA South Athletic Conference
Jenee Johnson
Greensboro College (Division III) Softball

Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Sarah Schettle
University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh (Division III) Cross Country, Swimming and Diving, and Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field       

Western Athletic Conference
Melinda Owen
University of Idaho (Division I) Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field

West Coast Conference
Jenna Shay
Pepperdine University (Division I) Soccer

West Coast Conference
Stephanie Cox (Lopez)
University of Portland (Division I) Soccer            

Western Collegiate Hockey Association
Bobbi Ross
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (Division I) Ice Hockey

West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Amanda Lyons
Wheeling Jesuit University (Division II) Soccer