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The NCAA will announce the 2006 NCAA Woman of the Year on October 28 at a dinner in Indianapolis. Since 1991, the award has been presented annually to a senior student-athlete who has distinguished herself throughout her collegiate career in the areas of academic achievement, athletics excellence, service and leadership. As part of a revised selection process this year, schools submitted nominations through their conferences. Each league was allowed to select up to two nominees as long as one was an ethnic minority. From the conference nominees listed below, the Woman of the Year selection committee will announce the top 10 selections in Divisions I, II and III, respectively. From each group of 10, a top three will be chosen. The 2006 Woman of the Year will be selected by the NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics from the pool of nine divisional honorees. Previously, the selection committee chose one nominee per state and the overall winner was selected by the CWA from the top 10 finalists. Last year’s winner was Lauryn McCalley, a former swimming and diving student-athlete at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Conference Nominee School Sport(s)
Allegheny Mountain (III) Staci Banaszek Penn St.-Behrend Indoor, outdoor track
America East (I) Ashlee Reed Albany (N.Y.) Volleyball
American Southwest (III) April Johnson Hardin-Simmons Soccer
Atlantic 10 (I) Melanie Kasparek Rhode Island Soccer
ACC (I) Anne Bersagel Wake Forest Cross country, indoor and outdoor track
ACC (I) Courtney Bumpers North Carolina Gymnastics
Atlantic Sun (I) Erin Ashton East Tenn. St. Soccer
AWCC (III) Katie Gwiazdowski Notre Dame (Maryland) Tennis, volleyball
Big 12 (I) Cat Osterman Texas Softball
Big 12 (I) Sophia Young Baylor Basketball
Big East (I) Megan McGrane Pittsburgh Volleyball
Big East (I) Khara Smith DePaul Basketball
Big Sky (I) Erin Jones-Graf Montana St. Indoor and outdoor track
Big South (I) Carrie Selmer Winthrop Cross country, indoor and outdoor track
Big South (I) Stephanie Walker Liberty Basketball, outdoor track
Big Ten (I) Kayla Bashore Indiana Field hockey
Big West (I) Megan Baker UC Irvine Swimming
California Collegiate (II) Briana Hinga UC San Diego Basketball, outdoor track
CAC (III) Brittany Elliott Salisbury Field hockey Carolinas-
Virginia (II) Rita (Lucia) Henkle Mount Olive Tennis
Carolinas-Virginia (II) Lindsey Snyder Mount Olive Golf
Centennial (III) Amy Schmidt Muhlenberg Tennis
CACC (II) Alicia Scott Georgian Court Volleyball
CIAA (II) Ffion Fletcher Shaw Cross country, tennis
CCIW (III) Melinda Sprague Illinois Wesleyan Cross country, outdoor track
CHA (I) Jessica Snelgrove Wayne St. (Mich.) Ice hockey, softball
Colonial (I) Tanika Brown Virginia Commonwealth Indoor and outdoor track
Colonial (I) Janelle Engle Old Dominion Field hockey
Commonwealth (III) Meagan Hennessy Moravian Softball
Commonwealth Coast (III) Kayla Hinckley New England Field hockey, lacrosse
Conference USA (I) Blair DiSesa Rice Tennis
Conference USA (I) Jacqueline Gonzalez Houston Softball, volleyball
East Coast (II) Donna Lohrey Molloy Basketball
EISA (I) Jaime Kingsbury Vermont Skiing
Empire 8 (III) Leigh Bonkowski Ithaca Softball
Freedom (III) Josemar Castillo Lycoming Tennis
Freedom (III) Katherine Springmeyer FDU-Florham Field hockey
GLIAC (II) Jennifer Irwin Ferris St. Cross country, indoor and outdoor track
GLVC (II) Amanda Newton Drury Basketball
Great Northwest (II) Jessica Telleria Western Washington Outdoor track
Great South (III) Heather Mathis Maryville (Tenn.) Soccer
Gulf South (II) Alyse Hasty Delta St. Softball
Heartland (II) Kennie Boxill St. Mary’s (Tex.) Soccer
Heartland (II) Lindsey Heye St. Edward’s Softball
Heartland Collegiate (III) Holly Gibson Transylvania Softball
Hockey East (I) Karen Thatcher Providence Ice hockey
Horizon (I) Victoria Mitchell Butler Cross country, indoor and outdoor track
Independent (III) Erin Powell Nebraska Wesleyan Indoor and outdoor track
Independent (II) Caroline Cosgrove Dowling Rowing
Independent (II) Bethany Rehm Texas Woman’s Gymnastics
Independent (I) Katie Lorenz North Dakota St. Basketball
Independent (I) Heather Sealer South Dakota St. Basketball
Independent (II) Nicole DeYong Alas. Anchorage Skiing, cross country
Independent (I) Jana Rehemaa Colorado Skiing
Iowa Intercollegiate (III) Katherine Pederson Central (Iowa) Indoor track, volleyball
Ivy (I) Alison Crocker Dartmouth Skiing
Ivy Group (I) Joslyn Woodard Yale Indoor and outdoor track
Liberty League (III) Erika Eisenhut Union (N.Y.) Basketball, soccer
Liberty League (III) Seraphine Hamilton Wm. Smith Basketball, soccer
Little East (III) Stacy Leblanc Southern Me. Soccer
Lone Star (II) Katherine Henley West Tex. A&M Soccer
Conference Nominee School Sport(s)
Metro Atlantic (I) Elizabeth Hubbard Siena Volleyball
Michigan Intercollegiate (III) Christine Hendricks Calvin Outdoor track, volleyball
Mid-America Intercollegiate (II) Gena Lindsay Northwest Mo. St. Tennis
MAC (I) Lindsay Shearer Kent St. Basketball
MAC (I) Tamera Thomas Central Michigan Indoor and outdoor track
Mid-Continent (I) Anne Hafeli Oakland Basketball
MEAC (I) Renecia Lovelace N.C. A&T Softball
Midwest (III) Rachel Moskowitz Grinnell Soccer
Minnesota Intercollegiate (III) Angela Pfeiffer Concordia-M’head Indoor and outdoor track
Missouri Valley (I) Elizabeth Meyers Wichita St. Volleyball
Mountain West (I) Maja Kovacek New Mexico Tennis
NESCAC (III) Elizabeth Guernsey Trinity (Conn.) Rowing
NEWMAC (III) Meghan Bascetta Springfield Field hockey
New England
Women's Lacrosse (III) Mandi Rapisardi Lasell Lacrosse
NJAC (III) Brittny Boyd TCNJ Soccer, indoor and outdoor track
North Central (II) Lindsey Dietz Minn. Duluth Basketball
North Atlantic (III) Kristi Guzzo Elms Softball
North Coast Athletic (III) Emily Hisca Wittenberg Lacrosse and soccer
Northeast (I) Darby Biggart Wagner Lacrosse
Northeast-10 (II) Maureen Burns Bryant Field hockey, lacrosse
Northern Illinois-Iowa (III) Corey Krysiak Aurora Soccer
Northern Sun Intercollegiate (II) Kathryn Kramer Winona St. Soccer
Northwest (III) Cortney Kjar Puget Sound Soccer
OAC (III) Elena Fernandez John Carroll Cross country, indoor and outdoor track
OAC (III) Erica Hoyt Muskingum Softball
Ohio Valley (I) Michele Jett Southeast Mo. St. Outdoor track
Ohio Valley (I) Brianna Venable Austin Peay Softball
Old Dominion (III) Megan Silva Randolph-Macon Basketball
Pacific-10 (I) Kate Richardson UCLA Gymnastics
Peach Belt (II) Danielle Moore Francis Marion Basketball
Peach Belt (II) Shannon Pallardy S.C. Upstate Basketball, cross country, volleyball
PSAC (III) Amy Bower Misericordia Cross country, outdoor track
PSAC (II) Hughes Courtney Lock Haven Field hockey, softball
PAC (III) Elisa Pedersen Grove City Cross country
RMAC (II) Hannah Davey-Briggs Colorado Mines Cross country, indoor and outdoor track
RMAC (II) Victoria Martinez Adams St. Cross country, indoor and outdoor track Skyline (III) Valerie Barnhart Stevens Institute Field hockey, lacrosse, soccer
South Atlantic (II) Martina Moo Young Wingate Golf
South Atlantic (II) Paige Haverty Catawba Golf
SEC (I) Angela Homan Auburn Cross country, indoor and outdoor track
SEC (I) Sarah Lowe Florida Basketball
SCIAC (III) Alexandra Mallen Cal Lutheran Basketball
Southern Collegiate (III) Christyn Schumann Trinity (Tex.) Indoor and outdoor track
Southern (I) Shannon Wommack Chattanooga Cross country, indoor and outdoor track
SWAC (I) Heather Shove Jackson St. Softball
SUNYAC (III) Adrianne Musu Jackson-Buckner Oneonta St . Field hockey, indoor and outdoor track
SUNYAC (III) Jodie Schoppmann Potsdam St. Cross country
Sun Belt (I) Danyele Gomez La.-Lafayette Softball
Sunshine State (II) Katie Heintz, St. Leo Softball
Sunshine State (II) Greta Trotman Barry Tennis
Patriot (I) Keira Carlstrom American Cross country, indoor and outdoor track
Patriot (I) Chelsea Haviland Army Swimming
UAA (III) Renee Neuner Chicago Soccer
UAA (III) Carmen Rowan Case Reserve Basketball
USA South (III) Sarah Davis Greensboro Volleyball
West Coast (I) Christine Sinclair Portland Soccer
WAC (I) Annie Baxter Nevada Soccer
WAC (I) QuiongJie Huang Hawaii Swimming
Western Water Polo (II) Sarah Reneker Cal St. San B’dino Water polo
Wisconsin Intercollegiate (III) Julia Rudd Wis.-La Crosse Cross country, indoor and outdoor track
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