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Agnew and Witt Nominated for NCAA Woman of the Year
7/14/2020 1:18:00 PM | Women's Basketball, Volleyball, General
Two of Seven Nominations from the BIG EAST
Omaha, Neb. -- Creighton women's basketball's Jaylyn Agnew and Bluejay Volleyball's Brittany Witt were announced as two of seven athletes from the BIG EAST conference nominated for the NCAA Woman of the Year award on Tuesday, July 14.
Currently playing for the WNBA's Atlanta Dream, Agnew 2019-20 season was highlighted by claiming the 2020 BIG EAST Player of the Year, being selected as an Associated Press All-American, a spot ont he DI-AAA Scholar Athlete Team, being Creighton's first WNBA selection, collecting the NCAA statistical championship for free-throw shooting and setting the school record for points in a single game at 42 against Georgetown on March 1.Â
Witt's senior season featured an equally impressive list of accomplishments. The highlights included being named an AVCA All-American for the second time in her career, earning AVCA All-East Region First Team, 2019 All-BIG EAST Tournament Team, 2019 Libero of the Year (also the second in her career), 2019 All-BIG EAST First Team and 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-American.
Rooted in Title IX, the NCAA Woman of the Year Award was established in 1991 to recognize graduating female student-athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves in academics, athletics, service and leadership throughout their collegiate careers.
A record 605 female college athletes were nominated for the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year Award. The nominees represent all three NCAA divisions, including 259 nominees from Division I, 126 from Division II and 220 from Division III. Nominees competed in 24 sports, with multi sport student-athletes accounting for 128 of the nominees.
Member schools are encouraged to honor their top graduating female college athletes each year by submitting their names for consideration for the Woman of the Year Award. Schools can recognize two nominees if at least one is a woman of color or international student-athlete. Conference offices will select up to two nominees each from their pool of member school nominees.
All nominees who compete in a sport not sponsored by their school's primary conference, as well as associate conference nominees and independent nominees, will be considered by a selection committee. Then, the Woman of the Year selection committee, made up of representatives from the NCAA membership, will choose the Top 30 honorees — 10 from each division.
From the Top 30, the Woman of the Year selection committee will determine the top three honorees in each division and announce nine finalists. The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics then will choose the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year, who will be named this fall.
Currently playing for the WNBA's Atlanta Dream, Agnew 2019-20 season was highlighted by claiming the 2020 BIG EAST Player of the Year, being selected as an Associated Press All-American, a spot ont he DI-AAA Scholar Athlete Team, being Creighton's first WNBA selection, collecting the NCAA statistical championship for free-throw shooting and setting the school record for points in a single game at 42 against Georgetown on March 1.Â
Witt's senior season featured an equally impressive list of accomplishments. The highlights included being named an AVCA All-American for the second time in her career, earning AVCA All-East Region First Team, 2019 All-BIG EAST Tournament Team, 2019 Libero of the Year (also the second in her career), 2019 All-BIG EAST First Team and 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-American.
Rooted in Title IX, the NCAA Woman of the Year Award was established in 1991 to recognize graduating female student-athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves in academics, athletics, service and leadership throughout their collegiate careers.
A record 605 female college athletes were nominated for the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year Award. The nominees represent all three NCAA divisions, including 259 nominees from Division I, 126 from Division II and 220 from Division III. Nominees competed in 24 sports, with multi sport student-athletes accounting for 128 of the nominees.
Member schools are encouraged to honor their top graduating female college athletes each year by submitting their names for consideration for the Woman of the Year Award. Schools can recognize two nominees if at least one is a woman of color or international student-athlete. Conference offices will select up to two nominees each from their pool of member school nominees.
All nominees who compete in a sport not sponsored by their school's primary conference, as well as associate conference nominees and independent nominees, will be considered by a selection committee. Then, the Woman of the Year selection committee, made up of representatives from the NCAA membership, will choose the Top 30 honorees — 10 from each division.
From the Top 30, the Woman of the Year selection committee will determine the top three honorees in each division and announce nine finalists. The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics then will choose the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year, who will be named this fall.
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