NCAA Woman of the Year Award

Recipients

Awards won by school

This is a list of the colleges and universities who have had a player win the NCAA Woman of the Year Award.

Awards won by sport

This is a list of the sports engaged by athletes who have won the NCAA Woman of the Year Award.

2024 Woman of the Year Top-9 Finalists

• Riley Felts, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
• Anna Grossheim, University of North Carolina at Pembroke
• Hannah Kassaie, Case Western Reserve University
• Caitlin Lyons, University of Georgia
• Maddy Miles, University of Mount Union
• Samantha Pirosko, Gannon University
• Shelby Robb, Metropolitan State University of Denver
• Alexandria Turvey, Pomona-Pitzer Colleges
• Isabella Whittaker, University of Pennsylvania

2023 Woman of the Year Top-9 Finalists

• Peyton Barnes, Fairmont State University
• Callie Dickinson, University of Georgia
• Logan Eggleston, University of Texas
• Kristen Palmer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Charlotte Richards, University of Missouri-St. Louis
• Ellie Shahbo, Harvard University
• Sophia Glory Slovenski, University of Southern Maine
• Anika Washburn, Case Western Reserve University
• Madi Wulfekotter, University of Central Missouri

2022 Woman of the Year Top-9 Finalists

• Zoe Baker, Colorado School of Mines
• Jaeda Daniel, North Carolina State University
• Brooke Forde, Stanford University
• Karenna Groff, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Macy Klein, St. Catherine University
• Erin Nicholas, Middlebury College
• Kayla Tennant, Queens University of Charlotte
• Hanna Thrainsdottir, Georgian Court University
• Victoria Tran, U.S. Naval Academy

2021 Woman of the Year Top-9 Finalists

• Mikayla Bisignani, Johns Hopkins University
• Anna Cockrell, University of Southern California
• Kendall Cornick, Augustana University
• Stefani Deschner, University of Notre Dame
• Naomi Hill, North Central College
• Alison Johnson, Adelphi University
• Eka Jose, Washington University in St. Louis
• Avery Skinner, University of Kentucky
• Irisa Ye, University of the Sciences

2020 Woman of the Year Top-9 Finalists

• Charlotte Luise Ahrens, Arizona State University
• Maddi Chitsey-Crisler, Lubbock Christian University
• DeAnna Hernandez, Texas Lutheran University
• Arielle Johnston, Salisbury University
• Annie McCullough, Tusculum University
• Emma Morgan-Bennett, Swarthmore College
• Mikayla Pivec, Oregon State University
• Asia Seidt, University of Kentucky
• Juah Toe, West Chester University

2019 Woman of the Year Top-9 Finalists

• Chelsea Abreu, Adelphi University
• Virginia Elena Carta, Duke University
• Monica Feeley, Vassar College
• Marin McCoy, Swarthmore College
• Angela Mercurio, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
• Hannah Orbach-Mandel, Kenyon College
• Krissy Ortiz, Lynn University
• Ginny Thrasher, West Virginia University
• Hailey Tucker, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

2018 Woman of the Year Top-9 Finalists

• Ade Ayoola, University of Chicago
• Trissy Fairweather, Claflin University
• Delaney Hiegert, Newman University
• Kayla Leland, Whitworth University
• Kami Norton, Angelo State University
• Keturah Orji, University of Georgia
• Sidney Peters., University of Minnesota
• Vanessa Shippy, Oklahoma State University
• Amelia Wilhelm, Bates College

2017 Woman of the Year Top-9 Finalists

• Sabrina Anderson, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
• Serena Barr, Liberty University
• Jenny Carmichael, University of Oklahoma
• Eliana Crawford, Kenyon College
• Lizzy Crist, Washington University in St. Louis
• Karina Martinez, Texas A&M University
• Christina Melian, Stony Brook University
• Natalie O'Keefe, Southwest Baptist University
• Jayme Perez, East Texas Baptist University

2016 Woman of the Year Top-9 Finalists

• Margaret Guo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Christina Hillman, Iowa State University
• Bri Leeper, West Texas A&M University
• Maurissa Lester, Limestone College
• Kara McCormack, University of Miami
• Elayna Siebert, Carson-Newman University
• Haley Townsend, Kenyon College
• Cameasha Turner, University of Texas
• Ami Viti, Misericordia University

2015 Woman of the Year Top-9 Finalists

• Supriya Davis, Swarthmore College
• Kristin Day, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
• Margo Geer, University of Arizona
• Kelsey Graham, Wheaton College
• Margaret MacPhail, DePauw University
• Colleen Quigley, Florida State University
• Zoe Scandalis, University of Southern California
• Taylor Skala, Rockhurst University
• Rebecka Surtevall, Arkansas Tech University

2014 Woman of the Year Top-9 Finalists

• Alexa Baltes, Illinois Wesleyan University
• Marisa Bast, Northwestern University
• Krista Bellefeuille, University of Northwestern – St. Paul
• Ellen Chambers, Lynn University
• Alyssa Hasslen, University of Arizona
• Megan Light, Emory University
• Jackie Sileo, Long Island University
• Elizabeth Tucker, University of Notre Dame
• Bailey Vrazel, Texas Woman's University

2013 Woman of the Year Top-9 Finalists

• Elena Crosley, Bowdoin College
• Elizabeth Duffy, Concordia University, St. Paul
• Kaaren Hatlen, Pacific Lutheran University
• Kelly Majam, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
• Alexandra Maseko, Seton Hall University
• Ifeatu Okafor, Texas Tech University
• Kayla Shull, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
• Bridgett Soares, Long Island University
• Lya Swaner, East Texas Baptist University

2012 Woman of the Year Top-9 Finalists

• Hillary Bach, Arizona State University
• Grace Collins, Barry University
• Kate Griewisch, Lenoir-Rhyne University
• Kelsey Kittleson, Luther College
• Sarah Jane Otey, U.S. Coast Guard Academy
• Brooke Pancake, University of Alabama
• Alexi Pappas, Dartmouth College
• Elizabeth Phillips, Washington University in St. Louis
• Verena Preikschas, California State University

2011 Woman of the Year Top-9 Finalists

• Laura Barito, Stevens Institute of Technology
• Danielle Blair, University of Alabama
• Michaela Calnan, Bowdoin College
• Annie Chandler, University of Arizona
• Hewenfei Elwen Li, Brigham Young University
• Hayley Emerick, Trinity University
• Victoria Hansen, West Liberty University
• Grace Johnson, University of Georgia
• Kelsey Ward, Drury University

2010 Woman of the Year Top-9 Finalists

• Hannah Baker, Wartburg College
• Lisa Koll, Iowa State University
• Melissa Mackley, Gustavus Adolphus College
• Lyndsay McBride, University of Indianapolis
• Brittany Rogers, University of Alabama
• Justine Schluntz, University of Arizona
• Mary Slinger, Concordia University
• Natalja Stanski, Grand Valley State University
• Ruth Westby, Emory University

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64. The [[Best Female College Basketball Player ESPY Award. Best Female]] and [[Best Male College Basketball Player ESPY Award. Best Male College Basketball]] and [[Best College Football Player ESPY Award]]s — awarded from [[1993 in sports. 1993]] to [[2001 in sports. 2001]] — were absorbed in [[2002 in sports. 2002]] by the [[Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award. Best Female]] and [[Best Male College Athlete ESPY Award]]s.