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NCAA Woman of the Year nominees

NCAA Woman of the Year nominees

Established in 1991, the award recognizes graduating female student-athletes who have distinguished themselves in academics, athletics, service and leadership throughout their college careers.

Central nominates one student-athlete per year. State winners (1993-2005) and conference winners (since 2006) are listed in bold.
 
Year Coach Sport
1993 Mindi Remsburg Softball
1994 no award
1995 Emilie Hanson Women's basketball
1996 Emily Opsal Women's golf
1997 Stacey Sonnek Softball
1998 Aanna Hanson Women's basketball
1999 Katie Bandstra Women's basketball
2000 Abbie Brown Volleyball, women's basketball
2001 Candace Wilson Volleyball
2002 Angie Nielsen Volleyball
2003 Libby Hysell Softball
2004 Raegan Schultz Volleyball, women's track and field
2005 Beth Cunningham Women's cross country, track and field
2006 Katie Pedersen Volleyball, women's track and field
2007 Alicia Whisner Volleyball, women's track and field
2008 Terri Berger Volleyball
2009 Alysha Overturf Softball
2010 Angie Berry Women's cross country, track and field
2011 Jill Ziskovsky Women's track and field
2012 Sarah Paulson Women's golf, basketball
2013 Melony McDermott Women's cross country, track and field
2014 Jordan Overland Softball
2015 Karlee Rock Softball
2016 Angie Allgood Women's tennis
2017 Sydney Lunardi Women's soccer
2018 Kate Patton Women's track and field
2019 Mariah Fritz Softball
2020 Emily Opsal Women's golf
2021 Sara Tallman Softball
2022 Krissa Larson Volleyball, women's track and field
2023 Thea Lunning Women's golf, triathlon
2024 Megan Johnson Wome's cross country, track and field
 

NCAA Woman of the Year Nominees

Women's basketball 5 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2012
Women's cross country 4 2005, 2010, 2013, 2025
Women's golf 3 2012, 2020, 2023
Women's soccer 1 2017
Softball 8 1993, 1997, 2003, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2021
Women's tennis 1 2016
Women's track and field 10 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2022, 2025
Triathlon 1 2023
Volleyball 9 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2022

Italics indicates athlete was chosen in multiple sports but only counts as one selection