Women Recognised



Parent Index
FAQ
What Parents Say
Main Index

Woman of the Year (2001)

INDIANAPOLIS---Kimberly A. Black, a swimmer from the University of Georgia, is the 2001 NCAA Woman of the Year. Black received the award at the 11th annual NCAA Woman of the Year Awards Dinner this evening at the Indiana Roof Ballroom in Indianapolis. The award honors academic and athletics excellence, as well as community service and leadership.

The 2001 NCAA Woman of the Year is presented by Rawlings.

Black was chosen from more than 350 nominations. A selection committee comprised of representatives from member schools chose the 51 state winners, including a winner from the District of Columbia, and then narrowed the field to 10 national finalists. The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics selected Black from among the 10 finalists.

CPOA client Davina Strauss won the Wyoming nomination.

Details

Davina Strauss, Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field, University of Wyoming.

Academic achievement: 3.703 GPA. Major: exercise and sports science. Graduated May 2001. Dean's List. Two-time Mountain West academic all-conference selection. Two-time Mountain West Scholar-Athlete selection.

Athletics excellence: Third-team all-conference, 2000.

Service and leadership: Food Distribution Day with the Salvation Army, 2000.

Hometown: Sydney, Australia.

The state-level winners include 28 student-athletes from Division I, 12 student-athletes from Division II and 11 student-athletes from Division III.

These student-athletes participated in 11 of the 17 sports in which women compete for NCAA championships.

Each NCAA member institution was encouraged to submit a nominee. The selection committee then reviewed the nominees' grade-point averages, athletics accomplishments and community service and involvement.