DePaul University Athletics
Allie Quigley Named a Nominee for NCAA Woman of the Year
9/9/2008 12:00:00 AM | WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA has announced the 130 conference and independent nominees for its 18th annual Woman of the Year award. The nominees represent all three divisions and have excelled in academics, athletics, leadership and community service.
Former DePaul women's basketbal student-athlete Allie Quigley was one of two BIG EAST student-athletes nominated for the 18th annaul NCAA Woman of the Year Award. Quigley concluded her DePaul career last season and is currently playing for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA.
The top 10 honorees per Division will be announced later this month followed by the selection of the top three honorees per division. The Woman of the Year will be announced at an awards dinner in Indianapolis on October 19.
Honorees are selected based on academic achievement, service and leadership activities, athletics excellence, and a personal statement describing benefits she has gained from her experience as a student-athlete.
To be eligible for this honor, female student-athlete must have earned a varsity letter in an NCAA-sponsored sport and competed during the 2007-08 academic year. Each individual must have completed intercollegiate eligibility in her primary sport by the end of the 2008 spring season and carry a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 2.5.
This year’s conference and independent nominees are:
America East Conference
Dana Hastie - Stony Brook University (Division I) Women’s Cross Country, Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor
Sarah Hudak - Boston University (Division I) Women’s Field Hockey
American Southwest Conference
Michelle Heckmann - Concordia University Texas (Division III) Women’s Volleyball
Tarra Richardson - McMurry University (Division III) Women’s Basketball
Atlantic 10 Conference
Sarah-Jo Lawrence - George Washington University (Division I) Women’s Basketball
Lindsey Ozimek - University of North Carolina, Charlotte (Division I) Women’s Soccer
Atlantic Coast Conference
Kandia Batchelor - Florida State University (Division I) Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
Jessica Botzum - Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Division I) Women’s Swimming
Atlantic Sun Conference
Volha Batsula - East Tennessee State University (Division I) Women’s Tennis
Big 12 Conference
Sarah Pavan - University of Nebraska, Lincoln (Division I) Women’s Volleyball
Sally Kipyego - Texas Tech University (Division I) Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
BIG EAST Conference
Allie Quigley - DePaul University (Division I) Women’s Basketball
Jillian Drouin - Syracuse University (Division I) Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
Big Ten Conference
Molly Crispell - Pennsylvania State University (Division I) Women’s Swimming
Big Sky Conference
Laura Cote - University of Montana (Division I) Women’s Basketball
Big South Conference
Stephanie Reid - Winthrop University (Division I) Women’s Softball
Allyson Fasnacht - Liberty University (Division I) Women’s Basketball
Big West Conference
Bethany Nickless - University of California, Santa Barbara (Division I) Women’s Cross Country and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
California Collegiate Athletic Association
Katherine Bagwell - California State University, Chico (Division II) Women’s Soccer and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
Capital Athletic Conference Inc
Susan Ackermann - Salisbury University (Division III) Women’s Lacrosse
Centennial Conference
Emily Hinchcliff - Haverford College (Division III) Women’s Volleyball
Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference
Heather Walker - Georgian Court University (Division II) Women’s Softball and Women’s Volleyball
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Kim Moore - Shaw University (Division II) Women’s Tennis and Women’s Volleyball
Celeste Trahan - Elizabeth City State University (Division II) Women’s Basketball
College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin
Sarah Richardson - Wheaton College (Illinois) (Division III) Women’s Soccer
College Hockey America
Ashley King - Wayne State University (Michigan) (Division II) Women’s Hockey
Colonial Athletic Association
Megan Moulton-Levy - College of William and Mary (Division I) Women’s Tennis
Colleen Walsh - University of Delaware (Division I) Women’s Volleyball
Commonwealth Conference
Erin Fisher - Elizabethtown College (Division III) Women’s Cross Country, Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
The Commonwealth Coast Conference
Kacie Gallo - Salve Regina University (Division III) Women’s Soccer and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
Conference Carolinas
Samantha Mitchell - Mount Olive College (Division II) Women’s Softball and Women’s Volleyball
Conference USA
Marissa Daniels - Rice University (Division I) Women’s Cross Country, Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
Jami Tullius - University of Texas at El Paso (Division I) Women’s Soccer
Division III Independents
Holly Andrews - Nebraska Wesleyan University (Division III) Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
East Coast Conference
Diana Redman - Queens College (New York) (Division II) Women’s Soccer and Women’s Indoor Track and Field
Empire 8
Natalia Chabebe - Stevens Institute of Technology (Division III) Women’s Fencing
Emily Lesher - Nazareth College (Division III) Women’s Swimming
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Rachel Folcik: Ferris State University (Division II) Women’s Basketball
Kirby Blackley - University of Findlay (Division II) Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
Great Lakes Valley Conference
Elizabeth Holmes - Northern Kentucky University (Division II) Women’s Volleyball
Great Northeast Athletic Conference
Jillian Leger - Saint Joseph's College (Maine)(Division III) Women’s Soccer
Great Northwest Athletic Conference
Courtney Schneider - Western Washington University (Division II) Women’s Volleyball
Jackie Thomas - Seattle University (Division II) Women’s Basketball
Gulf South Conference
Ashton Washington - University of West Alabama (Division II) Women’s Basketball
Heartland Conference
Kristen Gascoyne - St. Edward's University (Division II) Women’s Soccer
Horizon League
Jessica Weidert - Wright State University (Division I) Women’s Swimming
Independent
Jennifer Artichuk - Delta State University (Division II) Women’s Swimming
Dena Baskous - New Jersey Institute of Technology (Division II) Women’s Soccer
Courtney Arno-Templet - Texas Woman's University (Division II) Women’s Gymnastics
Sheralyn Briggs - University at Buffalo, the State University of New (Division I) Women’s Crew
Aiesha Brown - North Carolina Central University (Division II) Women’s Cross Country, Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
Elizabeth Enyart - U.S. Air Force Academy (Division I) Women’s Fencing
Faith Greenawalt - Tiffin University (Division II) Women’s Tennis
Jennifer Hukill - North Carolina Central University (Division II) Women’s Basketball
Meghann Morrill - University of Nevada (Division I) Women’s Rifle
Ashley Postell - University of Utah (Division I) Women’s Gymnastics
Iowa Intercol. Athletic Conf.
Ashley Rogers - Wartburg College (Division III) Women’s Softball and Women’s Volleyball
Ivy Group
Jesse Carlin - University of Pennsylvania (Division I) Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
Sarah Wu - Brown University (Division I) Women’s Crew
Landmark Conference
Emily Blatter - Goucher College (Division III) Women’s Lacrosse
Liberty League
Nicole Tetreault - Hamilton College (Division III) Women’s Lacrosse and Women’s Soccer
Little East Conference
Christie Lotti - Rhode Island College (Division III) Women’s Softball
Lone Star Conference
Rachel Ingram - Southwestern Oklahoma State University (Division II) Women’s Cross Country
Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference
Colleen Feeney - Bridgewater State College (Division III) Women’s Basketball
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Brittany Bisnott - Niagara University (Division I) Women’s Soccer
Jaclyn O'Leary - Iona College (Division I) Women’s Lacrosse
Michigan Intercol. Ath. Assn.
Sarah Wittingen - Calvin College (Division III) Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
Mid-American Conference
Stephanie Swiger - Bowling Green State University (Division I) Women’s Volleyball
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association
Jill Johnson - Missouri Western State University (Division II) Women’s Basketball
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf.
Morgan Maxwell - Howard University (Division I) Women’s Volleyball
Jessica Worsley - University of Maryland, Eastern Shore (Division I) WBW
Midwest Conference
Ashley Yeast - Monmouth College (Illinois) (Division III) Women’s Basketball and Women’s Volleyball
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Maria Bye - University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) (Division III) Women’s Softball
Missouri Valley Conference
Sara Lungren - Wichita State University (Division I) Women’s Volleyball
Mountain West Conference
Chelsea Goodman - Brigham Young University (Division I) Women’s Volleyball
Dionne Marsh - University of New Mexico (Division I) Women’s Basketball
New England Small College Athletic Conference
Grace Moore - Bowdoin College (Division III) Women’s Lacrosse and Women’s Soccer
New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference
Doria Holbrook - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Division III) Women’s Swimming
Shanti Freitas - Smith College (Division III) Women’s Swimming
No. Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Jill Smolczyk - University of South Dakota (Division II) Women’s Swimming
Ashley Homan - St. Cloud State University (Division II) Women’s Softball
North Atlantic Conference
Rebecca Allen - Maine Maritime Academy (Division III) Women’s Volleyball
North Coast Athletic Conference
Erin Gorsich - Denison University (Division III) Women’s Tennis
Northeast-10 Conference
Alison Lesher - Le Moyne College (Division II) Women’s Swimming
Northeast Conference
Ann Marie Mangano - Quinnipiac University (Division I) Women’s Field Hockey
Northern Athletics Conference
Catherine Chappell - Milwaukee School of Engineering (Division III) Women’s Basketball, Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
Kallie Tellefson - Winona State University (Division II) Women’s Soccer
Kira Wannebo - Northern State University (Division II) Women’s Soccer
Northwest Conference
Sarah Zerzan - Willamette University (Division III) Women’s Cross Country and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
Ohio Valley Conference
Beth Boden - Tennessee Technological University (Division I) Women’s Softball
Old Dominion Athletic Conference
Amy Roberson - Washington and Lee University (Division III) Women’s Swimming
Kelly Gonzalez - Guilford College (Division III) Women’s Lacrosse Peach Belt Conference
Patriot League
Denise Infante - American University (Division I) Women’s Field Hockey
Christine Smith - Lehigh University (Division I) Women's Field Hockey and Women's Lacrosse
Pacific-10 Conference
Arianna Lambie - Stanford University (Division I) Women’s Cross Country, Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
Pacific West Conference
Sheila Johnson - Grand Canyon University (Division II) Women’s Tennis
Peach Belt Conference
Amanda Gerolstein - University of South Carolina Aiken (Division II) Women’s Volleyball
Tiara Good - Lander University (Division II) Women’s Basketball
The Pennsylvania Athletic Conference
Ericka Morrison - Misericordia University (Division III) Women’s Basketball
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
Brittany Pikur - Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Division II) Women’s Lacrosse and Women’s Soccer
Presidents' Athletic Conference
Halley Brus - Chatham University (Division III) Women’s Softball, Women’s Soccer, and Women’s Swimming
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
Nicole Schwab - Fort Lewis College (Division II) Women’s Volleyball
Skyline Conference
Jennifer Martinez - St. Joseph's College (Long Island) (Division III) Women’s Softball
South Atlantic Conference
Heloisa de Oliveira - Lincoln Memorial University (Division II) Women’s Soccer
Melissa DeLuca - Wingate University (Division II) Women’s Volleyball
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.
Natalie Calderon - University of Redlands (Division III) Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
Katherine Doogan - DePauw University (Division III) Women’s Swimming
Southern Conference
Brenna Burns - Davidson College (Division I) Women’s Cross Country, Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
Alex Anderson - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Division I) Women’s Basketball
Southeastern Conference
Nkolika Anosike - University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Division I) Women’s Basketball
Stacy Lewis - University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (Division I) Women’s Golf
Southwestern Athletic Conference
Janna Moore-Calliste - Texas Southern University (Division I) Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
Nyasha Chambwe - Jackson State University (Division I) Women’s Basketball
St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Emily Forbes - Eureka College (Division III) Women’s Softball and Women’s Volleyball
State University of New York Athletic Conference
Michelle Coombs - State University College at New Paltz (Division III) Women’s Swimming
The Summit League
Lisa Bue - North Dakota State University (Division II) Women’s Basketball
Halee Clark - Oral Roberts University (Division I) Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
Sun Belt Conference
Rachael Runnels - University of North Texas (Division I) Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor
Jenna Billingsley - University of Denver (Division I) Women’s Soccer
Sunshine State Conference
Virginia Davenport - Saint Leo University (Division II) Women’s Soccer
Alexandra Schunk - Lynn University (Division II) Women’s Tennis
University Athletic Association
Esther Erb - Case Western Reserve University (Division III) Women’s Cross Country, Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor
USA South Athletic Conference
Ashley Hay - Christopher Newport University (Division III) Women’s Field Hockey
Jenee Johnson - Greensboro College (Division III) Women’s Softball
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Sarah Schettle - University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh (Division III) Women’s Cross Country, Women’s Swimming, Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor
Western Athletic Conference
Melinda Owen - University of Idaho (Division I) Women’s Indoor Track and Field and Women’s Outdoor
West Coast Conference
Jenna Shay - Pepperdine University (Division I) Women’s Soccer
Stephanie Cox (Lopez) - University of Portland (Division I) Women’s Soccer
Western Collegiate Hockey Association
Bobbi Ross - University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (Division I) Women’s Hockey
West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Amanda Lyons - Wheeling Jesuit University (Division II) Women’s Soccer
