Nine MAAC Student-Athletes Nominated for the 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year Award
EDISON, NJ – The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) has nine female student-athletes that have been nominated for the 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year Award. Nine MAAC institutions and six sports are represented in this year’s pool of nominees.
MAAC Nominees
| Madison Arndt |
Manhattan College |
Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field |
| Gabriella Di Domizio |
Iona College |
Lacrosse |
| Carly Fabbri |
Quinnipiac University |
Basketball |
| Nicole Feoli |
Saint Peter’s University |
Softball |
| Gabrielle Kelliher |
Marist College |
Softball |
| Miranda Konstantinides |
Monmouth University |
Soccer |
| Veronica Koval |
Rider University |
Volleyball |
| Kollyns Scarbrough |
Siena College |
Basketball |
| Megan Theiller |
Fairfield University |
Volleyball |
“The MAAC is excited to have these amazing female student-athletes represent the conference” notes Senior Associate Commissioner Jessica Hegmann, “Their hard work and dedication on and off the field is one to be commended.”
NCAA member schools have nominated a record 581 female college athletes for the 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year award. The nominees competed in 20 different women’s sports across all three NCAA divisions, including 251 from Division I, 131 from Division II and 199 from Division III. A program-record 170 were multisport athletes in college.
The NCAA Woman of the Year award, established in 1991, honors graduating female college athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves in academics, athletics, service and leadership throughout their collegiate careers. The NCAA encourages member schools to honor their top graduating female student-athletes each year by submitting their names for consideration for the Woman of the Year award.
The MAAC, along with other conferences will select up to two nominees each from the pool of school nominees. 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 selection committee determines the top three honorees from each division and announces the nine finalists in September. The NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics then chooses the 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year from those nine.
The Top 30 honorees will be celebrated and the 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year will be announced at the annual award ceremony October 28 in Indianapolis.
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 38
th year of competition during the 2018-19 academic year. Current Conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.