FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 20, 2013

COMPLETE NCAA RELEASE
COMPLETE LIST OF NOMINEES

SOUTH EASTON, Mass. – Ten Northeast-10 Conference female student-athletes have been selected as nominees for the 23rd annual NCAA Woman of the Year Award, it was announced earlier this week. 

A total of 455 female student-athletes were nominated for the annual award, which honors graduating female student-athletes who have distinguished themselves throughout their collegiate careers in the areas of academic achievement, athletics excellence, service and leadership.

Of the nominees, 214 participated in Division I and 90 were Division II student-athletes, which means 11 percent of the Division II nominees hail from Northeast-10 member schools.

The 10 nominees from the Northeat-10 are Daniela Abruzzese (Southern New Hampshire University), Nicole Adach (Saint Michael’s College), Caitlin Brauer (The College of Saint Rose), Emily Dorko (Adelphi University), Allyn Doyle (Saint Anselm College), Paige Frost (Stonehill College), Molly Kessler (Assumption College), Rachel Resnick (University of New Haven), Elyse Rowland (Pace University) and Amanda Thomas (Southern Connecticut State University).

Brauer was named the 2013 Northeast-10 Woman of the Year earlier this month, while Abruzzese and Doyle were finalists for the honor. The other seven were all nominees for the prestigious conference award as well.

The NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics will select 10 honorees from each division, and then it will narrow down those 30 candidates to nine (three from each division).

The 2013 NCAA Woman of the Year will then be announced at the annual ceremony in Indianapolis on October 20. 

The Northeast-10 is an association of 16 NCAA Division II colleges and universities located in New England and New York that are committed to supporting balanced academic and athletic opportunities for more than 6,000 student-athletes. Each year, 4,000 of those student-athletes compete in Conference championships in 23 sports, making the NE-10 the largest DII conference in the country. Leading the way in the classroom, on the field and within the community, the Northeast-10 is proud of its comprehensive program and the experience it provides student-athletes.

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