UWF's Duyn, Shorter's Walker nominated for NCAA Woman of the Year Award
INDIANAPOLIS - The NCAA announced the 2016 Woman of the Year Award conference nominees on Wednesday. Two student-athletes, West Florida's Autumn Duyn and Shorter's Ayanna Walker, were nominated from the Gulf South Conference.
Duyn and Walker were two of 142 female student-athletes nominated for the award and two of 37 selected from the Division II ranks.
In early September, the Woman of the Year selection committee will name the Top 30 honorees, representing the top 10 women in each division. The selection committee will then choose and announce the nine finalists, with three from each division, at the end of September. Then, from the pool of nine finalists, the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics will determine the 2016 Woman of the Year.
The Top 30 honorees will be celebrated and the 2016 NCAA Woman of the Year will be named at the annual banquet Oct. 16 in Indianapolis.
The NCAA Woman of the Year program has recognized graduating female student-athletes for excellence in academics, athletics, community service and leadership since its inception in 1991.
Complete Conference Nominees