Danielle Foxhoven

NCAA Woman of the Year Nominees Announced

A total of 429 female student-athletes, spanning NCAA Divisions I, II and III, were nominated for the 22nd annual NCAA Woman of the Year award.

The award honors graduating female student-athletes who have distinguished themselves throughout the collegiate careers in the areas of academic achievement, athletics excellence, service and leadership.

Each year, every NCAA member college and university is encouraged to honor its top graduating female student-athlete by submitting her name for consideration.

Conferences then select one or two women from the nominees to represent their conference. Those names are then sent to the Woman of the Year selection committee, which chooses the top 10 honorees in each division.

From among those 30 candidates, the selection committee determines the top three in each division and announces the top nine finalists in September. Finally, members of the NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics will vote from among the finalists to determine the 2012 NCAA Woman of the Year.

The top 30 honorees will be honored, and the 2012 NCAA Woman of the Year winner will be announced, at the annual ceremony in Indianapolis on Oct. 14.

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PORTLAND, Ore. --- Former Portland Pilots women’s soccer standout and recent UP graduate Danielle Foxhoven is one of 30 finalists for the prestigious NCAA Woman of the Year award. The 30 finalists were selected from a group of nearly 430 nominees.

The top 30 women are composed of 10 honorees from each NCAA division and span various NCAA sports. In September, three finalists will be chosen from each division to form nine finalists for the award. The 2012 Woman of Year will be announced and the top 30 women will be honored during an Oct. 14 ceremony in Indianapolis, Ind.

“Being a finalist for the NCAA Woman of the Year is an unbelievable honor,” said Foxhoven. “All of the candidates for this nomination are incredible women who have put in an incredible amount of effort both on and off the field, and to have my name amongst them is a true honor.

“This award is not about winning, it is an award to say thank you to the athletes who inspire and I would like to use my nomination as an opportunity to represent my conference, my school, my team, my family and myself.”

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She didn't have a phone. She had to go into town to even send email. This was a crash course in self-reliance.
"They gave us Internet and they paid for it," Foxhoven said with a chuckle that betrayed the impending punch line. "Which means they didn't pay for it, and we never got it."