The
Woman of the Year honor was established by the NCAA in 1991. From 1991 to 2005, a representative from each state was chosen for the national nominee pool. Beginning in 2006, conferences were empowered to select up to two nominees each year. The Woman of the Year selection committee, made up of representatives from the NCAA membership, selects 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 Top 9 finalists. The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics chooses the NCAA Woman of the Year from those nine finalists. Starting in 2021-22 the conference representatives for the NCAA Woman of the Year honor also represented the NESCAC for the DIII Commissioner's Association Women's Sport Student-Athlete of the Year honor.
| Year |
NCAA Woman of the Year Representative |
Institution |
Sport |
Round Advanced To |
| 2024-25 |
Hope Shue |
Middlebury |
Women's Lacrosse |
|
| 2024-25 |
Alyssa Xu |
Amherst |
Women's Ice Hockey |
|
| 2023-24 |
Sophia DiCocco |
Tufts |
Softball |
Top 30 |
| 2023-24 |
Michelle Louie |
Middlebury |
Track & Field |
|
| 2022-23 |
Elise Morris |
Middlebury |
Women's Soccer |
Top 30 |
| 2022-23 |
Lia Rotti |
Tufts |
Track & Field |
|
| 2021-22 |
Sharde Johnson |
Colby |
Track & Field |
Top 30 |
| 2021-22 |
Erin Nicholas |
Middlebury |
Field Hockey |
Top 9 |
| 2020-21 |
Lindsey Ruderman |
Amherst |
Swimming & Divng |
Top 30 |
| 2019-20 |
Peace Kabari |
Trinity |
Women's Basketball |
|
| 2019-20 |
Summer-Solstice Thomas |
Williams |
Track & Field |
|
| 2018-19 |
Colleen Doolan |
Tufts |
Swimming & Divng |
Top 30 |
| 2018-19 |
Victoria Yu |
Wesleyan |
Tennis |
|
| 2017-18 |
Helene Hall |
Williams |
Track & Field |
|
| 2017-18 |
Amelia Wilhelm |
Bates |
Rowing |
Top 9 |
| 2016-17 |
Maddie Pronovost |
Middlebury |
Track & Field |
Top 9 |
| 2016-17 |
Valerie Urban |
Conn. College |
Swimming & Diving |
|
| 2015-16 |
Kim Kahnweiler |
Bowdoin |
Field Hockey |
Top 30 |
| 2015-16 |
Mia Mitsuyama |
Williams |
Soccer |
|
| 2014-15 |
Alison Maxwell |
Middlebury |
Cross Country/Track & Field |
Top 30 |
| 2013-14 |
Jo Clair |
Tufts |
Softball |
|
| 2012-13 |
Elena Crosley |
Bowdoin |
Field Hockey |
Top 9 |
| 2012-13 |
Lauren Greer |
Middlebury |
Field Hockey/Ice Hockey |
|
| 2011-12 |
Margo Cramer |
Middlebury |
Cross Country/Track & Field |
|
| 2010-11 |
Michaela Calnan |
Bowdoin |
Field Hockey/Ice Hockey |
Top 9 |
| 2009-10 |
Anjuli Demers |
Middlebury |
Soccer/Track & Field |
|
| 2009-10 |
Vantiel Elizabeth Duncan |
Bates |
Track & Field |
Top 30 |
| 2008-09 |
Elise Tropiano |
Amherst |
Track & Field |
Top 30 |
| 2007-08 |
Grace Moore |
Bowdoin |
Soccer/Lacrosse |
|
| 2006-07 |
Shauneen Garrahan |
Amherst |
Cross Country/Track & Field |
Top 9 |
| 2005-06 |
Elizabeth Guernesy |
Trinity |
Rowing |
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