6/19/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Crew
NCAA Release | List of Nominees
INDIANAPOLIS – Brown University women's crew senior Rachel Gottlieb, a 2015 Capital One Academic All-American, has earned a nod as a nominee for the 2015 NCAA Woman of the Year award, the NCAA announced on Friday afternoon.
A Geology-Physics/Mathematics concentrator with a 3.96 GPA, Gottlieb also won Capital One Academic All-District accolades in both 2014 and 2015. She has taken home CRCA Scholar-Athlete laurels in each of the last three years.
The Bow, N.H., native won a national title this past spring as the Bears' second varsity eight boat came in first place at the 2015 NCAA Championships. Gottlieb also helped the second varsity eight win an Ivy title at the 2015 Ivy Championship. Her efforts helped Brown finish in third in the team standings at the NCAA Championships and first at the Ivy Championship.
Gottlieb, a CRCA Second Team All-American in 2014, also earned Academic All-Ivy accolades last year. As a junior, she helped Brown come in third overall and the first varsity eight finish in second at the 2014 NCAA Championships.
NCAA member colleges and universities have nominated 480 female student-athletes – the most ever in the history of the program – for the 2015 NCAA Woman of the Year award.
Now in its 25th year, the Woman of the Year award honors graduating female college athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves throughout their collegiate careers in academics, athletics, service and leadership.
Of the nominees, 207 competed in Division I, 93 competed in Division II and 180 competed in Division III athletics.
The NCAA encourages member schools to honor its top graduating female student-athletes each year by submitting their names for consideration for the Woman of the Year award.
Then, conferences assess each nominee's eligibility and select up to two conference nominees. All conference nominees are forwarded to the Woman of the Year selection committee, which chooses the top 30 honorees – 10 from each division.
From the top 30, the selection committee determines the top three nominees from each division and announces the top nine finalists in September. The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics then chooses from among those nine to determine the 2015 NCAA Woman of the Year.
The 2015 NCAA Woman of the Year winner will be announced, and the Top 30 honorees celebrated, at the annual award ceremony Oct. 18 in Indianapolis.
