NCAA Woman of the Year Nominees (PDF)


INDIANAPOLIS – Former Ursuline women’s soccer student-athlete Vanessa Consiglio was nominated by the Great Midwest Athletic Conference towards the 2016 NCAA Woman of the Year Award.
 
Consiglio is now in a pool of candidates among 142 total female student-athletes from 17 different sports nominated by NCAA conferences and independent institutions.
 
The field of 142 was narrowed down from a record 517 school nominees across all three NCAA divisions. Of those recognized, 54 nominees competed at the Division I level, 37 at Division II and 51 in Division III.
 
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.
 
From 2012-15, Consiglio officially went down as one of the elite in the first wave of G-MAC four-year student-athletes. She ranks first all-time in assists with 44 and is second in both goals (47) and points (139) and games played (77).
 
She was instrumental in helping guide the Arrows to the 2014 G-MAC Women’s Soccer Championship in Pepper Pike.
 
Consiglio also reeled in CoSIDA Academic All-America of the Year honors in women’s soccer in 2015 and was the recipient of the G-MAC Female Collegiate Achievement Award in the league’s spring banquet earlier this 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.