INDIANAPOLIS—The NCAA announced the top 30 honorees for the 2023 Woman of the Year, Monday afternoon. Findlay’s Jill Schmitmeyer is one of the 30 nominees across all divisions, and one of ten individuals at the Division II level.
 
During her time at Findlay, Schmitmeyer was a standout on the golf course and in the classroom. She graduated Summa Cum Laude as a managerial accounting major and earned her MBA last spring. On the course, Jill was a two-time All-American and three-time All-East Region honoree.

Established in 1991, the award is rooted in Title IX and recognizes female student-athletes who have completed their undergraduate studies and distinguished themselves in their community, in athletics and in academics throughout their college careers. 

Selected from a record-breaking 619 nominees submitted by member schools — a group that was then narrowed to 164 nominees at the conference level — the Top 30 honorees include 10 from each of the three NCAA divisions. Each honoree has demonstrated excellence in academics, athletics, community service and leadership. The honorees represent 15 sports, including two student-athletes representing NCAA Emerging Sports for Women. They have a variety of majors, including national security and intelligence, neuroscience, economics, civil engineering, education, nursing, computer science and business management.
“We are thrilled to celebrate 30 incredible student-athletes who surpassed the standard of excellence on their campus, in their community and on their teams,” said Renie Shields, chair of the Woman of the Year Selection Committee and senior associate athletics director/senior woman administrator at Saint Joseph’s. “This decorated and diverse group represent the thousands of women competing in college sports each year and are contributing to the ongoing growth of women sports.”
 
The NCAA selection committee will select three honorees from each NCAA division for a total of nine finalists. From those finalists, the NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics will choose the 2023 NCAA Woman of the Year.
 
This marks the 33^rd year of the Woman of the Year celebration. This years ceremony will be held during the NCAA Convention in Phoenix, AZ.