Cross Country/Track & Field Athletes Headline NCAA Woman of the Year Honorees

Each year the NCAA recognizes the Top 30 honorees for its Woman of the Year Award.

Cross country and track & field is well-represented on the prestigious list in 2024, as 12 of the 30 honorees competed in our sports during their collegiate careers.

• Kendall Accetta, Colorado College
• Avery Campbell, Albion
• Lindsay Cunningham, Winona State
• Amelia DiPaola, Fresno State
• Chandler Eddleton, Marymount (Va.)
• Riley Felts, Charlotte
• Grace Fetherstonhaugh, Oregon State
• Breanne Geary, Nebraska Wesleyan
• Annessa Ihde, Bethel (Minn.)
• Maddy Miles, Mount Union
• Nanette Nikolajsen, Lenoir-Rhyne
• Isabella Whittaker, Penn

From the NCAA.org press release: “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.

The selection committee will determine 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 2024 NCAA Woman of the Year. 

At the NCAA Convention in January, the NCAA Woman of the Year will be named, and the Top 30 will be celebrated.”