INDIANAPOLIS – St. Edward's senior women's soccer player JENNA LIPSCOMB was a nominee for the NCAA Woman of the Year award. NCAA member schools nominated a record 605 female college athletes for the 2020 award.
Lipscomb, a defender from Cedar Park, Texas, earned SEU's Outstanding Female Senior Athlete Award and was a second team all-america selection, second team all-region pick, first team all-LSC selection and was an LSC Scholar Athlete and to the CoSIDA academic all-district first team.
The Cedar Park native also lent a helping hand to the local community, as she served with many different organizations, including the Special Olympics, Kidworks Therapy, Upper 90, Austin Adapted Sport and the Marbridge Home. Lipscomb also assisted at several different elementary schools, helped out at the Austin Marathon and lent assistance on the Hilltop with admissions events, Hillfest, The Big Event and various Make-A-Wish fundraising events.
Rooted in Title IX, the NCAA Woman of the Year Award was established in 1991 to recognize graduating female student-athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves in academics, athletics, service and leadership throughout their collegiate careers.
The nominees represent all three NCAA divisions, including 259 nominees from Division I, 126 from Division II and 220 from Division III. Nominees competed in 24 sports, with multisport student-athletes accounting for 128 of the nominees.
Conference offices select up to two nominees each from their pool of member school nominees. All nominees who compete in a sport not sponsored by their school's primary conference, as well as associate conference nominees and independent nominees, will be considered by a selection committee. Then, the Woman of the Year selection committee, made up of representatives from the NCAA membership, will choose the Top 30 honorees — 10 from each division.
From the Top 30, the Woman of the Year selection committee will determine the top three honorees in each division and announce nine finalists. The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics then will choose the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year, who will be named this fall.
