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Delaina Martin Named UAA Rep For NCAA Award Washington University Press Release
Martin completed her undergraduate studies in May with a 3.67 grade point average as a mathematics and Spanish major. She finished her four-year intercollegiate career as the school record holder in four events - the 20-pound weight throw and shot put indoors, and the hammer throw and shot put outdoors. Martin is one of the most decorated track and field athletes in UAA history with 16 All-Association honors (10 outdoor, six indoor). In indoor competition, she was a three-time UAA champion in the 20-pound weight throw (2005-07) and also won the shot put (2006). Outdoors, Martin claimed Association titles in the hammer throw (2005, 2006), the discus (2004, 2005), and the shot put (2006). She was twice named the field events Most Outstanding Performer in the indoor championships (2006, 2007), garnered Most Outstanding Performer accolades at the outdoor event in 2005, and was named the UAA Rookie of the Year in 2004. Martin also garnered All-America accolades as a junior and senior at the NCAA Division III Championships, finishing fourth in the weight throw in 2006 and third in 2007. Martin, a three-year All-Academic honoree by the UAA and the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), served three seasons as a representative on the school's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), acting as co-chairperson in her junior and senior year, and served as a volunteer tutor with the Bears and Cubs After School Program in St. Louis. While a Knight, Delaina was named a team captain for both her Junior and Senior seasons and in 2003 was the Kim Field Award winner. Martin and Nothelle were among an exceptional group of Association candidates considered for the honor based on nominations submitted by representatives of UAA institutions. Both individuals are now eligible for national consideration by the NCAA Woman of the Year Selection Committee. The NCAA Woman of the Year award honors senior student-athletes for their cumulative collegiate achievements in service, leadership, athletics, and academics. The committee will select ten semi-finalists from Divisions I, II, and III, which will later be narrowed to three finalists from each division. Those individuals will be honored and the 2007 NCAA Woman of the Year will be announced at a dinner in Indianapolis, Ind. on October 27.
Indianapolis, Ind., August 27, 2007
Indianapolis, Ind., September 24, 2007
Indianapolis, Ind., October 27, 2007 NCAA Woman of the Year for 2007 Olympic swimming hopeful Whitney Myers, who set 14 school records at the University of Arizona, is the 2007 NCAA Woman of the Year. Myers, a science education major from Oxford, Ohio, received the honor at a dinner Saturday night in Indianapolis. The annual award honors female student-athletes for their contributions in the classroom, on the athletic field and in their community. She was selected from an initial field of 128 nominees. "My coach preached that if I can get you to grow as a person, then I can get you to grow as an athlete," Myers said. "It made me well-rounded." Myers was a first team all-American in seven different swimming events and a top-three finisher at the NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships in eight events. The two-time NCAA record holder is training for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She was a member of the U.S. Women's National Swimming Team from 2004-06, finishing third at the 2004 Olympic Trials. She was fourth at the 2005 and 2007 World Championships and qualified in five events for the 2008 Olympic Trials. Besides volunteering with local Girl Scout troops, in elementary schools and at a pharmacy, Myers was on the dean's list every semester and received academic all-American and Pac-10 all-academic honors for four consecutive years. "You always felt as if you were too busy, or too stressed," she said, "but then you sign up for your next activity and have a great time." Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press / ESPNU
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Louis, Mo., June 15, 2007 – Track and Field
standout Delaina Martin of Washington University and cross-country all-American
Stephanie Nothelle of Case Western Reserve University were named the University
Athletic Association (UAA) representatives for the 2007 NCAA Woman of the Year
award, as selected by the UAA Athletic Administrators Committee.
