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Elise Lankiewicz Nominated for 2017 NCAA Woman of the Year
6/27/2017 1:18:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving
From the Atlantic 10 Conference--
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Atlantic 10 Conference institutions nominated 13 extraordinary student-athletes for the prestigious NCAA Woman of the Year Award. These impressive student-athletes, which were announced Tuesday by the A-10, represent nine sports and 11 different A-10 institutions.
One of the most prestigious NCAA awards, the NCAA established the Woman of the Year Award in 1991 to celebrate the achievements of women in intercollegiate athletics. Now in its 27th year, the NCAA Woman of the Year award honors graduating female college athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves in academics, athletics, service and leadership throughout their collegiate careers.
The 2017 Atlantic 10 institutional nominees are recognized for being standout citizens with robust academic success, complimented by competitive athletic resumes, while sustaining dynamic leadership in their communities. The 13 candidates have noteworthy credentials, including All-American and Academic All-America honors, conference championships and All-Conference awards, NCAA Championship success, and campus involvement, including serving as student-athlete leaders.
The league's Senior Woman Administrators will vote on 12 of the nominees to select two who will represent the Atlantic 10 Conference in the 2017 NCAA Woman of the Year finalists. One nominee, gymnast Chelsea Raineri of George Washington, competes in a sport which is not sponsored by the Atlantic 10, and will be considered from among a national pool of candidates.
After the Atlantic 10 and all other leagues have selected up to two conference nominees, the Woman of the Year selection committee, made up of representatives from the NCAA membership, will then choose the top 30 honorees — 10 from each division. From the top 30, the selection committee determines the top three honorees from each division and announces the nine finalists in September. The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics then chooses the 2017 NCAA Woman of the Year from those nine. The top 30 honorees will be recognized and the 2017 NCAA Woman of the Year will be announced at the annual award ceremony Oct. 22 in Indianapolis.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Atlantic 10 Conference institutions nominated 13 extraordinary student-athletes for the prestigious NCAA Woman of the Year Award. These impressive student-athletes, which were announced Tuesday by the A-10, represent nine sports and 11 different A-10 institutions.
One of the most prestigious NCAA awards, the NCAA established the Woman of the Year Award in 1991 to celebrate the achievements of women in intercollegiate athletics. Now in its 27th year, the NCAA Woman of the Year award honors graduating female college athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves in academics, athletics, service and leadership throughout their collegiate careers.
The 2017 Atlantic 10 institutional nominees are recognized for being standout citizens with robust academic success, complimented by competitive athletic resumes, while sustaining dynamic leadership in their communities. The 13 candidates have noteworthy credentials, including All-American and Academic All-America honors, conference championships and All-Conference awards, NCAA Championship success, and campus involvement, including serving as student-athlete leaders.
The league's Senior Woman Administrators will vote on 12 of the nominees to select two who will represent the Atlantic 10 Conference in the 2017 NCAA Woman of the Year finalists. One nominee, gymnast Chelsea Raineri of George Washington, competes in a sport which is not sponsored by the Atlantic 10, and will be considered from among a national pool of candidates.
After the Atlantic 10 and all other leagues have selected up to two conference nominees, the Woman of the Year selection committee, made up of representatives from the NCAA membership, will then choose the top 30 honorees — 10 from each division. From the top 30, the selection committee determines the top three honorees from each division and announces the nine finalists in September. The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics then chooses the 2017 NCAA Woman of the Year from those nine. The top 30 honorees will be recognized and the 2017 NCAA Woman of the Year will be announced at the annual award ceremony Oct. 22 in Indianapolis.
Elise Lankiewicz | Davidson College
Women's Swimming & Diving | Hometown: Chadds Ford, Pa. | Major: Biology
A three-time Atlantic 10 Championship Most Outstanding Performer and 2017 NCAA Championship participant, Lankiewicz has earned prestigious distinction during her career, including the Davidson Female Athlete of the Year and the Rebecca A. Stimson Award, given to the female athlete best typifying Davidson spirit in leadership.
Lankiewicz tallied over 75 first-place finishes during her four years with the Wildcats, and holds 12 school records and another five in the conference.
She was named an Atlantic 10 Postgraduate Scholarship recipient in May, and was an A-10 Academic All-Conference and CSCAA Scholar All-American for three consecutive years. Lankiewicz was twice named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll. She graduated Cum Laude and was a Bryan Scholar, which is awarded to two members of the Davidson class for outstanding academic and athletic contributions. A member of Beta Beta Beta, she also was a team captain at Davidson's Relay for Life event the past three years helping organize teammates and assisting in fundraising for the event. Lankiewicz has also worked as a travel grant advisor for the Dean Rusk International Studies Program and served as a four-year member of Turner Eating House raising funds on behalf of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Women's Swimming & Diving | Hometown: Chadds Ford, Pa. | Major: Biology
A three-time Atlantic 10 Championship Most Outstanding Performer and 2017 NCAA Championship participant, Lankiewicz has earned prestigious distinction during her career, including the Davidson Female Athlete of the Year and the Rebecca A. Stimson Award, given to the female athlete best typifying Davidson spirit in leadership.
Lankiewicz tallied over 75 first-place finishes during her four years with the Wildcats, and holds 12 school records and another five in the conference.
She was named an Atlantic 10 Postgraduate Scholarship recipient in May, and was an A-10 Academic All-Conference and CSCAA Scholar All-American for three consecutive years. Lankiewicz was twice named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll. She graduated Cum Laude and was a Bryan Scholar, which is awarded to two members of the Davidson class for outstanding academic and athletic contributions. A member of Beta Beta Beta, she also was a team captain at Davidson's Relay for Life event the past three years helping organize teammates and assisting in fundraising for the event. Lankiewicz has also worked as a travel grant advisor for the Dean Rusk International Studies Program and served as a four-year member of Turner Eating House raising funds on behalf of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
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