Women's Track & Field: Elise Stanbury recognized as NCAA Woman of the Year nominee

Posted: Jul 15, 2022

NEWTON, Mass. - Elise Stanbury '22 of the Lasell University women's track & field team was announced as a nominee Thursday for the prestigious NCAA Woman of the Year honor.

This is the 32nd year of the Woman of the Year award program and the 50th anniversary of Title IX. The four pillars of the Woman of the Year program are academics, athletics, service and leadership for student-athletes who have exhausted their eligibility.

This year, there were a total of 577 nominations from member schools, featuring 248 from Division I, 127 from Division II and 202 from Division III. There were 125 multi-sport student-athletes, including 78 two-sport student-athletes, 46 three-sport student-athletes and one four-sport student-athlete. There were a total of 23 sports represented. The average GPA of the nominee pool was 3.80.

The Woman of the Year Selection Committee will select 10 student-athletes from each division, determining the top-30 honorees. Of the top 30, the Woman of the Year Selection Committee will announce nine finalists, three from each NCAA division. The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics will review the finalists and name the 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year.

For the first time in the award's history, the top-30 honorees will be celebrated and the Woman of the Year will be named at the NCAA Convention. The 2023 Convention will take place in January in San Antonio, Texas.

Stanbury was a four-year member of the women's track & field team. She tallied a career-best distance of 29.92 meters in the discus event at the Pre-Conference meet this past season.

She has served as an orientation leader, Pulse Dance team captain, peer mentor, Blue Key society member, track team captain, leadership scholar and was a Lasell Bowl recipient. Stanbury's career aspirations are to work with an independent designer as an assistant, while owning a little online boutique for custom orders.

Director of Athletic Communications Trevor Wenners can be reached at twenners@lasell.edu.

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