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Collins and Wong Nominated for NCAA Woman Of the Year Award
June 26, 2019 | Field Hockey, General, Women's Rowing - Open
NCAA Release
PRINCETON, N.J. – Claire Collins of the open rowing team and Elise Wong of the field hockey squad have been nominated for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award.
Collins, the 2019 C. Otto von Kienbusch Award winner, is a four-time Ivy League champion from the women's open first varsity eight. She is also a two-time All-American and All-Region rower, with those honors yet to be announced for 2019.
The open rowing squad secured seventh overall at the 2019 NCAA Championships. The Tigers registered 94 points, nine points out sixth and 11 points out of fifth place. They surpassed their rank from last season and secured the program's 21st top-ten finish ever.
In 2018, she was a first-team All-American as the Tigers had their best finish, fifth, in six years at the NCAA Championships Grand Final. Collins has rowed with the Varsity Eight in each of her four seasons with Princeton, having lost just three regular-season meets, and none as a senior. At the most recent Ivy League championships, she helped Princeton win by nearly four full seconds.
Collins also participated with the United States at the U-23 World Championships in each of the last three years, picking up a silver medal in 2018.
Wong, a finalist for the C. Otto von Kienbusch Award, is one of the most decorated field hockey players in Princeton history.
As a senior alone, she was named a Honda Sport Award Finalist, first-team All-American, All-Region, the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year and first-team All-Ivy. For her career, she was a four-time All-Ivy and four-time All-Region selection.
With Wong as an anchor on the defensive end, Princeton won two Ivy League championships and played in the NCAA Tournament every year of her career. She also led the Tigers to two NCAA Final Fours, as a sophomore and senior, and she was named to the All-Tournament Team both times.
Established in 1991, the NCAA Woman of the Year award recognizes graduating female college athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves in academics, athletics, service and leadership throughout their collegiate careers.
Next, conferences will select up to two nominees each from the pool of school nominees. 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.
The selection committee will determine the top three honorees in each division from the Top 30 and announce the nine finalists in September. From those nine finalists, the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics then will choose the 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year.
The Top 30 honorees will be celebrated and the 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year will be named at the annual award ceremony Oct. 20 in Indianapolis.
PRINCETON, N.J. – Claire Collins of the open rowing team and Elise Wong of the field hockey squad have been nominated for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award.
Collins, the 2019 C. Otto von Kienbusch Award winner, is a four-time Ivy League champion from the women's open first varsity eight. She is also a two-time All-American and All-Region rower, with those honors yet to be announced for 2019.
The open rowing squad secured seventh overall at the 2019 NCAA Championships. The Tigers registered 94 points, nine points out sixth and 11 points out of fifth place. They surpassed their rank from last season and secured the program's 21st top-ten finish ever.
In 2018, she was a first-team All-American as the Tigers had their best finish, fifth, in six years at the NCAA Championships Grand Final. Collins has rowed with the Varsity Eight in each of her four seasons with Princeton, having lost just three regular-season meets, and none as a senior. At the most recent Ivy League championships, she helped Princeton win by nearly four full seconds.
Collins also participated with the United States at the U-23 World Championships in each of the last three years, picking up a silver medal in 2018.
Wong, a finalist for the C. Otto von Kienbusch Award, is one of the most decorated field hockey players in Princeton history.
As a senior alone, she was named a Honda Sport Award Finalist, first-team All-American, All-Region, the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year and first-team All-Ivy. For her career, she was a four-time All-Ivy and four-time All-Region selection.
With Wong as an anchor on the defensive end, Princeton won two Ivy League championships and played in the NCAA Tournament every year of her career. She also led the Tigers to two NCAA Final Fours, as a sophomore and senior, and she was named to the All-Tournament Team both times.
Established in 1991, the NCAA Woman of the Year award recognizes graduating female college athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves in academics, athletics, service and leadership throughout their collegiate careers.
Next, conferences will select up to two nominees each from the pool of school nominees. 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.
The selection committee will determine the top three honorees in each division from the Top 30 and announce the nine finalists in September. From those nine finalists, the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics then will choose the 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year.
The Top 30 honorees will be celebrated and the 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year will be named at the annual award ceremony Oct. 20 in Indianapolis.
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