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Maia Chamberlain Named Nominee For NCAA Woman Of The Year
July 15, 2022 | Women's Fencing
Maia Chamberlain '22 is one of two nominees for NCAA Woman of The Year from Princeton University as announced this week by the NCAA.
The NCAA Woman of the Year program was established in 1991 and honors the academic achievements, athletics excellence, community service and leadership of graduating female college athletes from all three divisions. To be eligible, a nominee must have competed and earned a varsity letter in an NCAA-sponsored sport and must have earned her undergraduate degree by Summer 2022.
Eligible female student-athletes are nominated by their member school. Each conference office then reviews the nominations from its core member schools (and sponsored sports) and submits its conference nominee(s) to the NCAA. Then, the NCAA Woman of the Year selection committee identifies the Top 30 – 10 from each division –and from there selects three finalists from each division. From the nine finalists, the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics then selects the NCAA Woman of the Year, who will be named later this fall.
The 2018 NCAA champion in saber, Chamberlain was a three-time NCAA All-American who reached the NCAA semifinals three times during her fencing career at Princeton. This past year, she finished third after winning 20 of her 23 opening round bouts before falling in the semifinals. A three-time first-team All-Ivy selection, Chamberlain was part of Princeton 2022 Ivy League championship team and was the NCAA Regional champ on home strips in Jadwin.
The NCAA Woman of the Year program was established in 1991 and honors the academic achievements, athletics excellence, community service and leadership of graduating female college athletes from all three divisions. To be eligible, a nominee must have competed and earned a varsity letter in an NCAA-sponsored sport and must have earned her undergraduate degree by Summer 2022.
Eligible female student-athletes are nominated by their member school. Each conference office then reviews the nominations from its core member schools (and sponsored sports) and submits its conference nominee(s) to the NCAA. Then, the NCAA Woman of the Year selection committee identifies the Top 30 – 10 from each division –and from there selects three finalists from each division. From the nine finalists, the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics then selects the NCAA Woman of the Year, who will be named later this fall.
The 2018 NCAA champion in saber, Chamberlain was a three-time NCAA All-American who reached the NCAA semifinals three times during her fencing career at Princeton. This past year, she finished third after winning 20 of her 23 opening round bouts before falling in the semifinals. A three-time first-team All-Ivy selection, Chamberlain was part of Princeton 2022 Ivy League championship team and was the NCAA Regional champ on home strips in Jadwin.
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