Molly Evans Named Top 30 Finalist for NCAA Woman of the Year Award

Aug. 23 – (INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.) – Recent graduate, Molly Evans (Butler, Pa.) of the Carnegie Mellon University women’s swimming and diving team is one of thirty women, 10 from each NCAA membership division, to be selected as a top 30 honoree for the NCAA Woman of the Year award.

Now in its 21st year, the Woman of the Year Award honors female student-athletes who have distinguished themselves throughout their collegiate careers in academic achievement, athletics excellence, community service and leadership.  

To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must have completed intercollegiate eligibility in her primary sport by the end of the 2011 spring season, graduated no later than the end of the summer 2011 term and achieved a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 2.5.

This past season Evans broke eight school records and has her name on 13 overall records, including nine individual events. During her career, she has set and re-set 28 school records at Carnegie Mellon.  Evans competed at the 2011 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championship, her fourth appearance, and placed in the top 16 in two events earning Honorable Mention All-America for both. In four years, she has accumulated three All-America honors and eight Honorable Mention All-America honors. She ended her career as a 23-time All-Association honoree and three-time UAA Champion. She won the UAA 200-yard individual medley in 2011.

Evans graduated in May with a 4.00 cumulative grade point average (GPA) in biology. She was also a three-time CoSIDA Academic All-America honoree.

The top 30 honorees were nominated by conference and independent members and represent multiple sports. Three finalists will be chosen from each division to form the nine finalists for the Woman of the Year award.

The national winner will be chosen by the NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics and will be announced in an Oct. 16 ceremony in Indianapolis.