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Fifield named NCAA Woman of the Year nominee
7/26/2023 10:00:00 AM | Softball
GCU softball star becomes 1 of 2 WAC candidates for national honor
Grand Canyon softball star Kristin Fifield, this year's national RBI leader and Joe Kearney Award recipient, has been selected as a 2023 NCAA Woman of the Year nominee.
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 earned her undergraduate degree by this summer.
"This is so surreal," said Fifield, a Psychology graduate. "There are so many great and talented women out there and to be nominated means the world to me. I wouldn't have been able to do it without God, my family, teammates and coaches by my side."
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 nominees to the NCAA. Fifield and Seattle U golfer Samantha Bruce were this year's only WAC representatives on the NCAA Woman of the Year nominee list.
The NCAA Woman of the Year selection committee identifies the top 30 – 10 from each division – in October and selects three finalists from each division in November. The winner will be revealed at the 2024 NCAA Convention in Phoenix this January.
Fifield, a native of El Paso, Texas, was named the 2022-23 Joe Kearney Award winner as the top female student-athlete in the WAC. Fifield, who earned a 3.91 GPA for her Psychology degree, led the nation with 85 RBIs while hitting .346 with 21 home runs to earn her third consecutive All-WAC first-team honor.
Fifield also volunteered with Special Olympics, GCU CityServe and St. Mary's Food Bank while serving as a GCU representative on the WAC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
"Being able to give back to the community was such a beautiful experience to be a part of," Fifield said. "Getting to know the individuals apart of these organizations was such an inspiring and joyful interaction because it allowed us to view things in different ways and appreciate the things we have in our lives. When I am back home, I spend a lot of my time giving back to my community that grew me into the person I am today, talking to the younger softball generation and giving back to the school that shaped me into the strong individual I have become."
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 earned her undergraduate degree by this summer."This is so surreal," said Fifield, a Psychology graduate. "There are so many great and talented women out there and to be nominated means the world to me. I wouldn't have been able to do it without God, my family, teammates and coaches by my side."
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 nominees to the NCAA. Fifield and Seattle U golfer Samantha Bruce were this year's only WAC representatives on the NCAA Woman of the Year nominee list.
The NCAA Woman of the Year selection committee identifies the top 30 – 10 from each division – in October and selects three finalists from each division in November. The winner will be revealed at the 2024 NCAA Convention in Phoenix this January.
Fifield, a native of El Paso, Texas, was named the 2022-23 Joe Kearney Award winner as the top female student-athlete in the WAC. Fifield, who earned a 3.91 GPA for her Psychology degree, led the nation with 85 RBIs while hitting .346 with 21 home runs to earn her third consecutive All-WAC first-team honor.
Fifield also volunteered with Special Olympics, GCU CityServe and St. Mary's Food Bank while serving as a GCU representative on the WAC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
"Being able to give back to the community was such a beautiful experience to be a part of," Fifield said. "Getting to know the individuals apart of these organizations was such an inspiring and joyful interaction because it allowed us to view things in different ways and appreciate the things we have in our lives. When I am back home, I spend a lot of my time giving back to my community that grew me into the person I am today, talking to the younger softball generation and giving back to the school that shaped me into the strong individual I have become."
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