INDIANAPOLIS – The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Woman of the Year Selection Committee has announced the Top 30 honorees for the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year Award, and recent Washington and Lee graduate Emily Hageboeck '20 (Charleston, W.Va./George Washington) was named a finalist.
 
Selected from a record 605 school nominees — a group that was then narrowed to 161 nominees by conference offices — the Top 30 honorees include 10 from each of the three NCAA divisions. All have demonstrated excellence in academics, athletics, community service and leadership. The honorees competed in 14 sports and studied a broad range of academic majors, including nursing, mechanical engineering, biochemistry, criminal justice, kinesiology, accounting and advertising.
 
"The 30 honorees selected this year excelled in the classroom and in competition while also remaining committed to serving their peers and communities," said Suzette McQueen, chair of the Woman of the Year Selection Committee and senior associate commissioner for external relations and strategic marketing/senior woman administrator at the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association. "These outstanding women represent the thousands of diverse and talented women competing in college sports each year, and we're proud to recognize their achievements on and off the field."
 
Hageboeck capped her W&L swimming career as one of the most decorated swimmers in program history. A 14-time All-American, Hageboeck earned the second-most All-America citations in program history and she was a 17-time ODAC champion. Hageboeck holds program, conference and conference meet records in the 100 breast, 200 breast, 400 IM, 200 medley relay and the 400 medley relay, and she is a three-time ODAC Swimmer of the Year and ODAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
 
Earlier this year, Hageboeck was named a CoSIDA Academic All-American for the second straight year, earning a second team slot after garnering third team recognition as a junior. Hageboeck was also named a CSCAA Scholar All-American for the third straight year and qualified for the 100 breast, 200 breast and 400 IM at the 2020 Division III National Championship meet, earning CSCAA All-America honors in all three events.
 
Hageboeck received the William McHenry Scholar-Athlete Award as the top female scholar-athlete at W&L in 2020, as well as the ODAC's Marjorie Berkley Award as the top female scholar-athlete in the conference.
 
The Woman of the Year Selection Committee will announce the nine finalists, consisting of three women from each NCAA division, in mid-October. From those finalists, the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics will select the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year. The Top 30 will be celebrated, and the Woman of the Year will be named this fall.