UVA’s Courtney Bartholomew Nominated for 2016 NCAA Woman of the Year

Virginia backstroker Courtney Bartholomew has been nominated for the 2016 NCAA Woman of the Year award.

Bartholomew made the ACC Academic Honor Roll all four years at UVA, and was named to the ACC All-Academic Team in her final three years. She also earned CSCAA Scholar All-American honors as a sophomore.

The 2013 ACC Freshman of the Year, Bartholomew would go on to set UVA and ACC records in the 100 and 200 backstrokes in her time with UVA. She went a perfect 8-for-8 in terms of ACC titles in the 100 and 200 backstrokes, an impressive feat, and has earned 19 All-American honors.

At the end of 2015 at the Duel in the Pool, Bartholomew set the 100 back American and U.S. Open record in SCM, while teaming up to break the SCM world record in the women’s 400 medley relay. She announced her retirement after her final race of the 2016 NCAAs, where she touched 2nd in the 200 back.

Each NCAA member is able to nominate one female student-athlete who has completed their eligibility to the conference level, and then each conference office reviews and submits its nominee to the NCAA. The NCAA then narrows the field to a Top 30 (10 from each of the NCAAs three divisions), and then to a top 9 (3 from each of the NCAAs three divisions). A winner is announced at the NCAA Woman of the Year awards dinner each fall.

The award is given based on criteria of academic achievements, athletics excellence, community service and leadership.

Clarion University diver Kristin Day was the 2015 recipient of the honor. The award have been won by swimming & diving athletes 11 times since it began in 1991, more than any other sport.

Past winners of the award:

2015
Kristin Day
Swimming and Diving
Clarion University
2014
Elizabeth Tucker
Soccer
University of Notre Dame
2013
Ifeatu Okafor
Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field
Texas Tech University
2012
Elizabeth Phillips
Cross Country, Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field
Washington University in St. Louis
2011
Laura Barito
Swimming and Diving, Outdoor Track and Field
Stevens Institute of Technology
2010
Justine Schluntz
Swimming and Diving
University of Arizona
2009
Lacey Nymeyer
Swimming and Diving
University of Arizona
2008
Nkolika Anosike
Basketball
University of Tennessee
2007
Whitney Myers
Swimming and Diving
University of Arizona
2006
Anne Bersagel
Cross Country, Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field
Wake Forest University
2005
Lauryn McCalley
Swimming and Diving
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
2004
Kelly Albin
Lacrosse
University of California, Davis
2003
Ashley Jo Rowatt
Swimming and Diving
Kenyon College
2002
Tanisha Silas
Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field
University of California, Davis
2001
Kimberly A. Black
Swimming and Diving
University of Georgia
2000
Kristy Kowal
Swimming and Diving
University of Georgia
1999
Jamila Demby
Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field
University of California, Davis
1998
Peggy Boutilier
Lacrosse and Field Hockey
University of Virginia
1997
Lisa Ann Coole
Swimming and Diving
University of Georgia
1996
Billie Winsett Fletcher
Volleyball
University of Nebraska
1995
Rebecca Lobo
Basketball
University of Connecticut
1994
Tanya Hughes
Indoor and OutdoorTrack and Field
University of Arizona
1993
Nnenna Lynch
Cross Country, Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field
Villanova University
1992
Catherine Byrne
Swimming and Diving
University of Tennessee
1991
Mary Beth Riley
Cross Country, Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field
Canisius College

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Brad
7 years ago

Deserves to win it. A true college swimmer who got better and better throughout – and was all about team. Probably the closest you can get to the definition of a good college swimmer.

Go Hoos

Swamfan
7 years ago

By “ncaa member” do you mean each school, or each team?

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Karl Ortegon studied sociology at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, graduating in May of 2018. He began swimming on a club team in first grade and swam four years for Wesleyan.

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