St. Aug Graduate Sikes Gains NCAA Woman of the Year Nomination

St. Aug Graduate Sikes Gains NCAA Woman of the Year Nomination

August 12, 2011
 
Saint Augustine's College graduate Allison Sikes has been selected recently as one of two Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association nominees for the 2011 NCAA Woman of the Year Award. 
 
Sikes, a former basketball standout, is one of 142 conference nominees for the Woman of the Year Award. The other CIAA nominee is former softball player Kayla Woodbury of Winston-Salem State University. A record number 471 nominations were submitted this year.

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The Woman of the Year Award honors female student-athletes who have distinguished themselves throughout their college careers in academic achievement, athletic excellence, community service and leadership. To be eligible for the award, a female 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.
 
The nomination is the latest honor for Sikes, the 2010-11 CIAA women's basketball player of the year. In May, Sikes was named CIAA Woman of the Year and CIAA Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
 
Sikes, a three-time All-CIAA selection, won numerous honors during an illustrious four-year career including the Heritage Sports Radio Network Division II black college women's basketball player of the year. A two-time CoSIDA All-District academic team member, Sikes made the CIAA Commissioner's All-Academic team three consecutive years. She helped the Lady Falcons win a division title in 2010 and claim the CIAA team highest grade point average award in women's basketball in 2010 and 2011. She graduated magna cum laude from Saint Augustine's College with a 3.61 cumulative GPA in May.
 
Ten nominees from each of the three divisions (I, II and III) will be announced in late August. The selection committee, composed of representatives from NCAA member schools and athletic conferences, will then choose three finalists from each division in early September.
 
The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics will select the national winner from the top nine finalists overall. The 2011 NCAA Woman of the Year will be announced during the Woman of the Year dinner in Indianapolis on Oct. 16.