10:32 am | September 6, 2018 | Go to Source | Author:
September 06, 2018
Former Oklahoma State softball student-athlete Vanessa Shippy has been named one of the top 30 honorees for 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year.
The NCAA Woman of the Year award recognizes graduating female student-athletes for excellence in academics, athletics, community service and leadership. Selected from a record 581 school nominees — a group that was then narrowed to 154 nominees by conference offices — the Top 30 honorees include 10 from each of the three NCAA divisions. The honorees competed in 13 sports and studied a broad range of academic majors, including finance, biochemistry, microbiology, kinesiology, nursing and communication.
Shippy was tabbed the 2018 Big 12 Softball Player of the Year and earned All-Big 12 First Team honors for a third-consecutive season. Additionally, Shippy became just the second three-time NFCA All-American in OSU history.
The senior from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, earned Senior CLASS First Team All-American accolades and was named a top-10 finalist for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year. Shippy ranked among the top-five players nationally in batting average (.417), on-base percentage (.613), runs (73) and walks (57).
Academically, Shippy earned a 3.895 grade-point average and was tabbed the Big 12 Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year for a second-consecutive season. She was also a three-time Google Cloud Academic All-American selection. Shippy is the 11th Big 12 student-athlete since 2006 to be named to the NCAA Woman of the Year Top 30 list.
The selection committee will announce the nine finalists, including three women from each NCAA division, in early October. From those finalists, the NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics will select the 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year. The Top 30 will be celebrated and the Woman of the Year will be named Oct. 28 at a ceremony in Indianapolis. Former Texas Tech track and field student-athlete Ifeatu Okafor earned the prestigious honor in 2013.
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