SCAC Names 2021 Woman of the Year Finalists
The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference today announced the five finalists for the 2021 SCAC Woman of the Year award. The award recognizes the conference’s senior female student-athlete who has best distinguished herself throughout her collegiate career in the areas of academic achievement, athletic excellence and service and leadership.
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference today announced the five finalists for the 2021 SCAC Woman of the Year award. The award recognizes the conference's senior female student-athlete who has best distinguished herself throughout her collegiate career in the areas of academic achievement, athletic excellence and service and leadership. Past Winners
Member schools were permitted to submit two nominations if at least one of the nominees was a woman of color or international student-athlete.
This year's finalists include: Ally Longaker of Austin College, Tacoya Allen of Centenary College, Isabelle Aragon-Menzel of Colorado College, Skylar Ouellette of Texas Lutheran University and Zoe Kaffen of Trinity University.
To be nominated, student-athletes must have completed intercollegiate eligibility in her primary sport by the end of the 2021 spring season, received her undergraduate degree prior to the conclusion of the summer 2021 term and had a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 2.500 (4.000 scale) with the noted exception due to COVID-19 pandemic. A student-athlete who received an extension waiver or a season of competition/participation waiver in her primary sport due to cancellation of a 2020 and/or 2021 athletics season or championship may be nominated for the 2021 Woman of the Year, provided she otherwise satisfies nomination criteria.
Tacoya Allen, Centenary College
Women's Basketball & Women's Track & Field
- Biology major with a 2.87 GPA
- Two-sport varsity participant (2019-20 and 2020-21)
- Plant-a-Seed In Our Youth Foundation Volunteer (2021)
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