NEW YORK – The BIG EAST announced Connecticut field hockey’s Svea Boker and Marquette volleyball’s Allie Barber as the BIG EAST Conference nominees for the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year award. Established in 1991, the NCAA Woman of the Year award recognizes graduating female college athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves in academics, athletics, service and leadership throughout their collegiate careers.
Boker, the 2019 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year and 2019 BIG EAST Tournament MOP, led the Huskies with 21 goals, 55 points, 91 shots and four game-winning goals.