CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College women's ice hockey alumna Katie Burt has been nominated for the 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year Award, the NCAA announced Thursday. The NCAA Woman of the Year award, established in 1991, honors graduating female college athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves in academics, athletics, service and leadership throughout their collegiate careers.
The nominees competed in 20 different women's sports across all three NCAA divisions, including 251 from Division I, 131 from Division II and 199 from Division III. Burt is one of 12 women's ice hockey student-athletes nominated for the award, four of whom skated at the Division I level.