Recent Drake University women's basketball graduate Becca Hittner is one of 59 nominees in Division I for the prestigious NCAA Woman of the Year Award, the NCAA announced Tuesday, Aug. 11.
From a program-record pool of 605 school nominees, the NCAA announced 161 women as conference-level nominees that represent student-athletes from 21 different sports spanning all three NCAA divisions. Of those nominated, 59 nominees competed in Division I, 39 in Division II and 63 in Division III.
The honor from the NCAA is another in a long line of recognition for Hittner, who was selected as the female recipient of the Missouri Valley Conference's Dr.