From Emory University Athletics
Former Emory University softball All-American Megan Light
is one of nine finalists for the 2014 NCAA Woman of the Year
Award.
The Woman of the Year award honors female student-athletes who have
distinguished themselves throughout their collegiate career in the
areas of academic achievement, athletics excellence, community
service and leadership.
A committee of representatives from NCAA schools and
conferences selected the top nine finalists from a pool of 30
semifinalists. Those individuals were identified from an initial
pool of 446 conference and independent honorees representing all
three NCAA divisions and multiple sports.
A three-time All-American and the first player in program history
to earn two first-team berths, Light established school season
records with 19 home runs and 65 RBIs during the 2014
campaign. A four-time selection to the All-University
Athletic Association First Team, she was tabbed as the
conference’s Most Outstanding Player three times.
Career-wise, she hung up her Emory uniform ranked among the
program’s all-time top 10 in 12 offensive categories
including first in home runs (47), hits (230), doubles (60), RBIs
(224), total bases (435) and slugging percentage (.812).
Light also shined in the academic realm as she was chosen as
the Capital One Division III Academic All-American of the Year in
softball, while also receiving the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
Award. She graduated with an overall grade-point average of 3.96,
majoring in Anthropology and Human Biology. She
was also a 100 Senior Honorary, awarded by the Emory Alumni
Association for up to 100 students in the senior class for being
excellent models of citizenship and leadership.
The other Division III finalists are Alexa Baltes of Illinois Wesleyan University and Krista (Stoltz) Bellefeuille of University of Northwestern-St. Paul.
The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics will select the
national winner. The recipient of the 24th annual award will be
announced during the 2014 NCAA Woman of the Year awards event, to
be held Oct. 19 in Indianapolis.
It marks the third time since 2009 that Emory has had a finalist
for the award with former volleyball All-American Dani Huffman
(2009) and former swimming All-American Ruth Westby (2010), the
previous honorees.
The nine finalists for the 2014 NCAA Woman of the Year are as
follows:
Division I
Marisa Bast, Northwestern University (Softball)
Alyssa Hasslen, University of Arizona (Track & Field)
Elizabeth Tucker, University of Notre Dame (Soccer)
Division II
Ellen Chambers, Lynn University (Golf)
Jackie Sileo, Long Island University/LIU Post (Lacrosse)
Bailey Vrazel, Texas Woman’s University (Softball)
Division III
Megan Light, Emory University (Softball)
Alexa Baltes, Illinois Wesleyan (Basketball)
Krista (Stoltz)
Bellefeuille, University of Northwestern-St. Paul
(Volleyball)
To learn more about the nine finalists for the 2014 NCAA Woman of the Year Award, please click here.