Amy Albers Laczkowski, WashU.
Albers Laczkowski won consensus NCAA Division III National Player of the Year honors in both 1993 and 1994 and was a three-time first-team All-American. A two-time first-team Academic All-American and the 1994 Academic All-American of the Year for college division volleyball, she led the Bears to three consecutive national championships, including the first perfect season in Division III volleyball in 1992 (40-0).
Meg Barber, NYU.
Barber, the 2021-22 WBCA National Coach of the Year, has guided NYU to back-to-back UAA titles and consecutive trips to the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament. She has posted an 88-21 record in four seasons. As a Violets' player, she earned All-UAA first team honors in 2001 and 2002.
Liz Barre, Carnegie Mellon University.
Barre won the NCAA Division III title in the pentathlon today. Earlier this week, she was named UAA Most Outstanding Performer for field events for the UAA Indoor Track & Field Championships.
Melissa Baustert Schaeffer, Carnegie Mellon University.
Baustert Schaeffer was a four-time track All-America runner, three times in the indoor 800-meter run and once in the 1,500 outdoors. She won seven UAA titles and earned 20 All-UAA honors in cross country and track. She still holds the Tartans' 800 meter indoor record.
Betsy Stephenson, Emory University.
Stephenson served as Emory's first female Athletic Director from 2004 to 2007. The Eagles won five NCAA Division III titles during her tenure. A volleyball student-athlete at University of Kansas, Stephenson supervised the women's programs at UCLA for eight years before coming to Emory.
Bianca Smith, CWRU Baseball.
Smith, who worked as the Spartans' Director of Baseball Operations while earning a J.D. and MBA, was the first Black woman to serve as a professional baseball coach. Her birthday is on International Women's Day.
Jacqueline P. Blackett, University of Rochester.
Blackett, current Deputy Athletics Director at Columbia University, was part of Rochester's first women's track & field program in 1978. She earned Coach/Coaching Staff of the Year honors at the first two UAA indoor and outdoor track & field championships.
Amy Smith Bryant, Emory University.
Bryant retired after leading Emory women's tennis to a 428-116 mark, eight NCAA Division III championships, and 22 UAA titles. As a student-athlete, Bryant was named to the All-UAA tennis first team in singles and doubles all four years she played, being named MVP in 1996. She also earned two All-UAA honors in soccer, including first team accolades in 1995.
Emily Bryson, Brandeis University.
Bryson won three NCAA track individual championships (1,500 outdoors; 3,000 and mile indoors) and ran on the Judges' national champion DMR with her twin sister Julia, Devin Hiltunen, and Doyin Ogundiran. She won the UAA cross country individual title in her rookie season.
Jaime Capra, Brandeis University.
Capra earned All-UAA honors in each of her four seasons, being named to the first team three times and Co-Player of the Year in 2008. She ranks second in scoring all-time at Brandeis and was named to the UAA 30th Anniversary Women's Basketball Team.
Jessica Chapin, Brandeis University.
Chapin was the 2010 UAA Women's Basketball Player of the Year, earning All-UAA first team honors for the second consecutive year. The two-time All-America honoree is the only player in school history to rank among the top 10 in career points, rebounds, assists, and steals.
Lucy Cheadle, WashU.
Cheadle was a Woman of the Year finalist in 2015 after garnering 13 All-America honors in her career. She won three NCAA Division III titles in track (two outdoor and one indoor) and earned All-America honors each of her four years in cross country.
Gabrielle Clark, Emory University.
Clark won a combined 219 singles and doubles matches in her storied career that included two NCAA singles titles, eight All-America honors, and three UAA Most Valuable Player. She was the first Black woman to win an NCAA singles title in any division.
Melissa Curtis, UAA.
Curtis, the UAA Assistant Director for Operations and Member Services, has been handling office operations since the summer of 1988, the second year of the Association. In addition to her tireless work in the UAA, she volunteers in wild animal rescue and care.
Denise Dallamora, Brandeis University.
Dallamora was the only Brandeis women's soccer head coach for the program's first 40 years, posting a 378-284-72 (.564) record. Dallamora led the Judges to eight NCAA berths and was named NCAA Division III National Coach of the Year in 2016 when Brandeis reached the Final Four.
Dilys Osei, Emory University.
Osei became just the third outdoor national champion in Emory women's track & field history, winning the 400-meter hurdles, at the 2019 NCAA Division III Championships. She ran on nine All-America relay teams and was a 10-time UAA champion.
Michelle Dobbs, University of Chicago.
Dobbs captured the 800-meter run at the 2016 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships. She won the event five times in six UAA championships and was named UAA Rookie of the Year for both indoors and outdoors in 2014.
Gertrude Dudley (1869-1945).
Although Dudley passed away more than four decades before the UAA was formed, her legacy remains powerful. Her athletics program for women was the first of its kind at a major American university. While she served as UC's first women's athletic director (1898-1935), the Women's Athletic Association (WAA) was formed in 1904 and still stands strong today.
Eleena Zhelezov, Brandeis University.
Zhelezov won nine NCAA Division III titles, including sweeping the triple jump at every indoor and outdoor championship from 1992 to 1995. She still holds the Brandeis indoor and outdoor records in the triple jump and long jump, and the UAA outdoor record in the triple jump.
Esther Erb Atkins, CWRU.
Erb Atkins was a six-time All-America runner at CWRU, who captured the NCAA title in the 10,000-meter run at the 2008 outdoor championship. Erb Atkins, who qualified for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials in Los Angeles, was named to the UAA 30th Anniversary teams in cross country and track & field.
Nancy Fahey, Washington University
Fahey led WashU women's basketball to five NCAA titles, including four consecutive crowns from 1998 to 2001. She recorded 737 wins, 23 UAA titles, and 10 NCAA Final Four appearances in 31 seasons. She was the first Division III representative to be inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.
Alia Fischer Keys, Washington University.
Fischer Keys was a three-time Women’s Basketball Coaches Association National Player of the Year and three-time UAA Player of the Year. Keys also won the Honda Award in 1999-2000 as the top female athlete in Division III for all sports. She led the Bears to three consecutive UAA and NCAA titles, and a 107-9 record in four years.
Jane Fisk (1925-2016), Carnegie Mellon University.
Fisk was posthumously inducted into the CMU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2022. She spent 35 years at the school as a coach, teacher, and administrator. Fisk played an instrumental role in the implementation of Title IX legislation, the transition of women's sports from the AIAW to the NCAA, and the formation of the UAA.
Nicole Fogarty, Brandeis University.
Fogarty earned four All-America honors and was inducted into the Brandeis Athletics Hall of Fame in 1994. She was the Judges' first cross country All-American in UAA history in 1989.
MeghanMarie Fowler-Finn, Washington University.
The 2006 UAA Women's Soccer Player of the Year earned first team All-UAA accolades every year from 2003 to 2006. Fowler-Finn, a first team All-America selection her senior year, was named the 2006 D3Kicks.com National Player of the Year.
Rebecca Fruehan Berty, Carnegie Mellon University.
Fruehan Berty was the first Carnegie Mellon women's swimmer to win a national title, claiming the 100- and 200-yard freestyle events at the 1996 NCAA championships. She earned 11 total All-America honors and was named UAA Women's Swimmer of the Year three consecutive times from 1994 through 1996.
Melissa Gilkey, Washington University.
Gilkey earned back-to-back UAA Women's Basketball Player of the Year honors in 2014 and 2015. She finished her career ranked second in scoring in WashU history. She also won the javelin three consecutive years (2013-15) at the UAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Mary Ellen Gordon Grant, Emory University.
Gordon Grant captured the NCAA Division III Singles Championship in 2003 and 2004, and was a four-time national doubles champion, becoming the first player in NCAA history, man or woman, in any division to win the doubles title all four years. She was named UAA MVP every year from 2001 through 2004.
Lauren Gorodetsky, Emory University.
Gorodetsky was the second NCAA Division III defender in history to be named All-America four times. She was named the UAA Most Valuable Player three consecutive years and garnered Academic All-America recognition twice. Gorodetsky added two All-UAA honors in softball, including first team accolades in 2011.
Hannah Holborn Gray, University of Chicago.
Gray, who served as UChicago's first female president (1978-1993), led the Maroons into the UAA. Photo: Gray "coaching" UChicago legend Frank Baker.
Evelyn Handler (1933-2011), Brandeis University.
Handler was the first female president at Brandeis, serving as the school's fifth president from 1983-1991. During her tenure, Brandeis became a member of the Association of American Universities in 1985 and as the final founding member of the UAA in May 1987.
Dr. Marsha Harris, NYU.
Harris was honored as an NCAA Silver Anniversary Award recipient in January. She is the all-time leading scorer in NYU basketball history. She earned first team All-UAA honors each of her four years and was twice named Player of the Year. Harris scored the NCAA championship-winning basket with 1.5 seconds left in 1997.
Erin Hollinger, CWRU.
Hollinger, who will enter the CWRU Athletics Hall of Fame in April, was the second 1,000-point scorer in Spartans' women's basketball history. She earned All-UAA honors all four years, including three first team accolades. She added three All-America finishes in the high jump at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Honore Collins, NYU.
Collins was named National Swimmer of the Year in 2019 after winning three individual events at the NCAA championship. She earned 18 All-UAA honors, including eight first-place finishes, and was named 2020 UAA Women's Swimmer of the Year.
Lynn Imergoot (1948-2009), Washington University.
Imergoot was the first women's tennis coach in WashU history, posting a 435-164 (.726) record in 30 years. She also served as coordinator of women’s athletics from 1977-1984, and as assistant athletic director from 1984-2005.
ean Olds Cann, Brandeis University.
A six-time All-American, twice in cross country and four times in track & field, Olds Cann was inducted into the Brandeis Hall of Fame in 2000. She won back-to-back UAA cross country titles in 1990 and 1991, leading the Judges to their first title in 1991.
Jenny McDowell, Emory University.
McDowell posted an 826-182 record in 27 years at Emory, capturing two NCAA titles and taking the Eagles to seven Final Fours. She led Emory to 10 UAA titles, including the first in 2005, breaking WashU's 16-year winning streak, and the 2022 title.
Melissa Jones, Brandeis University.
Jones was the Brandeis softball MVP all four years (1996-99) she played and entered the Judges' Hall of Fame in 2006. She led the nation with 73 runs batted in and a 1.000 slugging percentage as a senior, when the Mary Sullivan-coached team set a school record with 29 wins.
Josefa Benzoni, University of Rochester.
Benzoni was the first UAA track & field NCAA champion (female or male) when she captured the 1,500-meter run at the 1988 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships. She repeated in the 1,500 the following year and also won the 3,000-meter run.
Joyce Jaleel, Emory University.
Senior Director of Athletics and Senior Woman Administrator Jaleel was honored by Emory earlier this year for her 35 years of tireless service to the school, the athletics department, and most of all, the student-athletes. She previously was honored with the school's Helen W. Jenkins Lifetime Achievement Award.
Janice Quinn, NYU.
Quinn, who is in her 33rd year as an administrator at NYU, directed the women’s basketball program to a 453-127 (.781 winning percentage) record in 21 seasons. The Violets won the NCAA title in 1997 and reached the Final Four two other times. Quinn, who was inducted into the NYU Hall of Fame in 1993, became the first NYU women's basketball player to score career 1,000 points.
Katya Khmelnitskaya, NYU.
Khmelnitskaya was named the 2003 UAA Volleyball Player of the Year, led the Violets to three consecutive NCAA Elite Eight appearances, back-to-back Final Four appearances, and the NCAA Division III Volleyball Championship final in 2003. She was named to the All-UAA team all four years, including three on the first team.
Karen Chambers Farrell, CWRU.
Farrell is the all-time winningest volleyball coach in CWRU history (393 wins, .586 winning percentage). She started the CWRU softball program and won three UAA titles in four years. Farrell is the only woman in UAA history to earn Coach/Coaching Staff of the Year honors in two sports (volleyball in 1997 and 2010; softball in 1999). She was a combined four-time Brandeis MVP in volleyball and softball.
Emma Kelley, WashU.
Kelley won the national title in the 800-meter run last weekend at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships. She was named Most Outstanding Performer for running events at the 2022 UAA Indoor Track & Field Championships.
Alicia Kendig Glass, CWRU.
An 11-time All-American, Kendig Glass won the 2003 NCAA Championship in the 500-yard freestyle and was national runner-up in the 1,650 free. The 2002 UAA Co-Swimmer of the Year won five UAA titles and earned 18 All-UAA honors.
Kim Kelly, Carnegie Mellon University.
Kelly, the Carnegie Mellon Senior Associate Director of Athletics. guided the Tartans' volleyball to 303 wins and five NCAA tournament berths from 2005 to 2018. She earned her 500th career win in 2017 and led the Tartans' to the NCAA regional final, the best finish in program history.
Leslie Kindling, CWRU.
Kindling earned nine All-America honors, capturing NCAA titles in the high jump at the 1995 NCAA indoor championship and the heptathlon in the same year's outdoor championship. She won seven UAA titles and earned 16 All-UAA honors.
Carla Kinyon Frederick, CWRU.
Kinyon Frederick earned softball All-UAA honors all four years, including garnering three first team honors. The 2001 graduate ranks second in career assists at CWRU and recorded a .412 on-base percentage.
Patricia Kirby (1927-2011), University of Chicago.
In 1974, Kirby coached the nation's first-ever college women's basketball team to fly to an away game. She was an administrator and four-sport coach within women's athletics from 1976 to 1990, leading the badminton, basketball, softball and volleyball programs.
Cassandra Laios, CWRU.
Laios won the national title in the hammer throw at the 2019 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships. She swept UAA Most Outstanding Performer for field events at both the 2017 and 2019 UAA championships. She was one of 10 Division III finalists for Woman of the Year in 2019 and was one of 10 women from all divisions to earn the NCAA Top-10 Award.
Kathy Lanese, CWRU.
Lanese has led the Spartans to an NCAA cross country appearance every season since 2006. The 2006 and 2008 UAA Cross Country Coaching Staff of the Year honoree for leading the women's team to Association titles, she led the Spartan women to a sixth-place NCAA finish in 2007. She led the men's team to back-to-back NCAA appearances in 2018 and 2019, the first that happened since the 1970s. Lanese served as head women's track & field coach from 2001-2006 and as an assistant track & field coach since then.
Liz Lawton, University of Chicago.
Lawton won both the 5,000- and 10,000-meter runs at the 2010 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships. She was the individual medalist at the 2010 UAA Cross Country Championships.
Donna Layne, NYU.
Layne was a two-time UAA Women's Basketball Player of the Year and All-America selection inducted into the NYU Hall of Fame in 2000. She added three All-UAA performances in the 1994 Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Rachael LeClair, Emory University.
LeClair was the first UAA Swimmer of the Year, winning it each of her three seasons, and earned 20 All-UAA honors. She became the second Emory swimmer, and first since the inception of the UAA, to win a national championship when she captured the 200 backstroke in 1989.
Taylor Leone, Emory University.
Leone, a four-time NCAA champion and 21-time All-America swimmer, was named the 2023 CSC Division III Women's Swimming & Diving Academic All-America of the Year today. A 12-time UAA champion, Leone was named the 2022 UAA Women's Swimmer of the Year.
Alexandra Leslie, University of Rochester.
Leslie was a four-time All-America honoree, a two-time Josten's Trophy finalist, and the first Rochester woman to be named UAA Women's Basketball Rookie of the Year (2015) and Player of the Year (2016). She was named to the All-UAA first team in each of her four seasons.
Leticia Pineda-Boutté, Washington University
Pineda-Boutté is the winningest softball coach in school history with a 351-133-1 (.725) overall record in 11 seasons. The Bears won at least 25 games each year, won six UAA titles, and made 10 NCAA tournament appearances. She was inducted into the University of Arizona Hall of Fame after a career that included All-America honors at three different positions.
Linda G. Mills, NYU.
On July 1, Linda G. Mills will become the 17th president of NYU and first woman to serve in the role after spending more than a decade as NYU’s Vice Chancellor and Senior Vice Provost for Global Programs and University Life. She earned her PhD in Health Policy in 1994 from Brandeis University, where she was a Pew Scholar.
Maren Loe, University of Chicago.
Loe earned All-UAA volleyball honors each of her four seasons and was named UAA MVP in 2014. She graduated as the program's leader in career kills (1,960), season kills (617), and match kills (30). She helped lead the Maroons to their first UAA title in 2013, and earned All-America honors in 2014 and 2015.
Carolyn Lowe Thompson, Carnegie Mellon University.
A five-time All-America honoree in track, Lowe captured the 10,000 meters at the 1992 NCAA outdoor championship. She won three UAA track titles and placed in the top-3 at the UAA Cross Country Championships three times.
Isabel Maletich, University of Chicago.
Maletich won three NCAA titles, earned five All-America honors, and set UAA records in the long jump (indoors and outdoors) and triple jump (outdoors). She was the USTFCCCA National Women's Field Athlete of the Year and Co-Most Outstanding Women's Field Performer (Outdoors) in 2021.
Sarah Mangelsdorf, University of Rochester.
Mangelsdorf became the school's 11th president and first woman to serve in the role on July 1, 2019. She is pictured with volleyball's Garnish Scholar-Athlete award winner Beth Ghyzel, a 2020 graduate.
Mary Jean Mulvaney (1927-2019), University of Chicago.
She was a trailblazer in the NCAA and UAA. In 1976, Mulvaney became chair of UChicago's men's and women's athletic department, becoming the nation's second female athletic director of a coeducational department, and first of a program that included football. Her leadership was instrumental in the early days of the UAA. She was featured in the UAA "Thirty For Thirty" series in 2016.
Joan Maser, Carnegie Mellon.
Maser served multiple roles at CMU for 37 years (1981-2018). She was the school's field hockey coach (1981-84). In 1984, she was promoted to assistant director of athletics before becoming associate director in 1991.She also served as an assistant athletic trainer from 1981-1991.
Amelia McCall, Emory University.
McCall of Emory was named AVCA National Player of the Year and UAA Most Valuable Player in 2010. She earned back-to-back first team All-UAA honors and All-America honors in 2009 and 2010, finishing her career with more than 1,500 kills.
Patti McCrudden, NYU.
McCrudden was the first UAA Women's Basketball Player of the Year in 1988 and won it again in 1989. She is still the all-time leading rebounder at NYU and holds the record for most field goals in a season (221).
Kaley McIntyre, NYU.
McIntyre, named UAA Women's Swimming and Diving Rookie of the Year, won NCAA titles on back-to-back days Wednesday and Thursday at the 2023 NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships. She captured the 50- and 200-yard freestyle events.
Jenna McKinney, University of Chicago
McKinney earned back-to-back UAA Women's Soccer Most Valuable Player honors in 2016 and 2017, and earned All-UAA honors each of her four seasons. She was a three-time All-America selection and two-time Academic All-America honoree. She ranks second at UChicago in career goals and points.
Sydney Miles, Emory University.
Miles earned first team All-America honors in each of her four seasons. She is the Eagles' all-time assist leader with 5,835. She was named to the UAA Volleyball All-Association first team every year from 2012 to 2015.
Dr. Alica Moore Krichev, Emory University.
Dr. Moore Krichev was the first female winner of the Josten's Trophy in 1998. She was named to the UAA 30th Anniversary in both basketball and volleyball, and led the Eagles to their first NCAA tournament appearance in each. She added two UAA outdoor track and field high jump titles.
Lisa Murphy, Carnegie Mellon University.
Murphy was named the 2017 Jostens Trophy award winner as the top women's basketball player for her excellence on the court, in the classroom, and in the community. She was also named Academic All-America of the Year. She was the eighth player in Division III history to record 2,000 career points, 1,000 career rebounds, and 200 career blocks.
Nancy Gray, CWRU.
Gray coached the first varsity women’s basketball team in 1971 following the federation of Case Institute of Technology and Western Reserve University in 1967. Gray's 32-year career also included being the first CWRU women’s soccer coach and primary women’s athletics administrator as designated by the NCAA.
Navika Kuchakulla, NYU.
Kuchakulla earned back-to-back UAA Women's Golf Player of the Year honors in 2018 and 2019. She shot one of the low rounds of the final round of the 2019 NCAA Women's Golf Championship to help lead the Violets to the national title.
Lori Nishakawa Price, Washington University.
Nishakawa Price was the first WashU athlete - in any sport, male or female - to be named as a three-time first team All-American (1987, '88, '89). The 5'-2" setter was the first NCAA Division III volleyball player to earn two national Player of the Year honors. She led the Bears to their first three NCAA appearances and first NCAA title in 1989.
Erika Norris, NYU.
Norris earned six All-America honors and six UAA titles. She totaled 14 All-UAA honors and was elected into the NYU Hall of Fame in 2015. In 2016, she swam from Bremerton to Alki Point (Washington), the first person since Amy Hiland in 1959 to do so.
Daisy Ogede, Washington University.
Dr. Ogede was a 13-time All-America runner at WashU, who won the NCAA title in the 200 meters and as part of the 1,600-meter relay at the 2016 NCAA indoor championship. Daisy Ogede, Washington University.
Dr. Ogede was a 13-time All-America runner at WashU, who won the NCAA title in the 200 meters and as part of the 1,600-meter relay at the 2016 NCAA indoor championship. She was named the UAA Most Outstanding Performer for running events five times (three indoor, two outdoor).She was named the UAA Most Outstanding Performer for running events five times (three indoor, two outdoor).
Penny Davis, Carnegie Mellon University.
Davis, the NCAA National Coordinator of Women's Basketball Officiating, still holds the Carnegie Mellon javelin record she set in 1996. She garnered All-UAA honors in women's basketball in 1996 and went on to earn her second NCAA runner-up finish in the javelin after winning her second UAA javelin title.
Victoria Petrillo, Brandeis University.
Petrillo won four NCAA championships in the 800-meter run (two indoors and two outdoors) and earned nine All-America honors. She earned 28 All-UAA honors and was named the 1999 UAA Women's Most Outstanding Performer in outdoor track.
Elizabeth Phillips, WashU.
Phillips, who earned seven indoor and outdoor track All-America honors, was named the 2012 NCAA Woman of the Year. She was the first three-time NCAA Elite 88/89 Award winner in any NCAA division. Phillips was named the Academic All-America of the Year Division III award winner for women’s track and field/cross country in 2012.
Kaitlyn Read, NYU.
Read became NYU's first Jostens Trophy Award winner in 2018. The award goes to one women's and one men's Division III basketball player based on their athletic performance, academic achievements and community service. Named UAA Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in 2018, Read finished her career second in points, first in assists, and second in steals.
Amy Reifert, University of Chicago.
Reifert has led UChicago women's soccer to a 402-149-58 record, 20 NCAA appearances, five UAA titles, and five trips to the NCAA Final Four. She became the 10th women's soccer coach in Division III history to amass 400 career wins.
Rosalie Resch, University of Chicago.
Resch retired in December after 48 years as a coach and administrator at UChicago. She was also a multi-sport student-athlete at the school. She was inducted into the UChicago Hall of Fame in 2022. Resch twice served as Interim Director of Athletics & Recreation, and played an instrumental role in the UAA throughout her career.
Rebecca Ridderhoff, Washington University.
Ridderhoff won the 400-meter hurdles to help lead WashU to the team title at the 2017 NCAA Division III Women's Track & Field Championship title. She earned 17 All-UAA honors, including a combined seven in the 2017 indoor and outdoor championships.
Laurel Sagartz, WashU.
Sagartz was named UAA Most Valuable Player in each of her four seasons (2004-2007) and earned All-America honors each year. She helped led the Bears to a 152-22 record, four NCAA Tournament appearances, and four UAA titles.
Carissa Sain, University of Chicago/Carnegie Mellon University.
Sain, who holds the Carnegie Mellon record for three-point field goals, posted a 139-68 record as UChicago's women's head basketball coach. She was named Coach/Coaching Staff of the Year six times, four as head coach and two as assistant coach. Sain was a first-team All-UAA player in 2003.
Lauren Schmidt Bninski, Carnegie Mellon University.
Schmidt Brinski was was a four-time first team All-UAA volleyball selection from 1999 to 2002, while being named UAA Most Valuable Player in 2001 when she led the Tartans to their first NCAA tournament. She earned All-America honors in 2001 and 2002. In 2001, she was named the UAA Most Valuable Player while leading the Tartans to their first-ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
Jennifer Seferiadis Fitzpatrick, University of Rochester.
Seferiadis Fitzpatrick, a 2018 Rochester Hall of Fame inductee, was a three-sport athlete who was named 2001 UAA Women's Soccer Player of the Year. She led the Yellowjackets in assists each of her four seasons and earned three All-UAA honors.
Carol Simon, Brandeis University.
Simon started as the Brandeis women's basketball head coach the same year the UAA started play, 1987-88. She has recorded 471 wins and led the Judges to four consecutive NCAA appearances from 2006 to 2009, reaching the Elite Eight in 2009.
Taylor Simpson, University of Chicago.
Simpson was awarded the 2012 Jostens Trophy as the outstanding NCAA Division III women's basketball player of the year after leading the Maroons to a 27-1 record. She was named UAA Player of the Year in 2011, earning first team All-UAA honors in both her junior and senior seasons.
Myra Sims, Emory University.
Sims spent 37 years as a coach and administrator, including 24 years at Emory. She was the first Emory coach for both women's basketball and volleyball. She led the Eagles' women's basketball teams to the Sweet 16 in both the 1995 & 1997 NCAA tournaments.
Penny Siqueiros, Emory University.
Siqueiros coached Emory softball for the first 20 years of the program. In that time, the Eagles made 16 NCAA trips, won 11 UAA titles, and advanced to the world series four times. She was named UAA Coach/Coaching Staff of the Year nine times and posted a 660-198-1 record at Emory.
Julianne Sitch, University of Chicago.
Sitch made history last season in being the first woman to lead a men's soccer program to an NCAA title. The Maroons went undefeated with one draw against Kim Wyant's NYU team. She was named the Illinois Gatorade Women's High School Soccer Player of the Year in 2002 and was part of the U-21 national team that won the Nordic Cup in 2004.
Barbara Snyder, CWRU.
Snyder presided as CWRU's first female president from 2007 to 2020. She is now president of the Association of American Universities, which consists of 65 research institutions, including every UAA school. Snyder earned her JD at University of Chicago.
Kelly Stahlhuth, Washington University.
Stahlhuth compiled a 215-115 (.652) overall record in 15 seasons, leading the Bears to 12 trips to the NCAA tournament, including 11 in a row from 2008-18, and four NCAA quarterfinal appearances. She was named the Wilson/Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Division III National Coach of the Year in 2015.
Claire Sterk, Emory University.
Sterk was the 20th president at Emory, the first woman to serve in the role, from 2016 to 2020. She is pictured with men's basketball assistant coach and former student-athlete Gebereal Baitey.
Teri Clemens, Washington University.
Clemens led the Bears to seven NCAA volleyball titles and 10 Final Four appearances in 14 years, including six consecutive championships from 1991-96. She finished with a career record of 529-77 (.873 winning percentage) overall and 136-1 in the UAA.
Lori Thomas Khazen, Washington University.
Thomas Khazen was a four-time All-UAA selection, three times on the first team, and the 2008 UAA Women's Soccer Player of the Year. She still holds WashU single-season record for goals, points, assists, and game-winning goals.
Sandy Tillman, Emory University.
Tillman served as Emory Associate Director of Athletics, spending 28 years in the athletic department and nearly 35 on the campus. She was inducted into the Emory Athletics Hall of Fame in 2004.
Libbie Tobin, University of Rochester.
Tobin was named UAA Women's Soccer Co-Player of the Year in 1992 and 1993, and earned two All-America honors and four All-UAA accolades. She was also named to the All-UAA first team in basketball in 1994.
Diane Ulatowski Tibbetts, University of Rochester.
She was named the 1988 UAA Volleyball Most Valuable Player and led the Yellowjackets to the team title when they handed WashU its only loss in the first 18 UAA championships. Ulatowski Tibbetts, who also earned first team All-UAA honors in 1987, led the Yellowjackets to two NCAA appearances.
Annika Urban, Emory University.
Urban broke the NCAA Division III championship record in winning the mile (4:43.17) last weekend. She won the UAA XC individual title and was named Most Outstanding Performer (running) at the UAA indoor championship.
Ashley Van Vechten, University of Rochester.
Van Vechten, the current head coach at her alma mater, was named an NCAA Division III All-American for three consecutive years and earned first team All-UAA honors all four years. She was an Academic All-America honoree and a Fulbright Scholar.
Vanessa Walby, Washington University.
Walby has been named UAA Coach/Coaching Staff of the Year five times (three with WashU, two with UChicago), including 2022. She has a career record of 381-133 (.741 winning percentage) in 14 years with three UAA titles and 11 NCAA trips. Walby is the only coach in UAA history to win UAA titles at two different schools (UChicago, 2013; WashU, 2015 & 2017).
Annie Wennerberg, CWRU.
Wennerberg is the CWRU softball all-time leader in wins (53) and home runs (33). She was the UAA Player of the Year in 2015, earning All-UAA honors in each of her four seasons. She holds program single-season records with 20 home runs and 60 runs batted in. She was named to the UAA Softball 30th Anniversary Team.
Mary Wisniewski, University of Chicago.
Wisniewski is the Director of Sports Medicine and is in her 35th year as an athletic trainer at UChicago. She interviewed for an assistant AT position at WashU when then WashU AD John Schael recommended her to UChicago's Mary Jean Mulvaney, who hired her as the head AT.
Kim Wyant, NYU.
Wyant has served as the head coach of the NYU men's soccer team since 2015 and was the only woman head coach of a men's program until last season. In 2008, Wyant received the Special Recognition Award from the National Soccer Hall of Fame for her contributions to the National Team. She was the goalkeeper for the first U.S. Women's National Soccer Team.
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