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Clare Minnerath Named Providence College's NCAA Woman of the Year Nominee
7/14/2020 2:01:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Providence College women's ice hockey senior goaltender Clare Minnerath (Sartell, Minn.) was announced as the school's nominee for the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year Award on Tuesday, July 14. NCAA member schools have nominated a record 605 female college athletes for the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year Award.
Minnerath finished the 2019-20 season with a 9-5-2 record, 2.07 goals-against average and a .906 save percentage in 18 games played for the Friars. Minnerath was also recognized as a Hockey East Top-Scholar Athlete for compiling a perfect 4.0 GPA for the entire season and a Distinguished Scholar, by virtue of being named to the Hockey East All-Academic Team in all four years.
A double major in mathematics and computer science, Minnerath was one of two Providence College women to earn the Clare Boothe Luce Scholarship, which recognizes excellence in academics and a commitment to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). The recognition comes with full tuition and a stipend for research with a faculty member. Her determination came to the forefront in 2018, when she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma and missed the final month of her sophomore year. Minnerath returned to campus the following fall after six chemotherapy treatments.
In May, Minnerath was the recipient of the Jane Thompson Award, which is presented annually to the male or female senior student-athlete who personifies all that is good about being a student-athlete at Providence College and exhibits selflessness, dedication, loyalty, courage and perseverance.
Rooted in Title IX, the NCAA Woman of the Year Award was established in 1991 to recognize graduating female student-athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves in academics, athletics, service and leadership throughout their collegiate careers.
The nominees represent all three NCAA divisions, including 259 nominees from Division I, 126 from Division II and 220 from Division III. Nominees competed in 24 sports, with multisport student-athletes accounting for 128 of the nominees.
Member schools are encouraged to honor their top graduating female college athletes each year by submitting their names for consideration for the Woman of the Year Award. Schools can recognize two nominees if at least one is a woman of color or international student-athlete.
Conference offices will select up to two nominees each from their pool of member school nominees. All nominees who compete in a sport not sponsored by their school's primary conference, as well as associate conference nominees and independent nominees, will be considered by a selection committee. Then, the Woman of the Year selection committee, made up of representatives from the NCAA membership, will choose the Top 30 honorees — 10 from each division.
From the Top 30, the Woman of the Year selection committee will determine the top three honorees in each division and announce nine finalists. The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics then will choose the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year, who will be named this fall.
Minnerath finished the 2019-20 season with a 9-5-2 record, 2.07 goals-against average and a .906 save percentage in 18 games played for the Friars. Minnerath was also recognized as a Hockey East Top-Scholar Athlete for compiling a perfect 4.0 GPA for the entire season and a Distinguished Scholar, by virtue of being named to the Hockey East All-Academic Team in all four years.
A double major in mathematics and computer science, Minnerath was one of two Providence College women to earn the Clare Boothe Luce Scholarship, which recognizes excellence in academics and a commitment to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). The recognition comes with full tuition and a stipend for research with a faculty member. Her determination came to the forefront in 2018, when she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma and missed the final month of her sophomore year. Minnerath returned to campus the following fall after six chemotherapy treatments.
In May, Minnerath was the recipient of the Jane Thompson Award, which is presented annually to the male or female senior student-athlete who personifies all that is good about being a student-athlete at Providence College and exhibits selflessness, dedication, loyalty, courage and perseverance.
Rooted in Title IX, the NCAA Woman of the Year Award was established in 1991 to recognize graduating female student-athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves in academics, athletics, service and leadership throughout their collegiate careers.
The nominees represent all three NCAA divisions, including 259 nominees from Division I, 126 from Division II and 220 from Division III. Nominees competed in 24 sports, with multisport student-athletes accounting for 128 of the nominees.
Member schools are encouraged to honor their top graduating female college athletes each year by submitting their names for consideration for the Woman of the Year Award. Schools can recognize two nominees if at least one is a woman of color or international student-athlete.
Conference offices will select up to two nominees each from their pool of member school nominees. All nominees who compete in a sport not sponsored by their school's primary conference, as well as associate conference nominees and independent nominees, will be considered by a selection committee. Then, the Woman of the Year selection committee, made up of representatives from the NCAA membership, will choose the Top 30 honorees — 10 from each division.
From the Top 30, the Woman of the Year selection committee will determine the top three honorees in each division and announce nine finalists. The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics then will choose the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year, who will be named this fall.
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