{"id":125224,"date":"2020-07-17T08:28:15","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T14:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=125224"},"modified":"2020-07-22T13:25:22","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T19:25:22","slug":"aleesa-muir-20-among-ncaa-woman-of-the-year-nominees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=125224","title":{"rendered":"Aleesa Muir ’20 among NCAA Woman of the Year nominees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Aleesa Muir passes the ball in the second half of UCCS\u2019s game against Colorado School of Mines in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) women\u2019s soccer championship game Saturday, November 16, 2019 at Mountain Lion Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colo. Photo by Mark Reis<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Former captain of the UCCS women\u2019s soccer team Aleesa Muir \u201920 is among six Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) athletes nominated for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award. A total of 605, 126 from DII, NCAA nominees were submitted this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nominees for the award also include Alyssa Kelling (MSUD), Anna\nHaugen (SDSMT), Tianna Terrell (WCU), Abby Tiesman (CSM) and Summer Vigil\n(FLC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rooted in Title IX, the NCAA Woman of the Year Award was\nestablished in 1991 to recognize graduating female student-athletes who have\nexhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves in academics,\nathletics, service and leadership throughout their collegiate careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Muir is a lauded graduate of UCCS. Not only an outstanding women\u2019s soccer athlete, biology student and research assistant, when Muir graduated with a degree in biology May 2020 she held a near-perfect 3.96 GPA. Her accomplishments earned her the Thomas F. McLaughlin Award, presented to student-athletes who have demonstrated excellent athletic ability and an outstanding commitment to fellow student-athletes and their communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fast, athletic and left-footed, Muir won RMAC Defensive\nPlayer of the Week three different times in 2019, started in all 20 of the 2019\nseason\u2019s games and set a career high of four goals and three assists, including\none game-winning goal. During her time at UCCS, she was recognized as an\nAcademic All-American by the College Sports Information Directors of America\nand an All-American by the Division II Conference Commissioners Association and\nthe United Soccer Coaches organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that she’s graduated, Muir plans to take the MCAT and pursue medical school. With one year off to prepare, she will continue to perform immune system research with James Kovacs, assistant professor of biochemistry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conference offices will select up to two nominees each from their pool of member school nominees. Then, the Woman of the Year selection committee, made up of representatives from the NCAA membership, will choose the Top 30 honorees \u2013 10 from each division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the Top 30, the Woman of the Year selection committee\nwill determine the top three honorees in each division and announce nine\nfinalists. The NCAA Committee on Women\u2019s Athletics then will choose the 2020\nNCAA Woman of the Year, who will be named this fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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