INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Shauneen Garrahan (Fairfax Station, Va.), a 2007 graduate of Amherst College and a former three-sport athlete for the Lord Jeffs, has been named as one of nine finalists for the 2007 NCAA Woman of the Year award. Garrahan was selected by a committee of conference administrators to represent the NESCAC for this year's Woman of the Year award.

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Now in its 17th year, the Women of Year award honors exceptional female student-athletes who have excelled in academics, athletics and community leadership, and have completed their collegiate athletics eligibility.

This year’s finalists are: Shauneen Garrahan, Amherst College (cross country, track and field), New England Small College Athletic Conference; Felicia Guliford, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (cross country, track and field), Southeastern Conference; Ana Gutierrez, Seattle University (soccer), Great Northwest Athletic Conference; Jessica Javelet, University of Louisville (field hockey), Big East Conference; Whitney Myers, University of Arizona (swimming and diving), Pacific-10 Conference; Ashley Parker, Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) (track and field), Division III independents; Debbie Sharnak, Vassar College (tennis), Liberty League; Sarah Shearman, Truman State University (volleyball), Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association; and Jamie Wolf, Clarion University of Pennsylvania (swimming and diving), Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference.

The NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics will choose the 2007 NCAA Woman of the Year from among the nine finalists. The winner will be announced during the 17th annual awards dinner October 27 in Indianapolis. ESPN’s Sage Steele and Debbie Antonelli will serve as emcees for the evening. Steele is the SportsCenter update anchor for two ESPN morning shows and Antonelli is a veteran women’s basketball television analyst who also has been a radio analyst for the CBS/NCAA Network for the past nine Women’s Final Fours.

While in Indianapolis, Woman of the Year honorees also will participate in a community-service project for Habitat for Humanity.

The 2006 Woman of the Year was Anne Bersagel, a former cross country and track and field student-athlete at Wake Forest.

More information on the award and a list of previous winners can be found at www.ncaa.org/awards/woty.

For more information: 
Dan Fisher, Assistant Director, NESCAC