OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS---The NCAA announced today the 51 state-level winners (including the District of Columbia) for its Woman of the Year Award. The NCAA Woman of the Year Award honors outstanding female student-athletes who have excelled in academics, athletics and community leadership.

The state winners were selected by a committee comprised of representatives from member schools. Judy Sweet, director of athletics at the University of California, San Diego, chairs the selection committee. The 51 state winners were chosen from more than 400 nominations.

The 51 state-level winners include 26 student-athletes from Division I, 10 student-athletes from Division II and 15 student-athletes from Division III. These student-athletes participated in 15 of the 17 sports in which women compete for NCAA championships.

Ten finalists will be announced later this month. The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics will select the NCAA Woman of the Year from among the finalists. The winner will be announced at an awards dinner Sunday, October 18, at 7:30 at the Westin Hotel in Indianapolis, Indiana. This will be the first year Indianapolis has hosted this event.

In 1997, Lisa Ann Coole, a record-setting swimmer from the University of Georgia, was honored as the woman of the year. Coole was killed in an auto accident earlier this year, and she will be remembered in a special feature at this year's awards dinner.

Other previous winners include: 1996 -- Billie Winsett-Fletcher, volleyball, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; 1995 -- Rebecca Lobo, basketball, University of Connecticut; 1994 -- Tanya Hughes, track and field, University of Arizona; 1993 -- Nnenna Lynch, track and cross country, Villanova University; 1992 -- Catherine Byrne, swimming, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; and 1991 -- Mary Beth Riley, track and field, Canisius College.

Ticket information is available by calling Indiana Sports Corporation at 317/237-5000 or 1-800-HI-FIVES.

Note to editors: A list of all 51 state-level winners follows.

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Alabama

Merritt Leigh Booth, Gymnastics, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
3.648 GPA...major: psychology...three-time first-team all-American...three-time second-team all-American...four-year scholastic all-American...team captain...team placed third in 1998 NCAA championships...member of 1996 NCAA championship team...all-Southeastern Conference academic team...volunteered for Project Angel Tree, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Stallings Rise Center...hometown: Fort Worth, Texas.

Alaska

Zuzana Razusova, Skiing, University of Alaska Anchorage
3.81 GPA...major: natural sciences...three-time all-American...finished ninth in 1998 and eighth in 1997 in the giant slalom at the NCAA championships...United States Collegiate Ski Coaches Association all-Academic Team...researched and published the abstract Biophysical 98 as part of cardiology research at the University of Utah Research Laboratories...volunteer ski and soccer coach...hometown: Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia.

Arizona

Kellee Anne Booth, Golf, Arizona State University
3.60 GPA...major: business management...four-time all-American with four straight top-15 finishes in the NCAA championships...1998 Marilyn Smith Award winner...member of NCAA championship women's golf team in 1995, 1997 and 1998...1997-98 Honda Award for golf recipient...1998 Varsity "A" Association female outstanding senior award...four-time first-team all-Pacific 10 Conference...intercollegiate athletics board student-athlete representative...hometown: Coto de Caza, California.

Arkansas

Christy Smith, Basketball, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
3.00 GPA...major: kinesiology...second-round draft pick of the Women's National Basketball Association's Charlotte Sting...four-time Associated Press honorable mention all-American...team reached 1998 Women's Final Four...starting point guard Team USA, which earned gold medal at 1997 World University Games...three-time Southeastern Conference academic honor roll...volunteered for Arkansas Athletes Outreach and Read with the Lady 'Backs... hometown: West Lafayette, Indiana.

California

Nada Mufid Kawar, Track & Field, University of California, Los Angeles
3.906 GPA...major: biology...third in shot put and sixth in discus at 1998 NCAA championships...GTE/College Sports Information Directors of America Academic all-American first team...all-Pacific 10 Conference academic first team...1998 team captain...Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society...member of UCLA Pre-Medicine Society...UCLA Throwing Camp Counselor...hometown: Montrose, California.

Colorado

Kelly Elizabeth Smith, Cross Country, Indoor/Outdoor Track, University of Colorado, Boulder
3.978 GPA...major: English...seven-time cross country all-American...second place in 1500 meters in 1996, 1997 and 1998 NCAA Women's Division I Outdoor Track Championship...four-time Big 12 individual champion...team won four Big 12 cross country titles...Rhodes Scholar Colorado state finalist; 1997 GTE/CoSIDA Academic all-American...Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society ...volunteer for University of Colorado Women's Resource Center ...hometown: Petoskey, Michigan.

Connecticut

Tara Thibeault, Field Hockey, Lacrosse, Basketball, Quinnipiac College
3.47 GPA...major: physical therapy...first team Division II all-American in field hockey...1996-97 Northeast 10 all-conference team...North-South senior all-star...1996-97 team most valuable player...Division II Academic all-American...scholar-athlete award ...member of Quinnipiac Physical Therapy Club...volunteered for Hamden Girls Program and Special Olympics...hometown: Allenstown, New Hampshire.

Delaware

Liza Shoemaker, Lacrosse, University of Delaware
3.285 GPA...major: international relations...three-time Brine/Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association all-American...member of U.S. Women's Lacrosse Team ...1997-98 University of Delaware outstanding senior female athlete award winner ...America East Academic Honor Roll...1997 NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference...peer mentor for H.E.N.S....Special Olympics volunteer...hometown: Baltimore, Maryland. District of Janet Muckenthaler, Track & Field, Cross Country, Catholic University Columbia 3.80 GPA...major: biology...seventh place in pentathalon in 1998 Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference, fourth place in pentathalon and third place in hepthathalon in 1997... 1996 Capital Athletic Conference first team...four-year Capital Athletic Conference all-academic team...Phi Eta Sigma...student coordinator for Brookland CUA Day Camp ...volunteered for Exodus Inner-City Youth Ministry and Streetside Catechism ...hometown: West Bridgewater, Massachusetts.

Florida

Janina Lara Morusiewicz, Volleyball, Barry University
3.93 GPA...major: pre-veterinary...member of 1995 national championship team and 1997 national runner-up team...1996, 1998 team captain...named to 1997 NCAA Elite Eight Tournament Team...1997-98 outstanding biology major of the year...1997, 1998 Barry Female Scholar/Athlete of the Year...vice-president of operations for Alpha Gamma Delta ...tutored for the biology mentor program...hometown: Sarasota, Florida.

Georgia

Alicia K. Moore, Basketball, Volleyball, Track & Field, Emory University
3.58 GPA...major: biology...1998 all-America honorable mention by Women's Basketball Coaches Association and Women's Division III News...1996, 1997 all-region American Volleyball Coaches Association...1997, 1998 Emory University Bridges Award for outstanding all-around athlete, all sports...1997, 1998 first-team all-conference in basketball, volleyball and track & field...volunteered for Special Olympics...academic tutor for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation...hometown: Palm Bay, Florida.

Hawaii

Nicole K. Cockett, Basketball, University of Hawaii
2.99 GPA...major: psychology...1998 Western Athletic Conference Pacific Division player of the year...1997, 1998 WAC Pacific Division first team and all-defensive team...holds school records in three-point shooting, steals, blocks and games played...University of Hawaii Jack Bonham award winner...elementary school speaker...volunteer in D.A.R.E. Day for fifth and sixth grade students...hometown: Aiea, Hawaii.

Idaho

Johnna Evans, Gymnastics, Boise State University
3.85 GPA...major: biology, environmental studies...1998 second-team all-American in all-around...13th place in all-around at NCAA championships...1996, 1998 Big West Conference gymnast of the year and all-around champion...1997 National Invitation Tournament all-around champion...three-time Big West all-academic team...volunteered to read to grade school students...coached Girl Scouts in gymnastics...hometown: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

Illinois

Sarah E. Gohl, Basketball, Tennis, Eureka College
4.0 GPA...major: business administration...1998 basketball team captain...career assist leader...1998 Northern Illinois/Iowa Conference all-conference honorable mention...two-year winner of Eureka College Woman of the Year...Walter Byers NCAA Postgraduate Scholar...Ronald W. Reagan Leadership Fellow...student body president for two years ...co-founder of the Eureka College Designated Driver Program...hometown: St. Francis, Minnesota.

Indiana

Jennifer Brown, Field Hockey, Ball State University
3.73 GPA...major: Education...12-time Mid-American Conference player of the week ...1997-98 Woody Hayes National Female Scholar Athlete...three-time all-Midwest Region first team...school career point and goals leader...team won four conference championships and had two final-eight appearances in NCAA championship...1997 Mid-American Presidential Award for Academic Excellence...volunteer instructor for Fit Kids ...hometown: Akron, Pennsylvania.

Iowa

Anne West, Rowing, University of Iowa
3.64 GPA...major: political science...1997 all-American...member of fours team that placed fourth in 1997 NCAA championship...1996-97 team captain...1996-97 Women's Intercollegiate Sports Council member...reads to kindergarten children through Rock and Read...student academic adviser... hometown: Waverly, Iowa.

Kansas

Maria Abatjoglou, Tennis, University of Kansas
4.00 GPA...major: Spanish and philosophy...reached the final round of the 1998 NCAA team competition...1998 NCAA regional team champion...won 1997 singles title at Washington Invitational...1997, 1998 GTE/CoSIDA Academic all-American first team ...Sigma Delta Pi (Spanish Honor Society)...two-year president of student-athlete advisory committee...volunteered for the Social Service League...hometown: South Charleston, West Virginia.

Kentucky

Beth Leake, Swimming and Diving, University of Kentucky
3.922 GPA...major: accounting...placed 12th in one-meter board at 1997-98 NCAA Championship...finished second in the one-meter board at Southeastern Conference championships...won three-meter board at the Indiana University Invitational...honorable mention all-American in 1998...treasurer of Beta Alpha Psi...Golden Key National Honor Society... hometown: Louisville, Kentucky.

Louisiana

Amy McClosky, Gymnastics, Louisiana State University
3.63 GPA...major: zoology...1997 all-American in floor exercise and beam...1997 all-Southeastern Conference in beam and all-around...1998 team captain...academic all-American...four-time Southeastern Conference honor roll...Omicron Delta Kappa ...volunteered for Reading to Children and Academic Distinction Fund...hometown: Forney, Texas.

Maine

Heather B. Gilmour, Field Hockey, University of Southern Maine
3.36 GPA...major: English...1997-98 team captain...1998 recipient of Paula D. Hodgdon Leadership Award...NCAA Division III Student-Athlete Advisory Committee...1997-98 outstanding senior award...facilitator at 1998 NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference ...resident assistant...athletic department internship...coach at Stix Field Hockey Camp ...hometown: Winthrop, Maine.

Maryland

Emily Kristina Yanero, Volleyball, Basketball, Tennis, College of Notre Dame (Maryland)
3.9 GPA...major: sociology, Asian studies...Atlantic Women's Colleges Conference all-conference teams in all three sports...1997 outstanding AWCC tennis player...1997-98 most valuable player in basketball and volleyball...AWCC scholar athlete...Morrissy Scholar...volunteered at My Sister's Place, a homeless shelter...member of student athlete advisory committee...hometown: Ellicott City, Maryland.

Massachusetts

Shannon M. LeBlanc, Field Hockey, University of Massachusetts at Lowell
3.741 GPA...major: psychology...two-time National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division II all-American...three-year team captain...school single season and career records for points...1997-98 GTE/CoSIDA National Academic all-American...NCAA Division II Student-Athlete Advisory Committee member...participant and coordinator of Women Inspiring New Generations Through Sports...hometown: Amesbury, Massachusetts.

Michigan

Marisa K. Proctor, Swimming and Diving, Alma College
3.937 GPA...major: English...first-team all-American, one- and three-meter board in 1997 and 1998...two-time first-team all-Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association...1998 team captain...1997 and 1998 MIAA Conference champion in one- and three-meter board ...1998 second-team GTE/CoSIDA Academic all-American...1998 Alma College outstanding female athlete...Alma College Writing Center Tutor...Alpha Xi Delta ...hometown: Tecumseh, Michigan.

Minnesota

Rebecca Wold, Basketball, Track, Cross Country, Gustavus Adolphus College
3.769 GPA...major: elementary education...two-time all-conference selection in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference for basketball...career and single-game three-point record holder...scored 1,000 points during career...all-American in 800 meters...1997 all-conference in cross country...GTE/CoSIDA Academic all-American...Fellowship of Christian Athletes president...hometown: Arden Hills, Minnesota.

Mississippi

Heidi Hudlow, Soccer, Millsaps College
3.96 GPA...major: biology...1997 first-team all-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference...1996 second-team all-SCAC...1996, 1997 Millsaps most valuable player ...1997 team captain...Phi Beta Kappa...Millsaps Scholar-Athlete Award...physical therapy technician internship at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center...parliamentarian for Kappa Delta Sorority...hometown: Ocean Springs, Mississippi.

Missouri

Katherine Ann Kearns, Cross Country, Indoor/Outdoor Track, Northwest Missouri State University
3.92 GPA...major: dietitics...1996, 1997 NCAA Division II cross country all-American ...1996 Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association cross country individual champion...1998 conference champion in outdoor 10 kilometer...1997, 1998 indoor conference champion in three kilometer...1997-98 first team GTE/CoSIDA Academic all-American...senior center lunch program volunteer...Adopt-a-Grandparent volunteer ...hometown: Omaha, Nebraska.

Montana

Skyla R. Sisco, Basketball, University of Montana
3.60 GPA...major: health and human performance...four-time all-Big Sky Conference first team and all-academic team...1998 Big Sky most valuable player...1995 Big Sky outstanding sixth player...1995 U.S. Olympic Festival participant...1998 GTE/CoSIDA Academic all-American District VII second team ...D.A.R.E. program volunteer ...volunteered for Girl Scouts...hometown: Malta, Montana.

Nebraska

Carrie Welle, Basketball, Creighton University
3.838 GPA...major: finance...1996, 1997, 1998 first-team all-Missouri Valley Conference...1997 Missouri Valley Conference player of the year...two-year team captain...1998 Omaha College Sportswoman of the Year...1998 GTE/CoSIDA Academic all-American second team...three-time first-team academic all-MVC...member of the Financial Management Association...volunteered for Girls and Boys Club...hometown: Fargo, North Dakota.

Nevada

Lisé Mackie, Swimming and Diving, University of Nevada
3.92 GPA...major: international affairs and journalism...1996 Olympic bronze medalist in 800 freestyle relay...represented Australia in 1992 and 1996 Olympic games...1996, 1997, 1998 all-American...three-time Big West Conference swimmer of the year and all-conference academic team...three-time academic all-American...president of campus student athlete advisory committee...public speaker for UNR outreach program in local schools...hometown: Brisbane, Australia.

New Hampshire

Kim-Laura Boyle, Soccer, Lacrosse, Colby-Sawyer College
3.72 GPA...major: biology...1997 GTE/CoSIDA Academic all-American District I second team in soccer and 1998 GTE/CoSIDA Academic all-America national third team in Lacrosse...fourth all-time at Colby-Sawyer for goals and points and eighth in assists in Lacrosse...team captain in soccer and Lacrosse...awarded a National Science Foundation grant to study at the Marine Biological Laboratory...Colby-Sawyer's 1998 female scholar athlete...volunteered as student academic counselor...hometown: Plainfield, Vermont.

New Jersey

Amy Elizabeth MacFarlane, Field Hockey, Lacrosse, Princeton University
3.44 GPA...major: religion...1997 first-team all-American and Honda Award nominee in field hockey...two-time Ivy League Player of the Year...1997 Princeton University athlete of the year...three-year member of Canadian National Team that won a bronze medal in the Pan Am Games...two-time academic all-Ivy League...three-time Field Hockey Coaches' Association Academic all-American...volunteer teacher for Kid Power ...hometown: Vancouver, British Columbia.

New Mexico

Anna Jane Eathorne, Golf, New Mexico State University
3.63 GPA...major: marketing...1997 and 1998 first-team all-American...finished 12th at 1998 NCAA Championship and tied for fourth at NCAA West Regional...first-team all-Big West Conference in 1997 and 1998...1997 GTE/CoSIDA Academic all-District...three-time all-Big West academic team...team captain...now playing golf professionally ...participated in NCAA CHAMPS/Life Skills Program...volunteered in Read to Children program...hometown: Penticton, British Columbia.

New York

Heidi Nichols, Volleyball, Track & Field, Basketball, Ithaca College
3.64 GPA...major: sociology... 1996, 1997 American Volleyball Coaches Association and ASICS first-team all-American...four-time American Volleyball Coaches Association all-New York Team...1998 Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference indoor high jump champion...1998 New York State Collegiate Track Conference outdoor high jump champion...1996, 1997 GTE/CoSIDA District I first-team all-academic...law enforcement intern...hometown: Newfield, New York.

North Carolina

Reeshemah Parkinson, Volleyball, Softball, Fayetteville State University
3.43 GPA...major: accounting...1996 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association all-tournament team in volleyball...member of the Jamaican National Volleyball Team...setter for team that won conference championship in 1996 for first time in school history ...Arthur Ashe Scholar Athlete Award in 1997...tutored at the Green Valley Learning Center...parliamentarian for Zeta Phi Beta Sorority... hometown: Kingston, Jamaica.

North Dakota

Andrea Jeseritz, Track & Field, North Dakota State University
3.92 GPA...major: psychology...eight-time Division II all-American in the high jump ...1996 NCAA Division II indoor high jump champion and runner-up in 1998...1998 GTE/CoSIDA Academic all-America first team, third team in 1997...four-time North Central Conference champion in the high jump...telephone crisis counselor for Community Resources Hotline...vice-president of student athlete council...hometown: Hutchinson, Minnesota.

Ohio

Heather K. Heitsenrether, Field Hockey, College of Wooster
3.697 GPA...major: communication science and disorders...first-team all-American in 1997, second-team in 1996...1995-1997 North Coast Athletic Conference first team...1997 NCAC defensive player of the year...national academic squad in field hockey 1995-1997 ...1998 NCAC scholar athlete award...worked with emotionally disturbed children at Camp Milestone...church school teacher...hometown: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Oklahoma

Heidi Miller, Volleyball, Oral Roberts University
4.0 GPA...major: history and English...NCAA record for most assists in a four-game match...Oral Roberts career leader in assists, second in single-season assists and assists per game...Mid-Continent Conference all-conference team...History Education Student of the Year...Alpha Lambda Delta Merit Scholar...head resident advisor...volunteered on several mission trips to Israel and Mexico...hometown: Golden, Colorado.

Oregon

Deanne Droegemueller, Gymnastics, Oregon State University
3.01 GPA...major: exercise and sports science...1998 first-team all-American on bars, 1995 first-team all-American on beam...Pacific-10 Conference champion on bars...1998 NCAA West Regional champion on bars...all-Pacific 10 team on bars...1998 team captain...1998 Pac-10 all-academic second team...vice president of student athlete advisory board...speaker for WARM (We Are Role Models)...hometown: Maple Grove, Minnesota.

Pennsylvania

Jennifer Erdos, Swimming, Allegheny College
3.97 GPA...major: biochemistry...four-year all-American...fifth in 200-meter backstroke and on two all-America relays at NCAA Division III championships...four-year all-North Coast Athletic Conference...valedictorian of graduating class...1997, 1998 GTE/CoSIDA Academic all-American...participated in Allegheny Leaders & Liaisons...Learn to Swim instructor...hometown: Meadville, Pennsylvania.

Rhode Island

Margaret Gardel, Rowing, Brown University
3.73 GPA...major: physics and math...team placed second and varsity eight finished third at 1998 NCAA championship...member of varsity eight team that won the 1998 Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges sprints and Ivy League championship...first team all-Ivy...GTE/CoSIDA District I Academic all-American first team...recipient of Brown's Susan B. Colver Physics Prize for academic excellence and research...physics tutor...hometown: Acton, Massachusetts.

South Carolina

Lovee T. McKinney, Basketball, Newberry College
3.7 GPA...major: business administration...11th in steals in nation, leader in steals in South Atlantic Conference...Arthur Ashe first team scholarship award...basketball team captain ...NCAA Division II scholar athlete...student body vice-president...Bachman's Honor Society for students in top 10 percent of class...mentor and tutor for at-risk children...hometown: Greenville, South Carolina.

South Dakota

Nadya Wiedrich, Track & Field, Northern State University
3.72 GPA...major: art education, coaching...three-time NCAA national meet qualifier ...three-time academic all-American...two-time Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference champion in discus...school record holder in hammer throw...1998 Northern State University scholar athlete of the year...camp director at Many Point Boy Scout Camp ...hometown: Roscoe, South Dakota.

Tennessee

Leslie Ann Henley, Track & Field, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
3.87 GPA...major: exercise science...third place in pole vault in NCAA championships...1998 all-Southeastern Conference first team...record holder in SEC pole vault and 1998 conference champion...chancellor's citation for extraordinary academic achievement in 1997 and 1998...all-academic SEC...1998 all-American Farm Team...250 hours of volunteer work in physical therapy...volunteer youth track coach... hometown: Manchester, Tennessee.

Texas

Vera S. Ilyina, Swimming and Diving, University of Texas at Austin
3.571 GPA...major: international business...1997, 1998 NCAA Division I diver of the year...four-time national champion one- and three-meter boards...silver medalist in one meter in 1998 World Championship...seventh place in three meter in 1996 Olympics ...second-team 1997-98 GTE/CoSIDA National Academic all-American...received university's 1997-98 Big 12 Scholar-Athlete Award...volunteered for university's Neighborhood Longhorns community service program...hometown: Moscow, Russia.

Utah

Amy Steele Gant, Volleyball, Brigham Young University
3.81 GPA...major: sports medicine...1997 first-team all-American by American Volleyball Coaches Association...current player on the U.S. National Volleyball team...1997 Western Athletic Conference Tournament most valuable player...1997 GTE/CoSIDA all-American first team...1997 academic all-conference winner of Leona B. Holbrook Spirit of Sport award...organized volleyball team's participation in canned food drives...hometown: Laguna Hills, California.

Vermont

Kathryn Masselam, Cross Country, Outdoor Track, Middlebury College
3.55 GPA...major: biochemistry...named female runner of the year by the United States Track Coaches Association for New England Division III...1997 New England Division III champion...1997 all-American...received Charles B. Alen Memorial Prize in biology, chemistry, physics...performer in student led tap dancing group On Tap...volunteer tutor ...hometown: Needham, Massachusetts.

Virginia

Peggy Boutilier, Lacrosse, Field Hockey, University of Virginia
3.6 GPA...major: sociology, elementary education...member of 1998 United States National Lacrosse Team...two-time Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association national player of the year...1997 field hockey team captain and team most valuable player...1997, 1998 GTE/CoSIDA Academic all-American...awarded Virginia's Gray-Carrington Scholarship for personal integrity, achievement leadership and humility...chairperson of athletic student affairs committee...hometown: Baltimore, Maryland.

Washington

Lisa Marie Malmin, Track & Field, Seattle Pacific University
3.99 GPA...major: biochemistry...24 career relay wins...sixth all-time at Seattle Pacific in 400-meter dash and 1600-meter relay...1995 all-American in 1600-meter relay with sixth-place finish and 1996 all-American in 400-meter relay with seventh-place finish...1998 Falcon Award for Excellence...1997, 1998 GTE/CoSIDA Academic all-American second team...student ministry coordinator...peer advisor...hometown: Gig Harbor, Washington.

West Virginia

Kathleen M. McGowan, Swimming, Cross Country, Track & Field, Bethany College
3.96 GPA...major: physical education...holds school record in five swimming events...two-year swimming team most valuable player...Presidents Athletic Conference Academic Honor Roll for four years...school record holder in 800-meter run...S. Elizabeth Reed Award for outstanding female physical education major...created provisional member education program to eliminate hazing for Phi Mu Fraternity...hometown: Wellsburg, West Virginia.

Wisconsin

Lace Elly Van Zeeland, Track & Field, Cross Country, University of Wisconsin, Lacrosse
3.9 GPA...major: physical therapy, pre-professional medicine...six-time NCAA Division III all-American in 400-meter dash and 1600-meter relay...member of 1600-meter relay that won national outdoor championship in 1997...10-time Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference champion...GTE/CoSIDA Academic all-American first team...participated in Wisconsin Teen Leadership Program... hometown: Kimberly, Wisconsin.

Wyoming

Molly Cochran, Cross Country, University of Wyoming
3.476 GPA...major: chemical engineering...finished 14th in mile run at 1998 NCAA Indoor Championships...holds university record in indoor mile...named academic all-American in 1997 by Division I cross country coaches...three-time Western Athletic Conference all-academic and scholar-athlete selection...speaker at local schools...hometown: Rush City, Minnesota.