NCAA conferences and a selection committee have nominated 154 women from a program-record 581 school nominees for the 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year Award.

Myles Brand, former NCAA president, has been named a Champion of Diversity and Inclusion. His message was: College sports can be a cultural game-changer, paving the way for a society that embraces diversity and includes various voices in its leadership.

NCAA member schools have nominated a record 581 female college athletes for the 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year award.

An NCAA committee has selected two recipients of the 2018 Jim McKay Scholarships: Soren Dahl, a swimmer at North Carolina State, and Kylee Smith, who played on the Belmont women’s basketball team.

The NCAA Walter Byers Scholarship Committee selected two college athletes as recipients of Walter Byers Postgraduate Scholarships: Jennifer Carmichael, a graduate of Oklahoma and former thrower on the track and field team, and Michael Seward, a Harvard graduate who was on the men’s ice hockey team.

Robin Roberts has been named the 2018 recipient of the NCAA President’s Gerald R. Ford Award, which honors an individual who has provided significant leadership as an advocate for college sports.

Julie Soriero, athletics director at MIT, will be the 2018 recipient of the NCAA President’s Pat Summitt Award. She will accept the award Jan. 18 at the 2018 NCAA Convention in Indianapolis.

The University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, has earned the NCAA and Minority Opportunities Athletic Association’s 2018 Award for Diversity and Inclusion. The school will receive the honor in January at the NCAA Convention in Indianapolis.