The NCAA Woman of the Year program was established in 1991 and honors the academic achievements, athletic excellence, community service, and leadership of graduating female college athletes from all three divisions. To be eligible, a nominee must have competed and earned a varsity letter in an NCAA-sponsored sport and must have earned her undergraduate degree by the summer of their nomination year.

Eligible female student-athletes are nominated by their member school. Each conference office then reviews the nominations from its core member schools (and sponsored sports) and submits its conference nominee(s) to the NCAA. All nominees who compete in a sport that is not sponsored by their school’s primary conference, as well as associate conference nominees and independent nominees, will be sent to a separate pool to be considered by a committee. Then, the NCAA Woman of the Year selection committee identifies the Top 30 – 10 from each division, and from there selects three finalists from each division. From the nine finalists, the NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics then selects the NCAA Woman of the Year, who is named in the fall. For more on the NCAA Woman of the Year program, click here >>>

 See below for recent Big West women celebrated by their school and the conference in the NCAA Woman of the Year program.
 

2025 Honorees
Conference nominees	Isabella Cruz, Cal State Fullerton (soccer)
	Bernadette Doyle, Hawai'i (water polo)
School nominees	Karen Flores, Cal State Bakersfield (soccer)
	Amelia Honer, UC Santa Barbara (tennis)
	Kaia Johnson, Cal Bakersfield (softball)
	Esther Matarranz, UC Riverside (basketball)
	Corissa Sweet, Long Beach State (softball)
	Dorottya Telek, CSUN (water polo)
	Lyla Traylor, Cal State Fullerton (volleyball)
	Lily Wahinekapu, Hawai'i (basketball)

2024 Honorees
Conference nominees	Kaylee Glagau, Hawai'i (beach volleyball)
	Amber Igiede, Hawai'i (beach & indoor volleyball)
School nominees	Katie Kennedy, Long Beach State (beach & indoor volleyball)
	Miranda Miller, Cal State Bakersfield (track & field)
	Alyssa Moore, UC Irvine (soccer)
	Linley Ooi, Cal State Fullerton (golf)
	Maddie Phantumabamrung, Cal State Fullerton (soccer)
	Dome Rodriguez, Cal State Bakersfield (soccer)
	Jordan Webster, UC Riverside (basketball)
	Shaylan Whatman, CSUN (softball)
	Alexis Whitfield, UC Santa Barbara (basketball)
2023 Honorees
Conference nominees	Taylor Thames, CSUN (soccer)
	Emma Van Rossum (water polo)
School nominees	Bobbi Aguirre, UC San Diego (softball)
	Hannah Chau, UC Irvine (cross country and track & field)
	Minami Creamer, Cal State Fullerton (volleyball and water polo)
	Shannon Haddad, Long Beach State (softball)
	Lacey Hall, CSUN (water polo)
	Hayley McCluskey, Cal State Bakersfield (beach and indoor volleyball)
	Evann Smith, UC Santa Barbara (soccer)
	Taylor Thames, CSUN (soccer)
	Laticia Transom, Hawai'i (swimming)
	Emma Van Rossum, Hawai'i (water polo)
2022 Honorees
Conference nominees	Ciara Franke, UC San Diego (water polo and swimming & diving)
	Brooke Van Sickle, Hawai'i (indoor and beach volleyball)
School nominees	Sydney Brown, UC San Diego (basketball)
	Ciara Franke, UC San Diego (water polo and swimming & diving)
	Carolyn Gill, Cal State Fullerton (basketball)
	Shakhnoza Khatamova, UC Santa Barbara (tennis)
	Elena Kotanchyan, Long Beach State (water polo)
	Tara Prentice, UC Irvine (water polo)
	Brooke Van Sickle, Hawai'i (indoor and beach volleyball)
	Sophie Yanez, CSUN (soccer)
2021 Honorees
Conference nominees	Haley Brown, Cal State Fullerton (soccer)
	Petra Melounova, Hawai'i (tennis)
School nominees	Vanessa Austin, CSU Bakersfield (basketball)
	Renata Bath, UC Riverside (volleyball)
	Haley Brown, Cal State Fullerton (soccer)
	Emily Hansen, CSU Bakersfield (indoor and beach volleyball)
	Sherriah Harrington, UC San Diego (softball)
	Sydney Holmes, UC Davis (track & field)
	Petra Melounova, Hawai'i (tennis)
	Brianna Villanueva, UC Irvine (track & field)
2020 Honorees
Conference nominees	Tara Prentice, UC Irvine (water polo)
	Victoria Wilson, CSUN (water polo)
School nominees	Carolyn Gill, Cal State Fullerton (basketball)
	Samantha Huerta, Cal State Fullerton (cross country and track & field)
	Rika Okino, Hawai'i (volleyball)
	Danielle Ortega, UC Riverside (softball)
	Jannon Otto, UC Riverside (basketball)
	Tara Prentice, UC Irvine (water polo)
	Hailey Ritterschofer, UC Davis (soccer)
	Victoria Wilson, CSUN (water polo)
2019 Honorees
Conference nominees	Lindsey Kutscher, CSUN (soccer)
	Patricia Parks, Cal State Fullerton (softball)
School nominees	Kaiulani Ahuna, UC Riverside (volleyball)
	Dana Fujikuni, Long Beach State (soccer)
	Brittany Hitchcock, Hawai'i (softball)
	Lindsey Kutscher, CSUN (soccer)
	Allison Loomis, UC Irvine (water polo)
	Imani McDonald, Long Beach State (soccer)
	Patricia Parks, Cal State Fullerton (softball)
	Hannah Rodriguez, UC Riverside (softball)
	Caroline Williams, Cal Poly (tennis)
2018 Honorees
Conference nominees	Chloe Barr, Hawai'i (water polo)
	Avery French, UC Irvine (golf)
School nominees	Claire-Marie Anderson, Hawai'i (indoor and beach volleyball)
	Nele Barber, Long Beach State (beach volleyball)
	Chloe Barr, Hawai'i (water polo)
	Taylor Brown, UC Riverside (track & field)
	Mikaela Francis, Cal State Fullerton (softball)
	Avery French, UC Irvine (golf)
	Monique Griffitths, CSUN (track & field)
	Sydney Haynes, CSU Bakersfield (beach volleyball)
	Greta Kohlmoos, UC Davis (water polo)
	Allison Loomis, UC Irvine (water polo)
	Rachel Nieto, Long Beach State (indoor and beach volleyball)