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Yocky Nominated for NCAA Woman of the Year Award

INDIANAPOLIS – Senior women's basketball student-athlete Alyssa Yocky is in the running for the prestigious NCAA Woman of the Year award.

The program honors academic achievements, athletics excellence, community service and leadership of outstanding female college athletes. Rooted in Title IX and directed by the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics, the NCAA Woman of the Year program celebrates the accomplishments of female college athletes across all three NCAA divisions. In 2019, more than 200,000 women are playing college sports, and the NCAA received a program record of 585 nominations for the award.

Conference nominations are forwarded to the NCAA Woman of the Year Selection Committee, which identifies the top 10 honorees in each of the three NCAA divisions. From those 30 candidates, the selection committee then determines the three finalists in each division for a total of nine finalists.

The committee on Women's Athletics will select the 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year from the nine finalists. The 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year will be announced Sunday, Oct. 20, at an awards dinner in Indianapolis.

Yocky, a forward from Albuquerque, N.M., played her entire collegiate career at Fort Lewis College as she played in 100 career games that included 64 starts and ranks high in several program categories as she recently eclipsed 900 career points and finished at 947, which leaves her 17th in program history. Yocky ended up with 125 career steals, just eight away from breaking into the top-20 and with her 44 blocked shots, she tied for 16th in program history and ended up just six away from landing in the top-15. Her 759 rebounds are third in program history. Yocky's 334 career field goals are good for 20th in program history. Her 57 three-pointers leaves her 21st in program history, just three away from breaking into the top-20 and her 194 free throws leaves her 13th in program history.

This season she led the team in scoring with 319 points, rebounds with 250, free throws made with 69, steals with 55 and blocks with 13 while starting every game this season. Yocky ranks second on the team in assists with 62 and in field goals made with 116. She reached double-figures in scoring 17 times, going for a high of 19 against Western New Mexico. She made seven field goals in a game four different times, grabbed 10 or more rebounds in 12 games, going for a high of 15 against Chadron State. She collected eight double-doubles this season, finishing her career with a 19-point and 12-rebound effort against Adams State, had a high in assists with six in three games, sent back two blocks in a game twice and collected five steals versus Colorado Christian.

Yocky was named to the Academic All-RMAC team each of the past three seasons and was named to the All-RMAC Second Team during the 2016-17 season. Her career highs in a game include 25 points against South Dakota Mines, 17 rebounds against Chadron State, six assists in multiple games, five steals in multiple games, three blocked shots in multiple games, 11 field goals against South Dakota Mines, three three-pointers against UC-Colorado Springs and eight free throws in multiple games.

In addition to her strong work in the classroom and on the court, Yocky was also involved in multiple activities on campus serving as a Pre-Health Club Treasurer, Pre-Health Club President, Vice President of the Council of Honors Scholars, STEM Peer Mentor, Student Body Vice President, Research Mentor and Anatomy TA.
 
 
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Alyssa Yocky

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