CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – Atlantic Coast Conference nominees Virginia’s Natasha Subhash (Tennis) and Duke’s Jala Wright (Softball) are among the Top 30 honorees for the 2024 NCAA Woman of the Year Award as announced by the NCAA on Wednesday.
The NCAA Woman of the Year award established in 1991 honors graduating female student-athletes who have distinguished themselves throughout their collegiate careers in the areas of academic achievement, athletics excellence, service, and leadership.
“We are so proud of Natasha and Jala as their selection to the NCAA Top 30 Woman of the Year is well-deserved and speaks volumes about the incredible female student-athletes in this league,” said ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, Ph.D. “We look forward to celebrating Natasha and Jala as part of January’s NCAA Convention and applaud their incredible achievements in the classroom, community and competitively.”
From the Top 30, three finalists from each NCAA division will be named. The NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics will then select the 2024 NCAA Woman of the Year from among the nine total finalists.
Subhash graduated from the University of Virginia with a bachelor’s degree in commerce, and most recently with a master’s degree in accounting last May.
During her time at UVA, Subhash achieved numerous academic and athletic honors. She was recognized as a three-time CoSIDA Academic All-America honoree, a five-time ITA Scholar-Athlete, a five-time ACC Academic Honor Roll member, and a three-time recipient of UVA’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award. She was also awarded the 2023 Walter B. Doggett Accounting Award from the McIntire School of Commerce for her exceptional academic performance in accounting.
Subhash made significant contributions to the UVA women’s tennis program. She concluded her career as a four-time ITA All-American and received the 2022 Ralph Sampson Scholarship Award for demonstrating excellence in academics, leadership, and athletics. Subhash also received national recognition, being named the National Freshman of the Year in 2020 and receiving the 2023 Arthur Ashe Jr. Leadership and Sportsmanship Award.
On the tennis court, she achieved the third-highest number of singles victories (117), the fourth-highest number of doubles wins (111), and the fourth-highest combined singles and doubles wins (228) in…
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