GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Atlantic Coast Conference nominee Jaeda Daniel of NC State is among nine finalists for the 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year Award.
The NCAA Woman of the Year Award was established in 1991 to recognize graduating female student-athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves in academics, athletics, service and leadership throughout their collegiate careers.
For the first time in the award’s history, the Top 30 honorees will be celebrated, and the Woman of the Year named at the NCAA Convention. The 2023 Convention will take place in January in San Antonio, Texas.
“We are thrilled for Jaeda and her well-deserved selection as one of nine finalists for the NCAA Woman of the Year award,” said ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, Ph.D. “Jaeda and all of the nominees from our member schools exemplify what this award represents. We look forward to the presentation during the 2023 NCAA Convention, and we look forward to being in attendance to support Jaeda as the ACC’s amazing finalist of this extremely prestigious award.”
Daniel, a Wolfpack tennis standout, joins eight other finalists who were among an original group of 577 school nominees. The nine finalists consist of three student-athletes each from NCAA Divisions I, II and III.
From those nine finalists, the NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics then will choose the 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year.
Daniel was the 2022 NCAA champion in doubles alongside playing partner Nell Miller, marking the first national title in Wolfpack women’s tennis history and putting an exclamation mark on a decorated career.
The Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, native was one of just five players in the nation to be named an All-American in both singles and doubles in 2022, and she also garnered status as a First Team All-ACC honoree. She is the recipient of this year’s H.C. Kennett Award, the highest athletic honor at NC State.
Daniel finished her last campaign with the Pack ranked No. 1 nationally in doubles and No. 11 in singles. She was part of the first duo in Wolfpack women’s tennis history to earn a No. 1 final national ranking and surged as high as a career-best No. 8 in singles during 2021-22.
Daniel compiled 24 singles wins this season, with 16 of those victories coming in dual-match play. After playing at the No. 4 singles spot for…
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