University of Pittsburgh Athletics
Miller Nominated for 2022 NCAA Women of the Year Award
7/28/2022 3:08:00 PM | Women's Gymnastics
PITTSBURGH – Former Pitt gymnast Olivia Miller, a 2022 graduate, has been nominated for NCAA Women of the Year honors.
Miller is the epitome of student-athlete, leading in the gym, the classroom, and the community. She earned multiple All-EAGL First Team honors in the all-around and EAGL All-Tournament recognition in every event. She competed in all four events with career highs of 9.825 or higher on each one, as well as a top score of 39.250 in the all-around. She was the 2022 team captain in her final collegiate season and is the leader and role model that the team looks to and rallies around. Outside of the gym, Miller was an all-star student, earning a spot on the EAGL-All Scholastic team and ACC Academic Honor Roll in all four seasons.
Miller was also a consistent Dean's List recipient, securing a spot in every semester she was enrolled at Pitt. She was the President of the Student-Athlete Advisory Board (SAAC), served as a student mentor for Strong Women, Strong Girls, and volunteered countless hours towards the OBGYN/High Risk Patient Care department at Magee-Women's Hospital, as well as the Pitt Kids organization. In part of Miller's efforts in and around the Pittsburgh community, she was awarded the ACC's Top 6 for Service Award and the PNC Bank Community Champion. Lastly, Miller was a member of the prestigious Blue and Gold Society at Pitt and the current holder of the Heart of the Panther award – given to the student-athlete who best embodies the spirit of service through the Pitt Promise and is involved in the community above and beyond what is expected.
A Monroeville, Pa., native, Miller graduated Sunday from Pitt with a bachelor's degree in Rehabilitation Sciences and a certificate in Pathokinesiology in Rehabilitation. She is set to enroll in Pitt's Physician Assistant Studies Hybrid Program, a two-year graduate program.
NCAA member schools have nominated a total of 577 graduating student-athletes for the 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year award. Established in 1991, the award recognizes female student-athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves in their community, in athletics and in academics throughout their college careers.
As 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of Title IX, the NCAA Woman of the Year program is an important opportunity to honor and reflect on the impact of women on intercollegiate sports.
This year's nominees represent all three NCAA divisions, including 248 from Division I, 127 from Division II and 202 from Division III. Of the 577 nominations, 23 sports are represented, with 125 student-athletes competing in multiple sports.
Each year, NCAA member schools are encouraged to celebrate their top graduating female student-athletes by nominating them for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award. Up to two female student-athletes can be recognized from each school if at least one of them is an international student-athlete or student-athlete of color.
The conference offices will then select up to two student-athletes from their member school nominations. (If two are chosen, one must be an international student-athlete or student-athlete of color.) 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 picked to advance by a selection committee. The Woman of the Year Selection Committee will then select 10 student-athletes from each division, determining the Top 30 honorees.
Of the Top 30, the Woman of the Year Selection Committee will announce nine finalists, three from each NCAA division. The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics will review the finalists and name the 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year.
For the first time in the award's history, the Top 30 honorees will be celebrated and the Woman of the Year will be named at the NCAA Convention. The 2023 Convention will take place in January in San Antonio.
To learn more about the award program and previous winners, visit ncaa.org/woty.
Miller is the epitome of student-athlete, leading in the gym, the classroom, and the community. She earned multiple All-EAGL First Team honors in the all-around and EAGL All-Tournament recognition in every event. She competed in all four events with career highs of 9.825 or higher on each one, as well as a top score of 39.250 in the all-around. She was the 2022 team captain in her final collegiate season and is the leader and role model that the team looks to and rallies around. Outside of the gym, Miller was an all-star student, earning a spot on the EAGL-All Scholastic team and ACC Academic Honor Roll in all four seasons.
Miller was also a consistent Dean's List recipient, securing a spot in every semester she was enrolled at Pitt. She was the President of the Student-Athlete Advisory Board (SAAC), served as a student mentor for Strong Women, Strong Girls, and volunteered countless hours towards the OBGYN/High Risk Patient Care department at Magee-Women's Hospital, as well as the Pitt Kids organization. In part of Miller's efforts in and around the Pittsburgh community, she was awarded the ACC's Top 6 for Service Award and the PNC Bank Community Champion. Lastly, Miller was a member of the prestigious Blue and Gold Society at Pitt and the current holder of the Heart of the Panther award – given to the student-athlete who best embodies the spirit of service through the Pitt Promise and is involved in the community above and beyond what is expected.
A Monroeville, Pa., native, Miller graduated Sunday from Pitt with a bachelor's degree in Rehabilitation Sciences and a certificate in Pathokinesiology in Rehabilitation. She is set to enroll in Pitt's Physician Assistant Studies Hybrid Program, a two-year graduate program.
NCAA member schools have nominated a total of 577 graduating student-athletes for the 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year award. Established in 1991, the award recognizes female student-athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves in their community, in athletics and in academics throughout their college careers.
As 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of Title IX, the NCAA Woman of the Year program is an important opportunity to honor and reflect on the impact of women on intercollegiate sports.
This year's nominees represent all three NCAA divisions, including 248 from Division I, 127 from Division II and 202 from Division III. Of the 577 nominations, 23 sports are represented, with 125 student-athletes competing in multiple sports.
Each year, NCAA member schools are encouraged to celebrate their top graduating female student-athletes by nominating them for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award. Up to two female student-athletes can be recognized from each school if at least one of them is an international student-athlete or student-athlete of color.
The conference offices will then select up to two student-athletes from their member school nominations. (If two are chosen, one must be an international student-athlete or student-athlete of color.) 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 picked to advance by a selection committee. The Woman of the Year Selection Committee will then select 10 student-athletes from each division, determining the Top 30 honorees.
Of the Top 30, the Woman of the Year Selection Committee will announce nine finalists, three from each NCAA division. The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics will review the finalists and name the 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year.
For the first time in the award's history, the Top 30 honorees will be celebrated and the Woman of the Year will be named at the NCAA Convention. The 2023 Convention will take place in January in San Antonio.
To learn more about the award program and previous winners, visit ncaa.org/woty.
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