Grace Fetherstonhaugh Named Finalist for 2024 NCAA Woman of the Year

Grace Fetherstonhaugh has been announced as a national Top 30 honoree for the 2024 NCAA Woman of the Year Award.

Established in 1991, the award is rooted in Title IX and recognizes female student-athletes who have completed their undergraduate studies and distinguished themselves in their community, in athletics and in academics throughout their college careers.

Selected from a record-breaking 627 nominees submitted by member schools — a group that was then narrowed to 168 nominees at the conference level — the Top 30 honorees include 10 from each of the three NCAA divisions. Each honoree has demonstrated excellence in academics, athletics, community service and leadership. The honorees represent 15 sports, including three student-athletes representing NCAA Emerging Sports for Women. They have a variety of majors, including cell and molecular biology, neuroscience, biochemistry, civil engineering, sociology, nursing, computer science, sport management and more.

"These honorees represent the very best of what it means to be a student-athlete, and the character-building potential that is inherent in all athletic pursuits. They have distinguished themselves among the many thousands of collegiate athletes who find and surpass their limits every day on the journey to becoming their best selves, not just in sport, but in life," said Marion Terenzio, chair of the Woman of the Year Selection Committee and president of SUNY Cobleskill. "I congratulate all of the remarkable women named to the Top 30 and applaud their demonstrated ability to create positive change in themselves and in the world around them."

The selection committee will determine three honorees from each NCAA division, for a total of nine finalists. From those finalists, the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics will choose the 2024 NCAA Woman of the Year.

At the NCAA Convention in January, the NCAA Woman of the Year will be named, and the Top 30 will be celebrated.

Grace Fetherstonhaugh

School: Oregon State
Division I
Conference: Pac-12 Conference
Sport: Cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field
Major: Sociology
Masters: College Student Services Administration

Athletics:

Earned multiple All-America honors in track and cross country.
Named 2023 Pac-12 Track Athlete of the Year after winning a pair of individual conference championships in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and 5,000-meter run.

Leadership:

Served as a peer mentor to incoming students and taught a group of high school students how to conduct research projects.
As an intern, organized campus events to promote student-athlete development, including a National Girls & Women in Sports Day event.

Academics:

Earned U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic accolades in 2022 and was named Oregon State Female Scholar- Athlete of the Year in 2023.
Presented research findings on communication barriers between program administrators on campus.

Community service:

Served as an assistant coach for Special Olympics Oregon and conducted research that strengthened ties between student-athletes and the organization.
Worked at Community Outreach Inc., a nonprofit short-term housing service to connect residents with resources.

OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).

Grace Fetherstonhaugh Named Finalist for 2024 NCAA Woman of the Year

Players Mentioned

Grace Fetherstonhaugh

Related Videos