LSU Athletics landed two nominees for the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year Award on Tuesday. Ruby Harrold of LSU Gymnastics and Anna Zwiebel of LSU Volleyball were listed as the school’s selections.
The NCAA Woman of the Year nominees come from all three division levels of NCAA athletics. The award was introduced in 1991 and recognizes graduating female student-athletes who represented their school in academics, athletics, service and leadership.
Harrold’s recognition as an international student-athlete from Bristol, England gave LSU the chance to select her as a nominee. Usually, schools are limited to one selection.
Harrold became a star for the Tigers’ gymnastics team, especially in the vault, bars and floor lineup during her collegiate career.
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She was a three-time All-American, and helped lead the Tigers to five SEC Championships and two NCAA National runner-up finishes. She was a four-time SEC Academic Honor Roll selection and was named to the SEC Community Service Team.
Zwiebel finished her Tigers volleyball career as a top-10 setter, and her 2,238 assists ranks eighth all-time in program history. She recorded a career-high 65 assists against High Point in 2017.
Zwiebel became the first Tigers volleyball student-athlete to be a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American, as she earned a 4.046 GPA in the classroom.
Each conference will select up to two nominees from their list of respective schools before sending the list to the NCAA Woman of the Year selection committee. The committee will then select the top 30 nominees with 10 selections from each division and the winner will be announced later in the fall.
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