Thomas, Drop Named 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year Nominees

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (July 25, 2022) – Two college student-athletes from the Southeastern Meeting are among the the 53 Division I nominees picked by convention offices for the 2022 NCAA Girl of the Calendar year Award.

Trinity Thomas of Florida, a member of the Gators’ gymnastics method, and Samantha Drop of Ga, who competed in cross region/indoor and out of doors monitor & area for the Bulldogs, symbolize the SEC in the pool of candidates in Division I.

@GatorsGym‘s Trinity Thomas & @UGATrack‘s Samantha Drop named @SEC nominees for #NCAAWOTY Award!

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– Southeastern Convention (@SEC) July 25, 2022

Recognized in 1991, the NCAA Female of the Calendar year Award acknowledges feminine scholar-athletes who have fatigued their eligibility and distinguished by themselves in their group, in athletics and in academics throughout their faculty occupations. As 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of Title IX, the NCAA Woman of the 12 months application is an prospect to honor and reflect on the impact of girls on intercollegiate athletics.

The Female of the Calendar year Variety Committee will select 10 student-athletes from every division, which will ascertain the Top 30 honorees. Of the Best 30, the Woman of the 12 months Variety Committee will announce nine finalists, three from every single NCAA division. The NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics will critique the finalists and name the 2022 NCAA Female of the Year. For the initially time in the award’s heritage, the Prime 30 honorees will be celebrated and the Woman of the Calendar year will be named at the NCAA Conference, which will just take place in January 2023 in San Antonio.

Thomas graduated cum laude this past spring with a bachelor’s degree in applied physiology and kinesiology. She was the receiver of the 2022 Honda Sporting activities Award in gymnastics, which is offered each year by the Collegiate Women of all ages Athletics Awards (CWSA) to the top rated women of all ages athletes in 12 NCAA-sanctioned athletics. At the 2022 NCAA Gymnastics Championships, Thomas won the nationwide title in the all-around, uneven bars and floor workout and attained a share of the title for the uneven bars. She grew to become the 10th college student-athlete in the 40-yr background of the championships to make a few or a lot more titles in a one NCAA Championship. A 27-time All-American in women’s gymnastics, Thomas will be returning to Gainesville to contend for the Gators for the 2023 period whilst beginning her master’s diploma in health instruction and actions. She has served as Vice President of the Black Scholar Athlete Advisory Committee and has participated in numerous volunteering chances, which includes visiting the nearby children’s hospital, packaging and distributing treatment packages to the homeless, and giving new shoes to elementary university learners. Thomas is a three-time Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) Scholastic All-American. The two-time SEC Gymnast of the Year was also named to the Wintertime SEC Educational Honor Roll a few occasions and earned a place on the 2019 First-Yr SEC Academic Honor Roll.

Drop graduated summa cum laude in dietary sciences with a insignificant in animal sciences and is now operating on her Physician of Veterinary Medicine in Athens. She was nominated as Georgia’s female candidate for the 2022 SEC H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Postgraduate Scholarship. Drop was named the 2020 SEC Cross Nation Women’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year, together with becoming a member of the CoSIDA Tutorial All-District Staff and a USTFCCCA Educational Individual choice. She acquired the 2020 Joel Eaves Scholar-Athlete Award for staying the UGA female university student-athlete with the highest GPA entering the tumble semester of her senior year. Drop superior to the 2017 NCAA Championships with her twin sister and teammate Jessica and earned All-America honors after positioning 30th in general. She acquired NCAA Cross Nation All-Region honors 4 times, claimed the 2017 NCAA South Regional title, and finished in the best 8 2 times at the SEC Cross Country Championships. A competitor at 2018 NCAA Outside Championships in the 10,000 meters, Drop continues to be 3rd on the school’s all-time listing in the event and owns 3 other moments that continue to be on the Lady Bulldogs all-time Top-10 lists. Throughout her collegiate vocation at Ga, Drop served as an Executive Board Member of the Distinctive Olympics at UGA, and volunteered to coach the Athens-Clark County Special Olympics gymnastics workforce. She was also a member of the University student American Veterinary Health care Affiliation Auction Committee, the Blue Important Society and Leadership Training and Development (Guide). Fall served as the staff representative on the UGA University student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).

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