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Slippery Rock's Anna Igims named NCAA Woman of the Year Top 30 honoree

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INDIANAPOLIS – The Woman of the Year Selection Committee has announced the national Top 30 honorees for the 2025 NCAA Woman of the Year Award, with Slippery Rock University's Anna Igims earning the recognition.

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 631 nominees submitted by member schools — a group that was then narrowed to 167 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 competed in a total of 14 NCAA championship sports and two NCAA Emerging Sports for Women. They have a variety of majors, including chemistry, mathematics, biology, education, engineering, psychology, nursing, computer science, journalism, 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," said Marion Terenzio, chair of the Woman of the Year Selection Committee and president of SUNY Cobleskill. "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. 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."

From these 30 finalists, the Woman of the Year Selection Committee will choose the 2025 NCAA Woman of the Year, who will be announced this fall and recognized at the NCAA Convention in January. 

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

 



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Anna Igims

School: Slippery Rock
Division II
Conference: Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
Sports: Cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field
Major: School wellness education

 

Athletics

  • Named to multiple first-team U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-America teams for cross country and outdoor track and field and was program record holder in the mile, 5,000 meters and steeplechase.
  • Won 14 PSAC individual championships in cross country and track; won multiple PSAC Athlete of the Year awards in cross country and track; and was undefeated in 2024-25 PSAC competition.

Leadership

  • Conducted research as a graduate assistant in curriculum, instruction and educational leadership and helped organize a student symposium for education majors.
  • Served as a Unified Fitness coach, a Rock Life mentor and a Transition Achievement Program student mentor, supporting those with adapted needs.

Academics

  • Earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-America honors twice, multiple USTFCCCA All-Academic honors and multiple PSAC Top 10 honors.
  • Awarded an NCAA Division II 50th Anniversary Scholarship and was the 2025 PSAC Pete Nevins Female Scholar Athlete of the Year.

Community Service

  • Volunteered with the Special Olympics track and field team and coached high school students at the Slippery Rock cross country camp.
  • Gave a presentation to incoming freshmen on bystander intervention and volunteered at the Week of Welcome for first-year students.