IRVING, Texas – Former Memphis women’s soccer standout Stasia Mallin has been named a Top 30 honoree for the NCAA Woman of the Year, the selection committee announced Thursday (Sept. 17).
Selected from a record 605 school nominees — a group that was then narrowed to 161 nominees by conference offices — the Top 30 honorees include 10 from each of the three NCAA divisions. All have demonstrated excellence in academics, athletics, community service and leadership. The honorees competed in 14 sports and studied a broad range of academic majors, including nursing, mechanical engineering, biochemistry, criminal justice, kinesiology, accounting and advertising.
“The 30 honorees selected this year excelled in the classroom and in competition while also remaining committed to serving their peers and communities,” said Suzette McQueen, chair of the Woman of the Year Selection Committee and senior associate commissioner for external relations and strategic marketing/senior woman administrator at the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association. “These outstanding women represent the thousands of diverse and talented women competing in college sports each year, and we’re proud to recognize their achievements on and off the field.”
The selection committee will announce the nine finalists, including three women from each NCAA division, in mid-October. From those finalists, the NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics will select the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year. The Top 30 will be celebrated, and the Woman of the Year will be named this fall.
Mallin was a four-year defender at Memphis and graduated as The American’s career assist leader with 29, including 14 in her senior season. She was a First-Team All-American and a finalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy, collegiate soccer’s top honor. Mallin is continuing her soccer career with BIIK Kazygurt in the Kazakhstani Championship.
The All-American was The American's Women's Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year and was the winner of the Commissioner's Postgraduate Leaadership Award.
Mallin was also two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American in 2018 and 2019 and a First-Team United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-American in 2019. She graduated from Memphis with a degree in biomedical engineering.
Top 30 NCAA Woman of the Year Honorees From The American
2020 – Stasia Mallin – Memphis
2018 – Kia Nurse – UConn
2017 – Juliana Madzia – Cincinnati
2017 – Chardae Greenlee - Memphis