INDIANAPOLIS–Former University of Wisconsin-La Crosse soccer student-athlete Ellie Arndt (Appleton, Wis./St. Francis Xavier) has been voted a Top 30 Nominee for the 2025 NCAA Woman of the Year Award, the NCAA introduced Oct. 22.
A record-breaking 631 student-athletes had been nominated for the NCAA Woman of the Year, a gaggle narrowed to 167 nominees at the convention degree. The Top 30 honorees embody 10 from every of the three NCAA Divisions. Twenty-four totally different sports activities throughout all three NCAA divisions had been nominated. The nominees included 270 from NCAA Division I, 126 from Division II and 235 from Division III.
Now in its thirty fifth 12 months, the NCAA Woman of the Year Award honors graduating feminine faculty athletes who’ve exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves all through their collegiate careers in teachers, athletics, service and management. To be eligible, a nominee will need to have competed and earned a varsity letter in an NCAA-sponsored sport; will need to have accomplished eligibility in her main sport; will need to have earned her undergraduate diploma no later than the summer time 2025 time period; and will need to have a minimal cumulative grade level common of 2.50 on a 4.00 scale.
Established in 1991, the award acknowledges feminine student-athletes who’ve exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves of their group, in athletics and in teachers all through their faculty careers.
Arndt was one of two Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) nominees for the award, becoming a member of UW-Stevens Point’s Ashley Kopp (volleyball). Arndt and Kopp had been additionally chosen as the WIAC’s nominees for the Division III Commissioner’s Association (DIIICA) Student-Athlete of the Year Award.
From these 30 finalists, the Woman of the Year Selection Committee will select the 2025 NCAA Woman of the Year, who will probably be introduced this fall and acknowledged at the 2026 NCAA Convention in Washington, D.C. in January.
A four-year letter winner at UW-La Crosse, Arndt was a three-time United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division III All-America for the Eagles. She earned All-America Second Team honors in 2022 and was an All-America First Team choice in 2023 and 2024. Arndt was named to the 2022, 2023 and 2024 United Soccer Coaches Region IX First Team. She was additionally a 2022 D3soccer.com All-America Third Team alternative.
Arndt performed in 90 profession video games at UW-La Crosse, together with 84 begins. She ranks second at school historical past in assists (26) and sixth in pictures (215). Arndt completed with 16 profession objectives and 58 profession factors.
Named to the 2022, 2023 and 2024 All-WIAC First Team, Arndt was voted to the 2023 and 2024 WIAC Kwik Trip Offensive Player of the Year. She began all 22 video games in 2024, main UW-La Crosse in assists (10) and pictures (64), whereas ending tied for second in pictures on aim (23), fourth in factors (18) and tied for fifth in objectives (4). Arndt ranked second in the WIAC in assists, fifth in pictures and eighth in factors.
(*30*) in archeology and recreation administration with a 3.97 cumulative grade level common, Arndt obtained the 2024 WIAC Judy Kruckman Scholar-Athlete Award in soccer. She was a four-time member of the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll and was named the 2023 United Soccer Coaches Scholar Player of the Year. Arndt earned United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division III Scholar All-America First Team accolades in 2023 and 2024, whereas being named to the United Soccer Coaches All-North/Central Region Scholar First Team.
Voted to the 2024 College Sports Communicators (CSC) NCAA Division III Academic All-America® Second Team, Arndt was a two-year (2023, 2024) CSC Academic All-District® choice.
She was a member of UW-La Crosse’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and volunteered for Steppin’ Out in Pink and with the UW-La Crosse Vanguard Organization.
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