Posted: Jun 14, 2019
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference today announced the five finalists for the 2019 SCAC Woman of the Year award. The award recognizes the conference’s senior female student-athlete who has best distinguished herself throughout her collegiate career in the areas of academic achievement, athletic excellence and service and leadership. Past Winners
Member schools were permitted to submit two nominations if at least one of the nominees was a woman of color or international student-athlete.
This year’s finalists include: Bryce Frank of Austin College, Allysa Warling of Colorado College, Brandi Campos of Southwestern University, Cortnee Priour of Texas Lutheran University and Molly McCullough of Trinity University.
To be nominated, student-athletes must have completed intercollegiate eligibility in her primary sport by the end of the 2019 spring season, received her undergraduate degree prior to the conclusion of the summer 2019 term and had a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 2.500 (4.000 scale).
Scroll below to read a quick bio on each of the five finalists:
Bryce Frank, Austin College
Women's Basketball
- Graduated as a Public Health major with a 3.19 GPA
- Two-Time SCAC Academic Honor Roll honoree (2017, 2019)
- French Honors Society (2019)
- WBCA All-American (2018-19)
- DIII News First Team All-American (2018-19)
- D3Hoops.com Second Team All-American (2018-19)
- WBCA Honorable Mention All-American (2017-18)
- DIII News Honorable Mention All-American (2017-18)
- D3Hoops.com Fourth Team All-American (2017-18)
- Two-Time D3Hoops.com First Team All-Region (2017-18, 2018-19)
- Two-Time SCAC Women’s Basketball Player-of-the-Year (2017-18, 2018-19)
- Three-Time SCAC First Team All-Conference (2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19)
- SCAC Third Team All-Conference (2015-16)
- SCAC Women’s Basketball Newcomer-of-the-Year (2015-16)
- Two-Time SCAC Women’s Basketball Regular Season Champion (2015-16, 2017-18)
- 12x SCAC Player-of-the-Week Honoree
- SCAC Record for the most Double-Doubles in a Single Season (22) and Career (55)
- Toys for Tots Volunteer (2018)
- Seed of Hope Moonlight 5K Participant (2015-17)
- Alpha Phi Omega Member (2016-18)
Allysa Warling, Colorado College
Women's Cross Country and Outdoor Track & Field
- Graduated as a Neuroscience major with a 3.96 GPA
- Six-Time SCAC Academic Honor Roll Honoree (Cross Country 2015-18, Outdoor Track & Field 2016, 2019)
- Colorado College Dean’s List (2015-19)
- A.B. Scheibel Award for Outstanding Neuroscience Major (2018)
- Shearn Prize in Neuroscience for Outstanding Honors Thesis (2018)
- Colorado College Venture Grant (2019)
- Colorado College Summer Research Grant (2017)
- Academic All-American (2015, 2017)
- Colorado College Edmonson Foundation Research Grant (2019)
- Colorado College Conference Attendance Grant (2017, 2018)
- Colorado College Alumni Association Leadership Scholarship (2018-19)
- SCAC Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Elite 19 Award Winner (2019)
- Three-Time SCAC Women’s Cross Country First Team All-Conference (2015-17)
- Three-Time Cross Country First Team All-West Region (2015-17)
- NCAA Cross Country National Meet Participant (2016)
- Two-Time SCAC Women’s Outdoor Track & Field All-Conference (2016, 2019)SCAC 5,000-Meters Champion (2016)
- SCAC 10,000-Meters Champions (2019)
- Outdoor Track & Field All-Region (10k, 2016)
- Two-Time SCAC Cross Country Team Champions (2015, 2016)
- 6x SCAC Runner-of-the-Week
- SCAC Character and Community Athlete of the Week (2018)
- Colorado College Laura Golden Award for Outstanding Female Student-Student Athlete (2019)
- Team Captain Cross Country (2017-18)
- SCAC Women's Track & Field Newcomer-of-the-Year (2016)
- Colorado College Cross Country Team MVP (2017)
- Colorado College Most Outstanding Freshman (Cross Country 2015, Outdoor Track 2016)
- GlobeMed Health Advocacy Organization (2015-19)
- Colorado College Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (2018-19)
- Colorado College Community Engaged Scholar (2015-19)
- Psychology Department Volunteer Tutor (2016-19)
- Memorial Hospital Central Weekly Volunteer in the Pediatric Department and NICU (2018-19)
- Meadows Park Community Center Weekly Volunteer Mentoring Elementary Students (2016-19)
- Colorado College Butler Center for Diversity Head of State Committee Member (2018-19)
Brandi Campos, Southwestern University
Women's Volleyball
- Graduated as a Kinesiology major with a 3.79 GPA
- Four-Time SCAC Academic Honor Roll Honoree (2015-18)
- SCAC Volleyball Elite 19 Award Winner (2018)
- Southwestern University Dean’s List (Six Semesters)
- Southwestern University Director of Athletics Academic Excellence Award (Six Semesters)
- Two-Time SCAC Second Team All-Conference (2017-18)
- SCAC Volleyball Backrow Player-of-the-Year (2017)
- Four-Time SCAC Defensive Player-of-the-Week
- Three-Time NCAA Volleyball Tournament Participant (2015-17)
- NCAA Volleyball Tournament Final Four (2016)
- Three-Time SCAC Volleyball Tournament Runner-up (2015-16, 2018)
- Best Buddies Organization (2017-19)
- Kappa Delta Pi Education Honors Society Member (2016-19)
- Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society Member (2017-19)
Cortnee Priour, Texas Lutheran University
Women’s Outdoor Track & Field
- Graduated as a Nursing major with a 3.84 GPA
- Four-Time SCAC Academic Honor Roll Honoree (2016-19)
- TLU Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2019)
- TLU President’s List (2015-17, 2019)
- TLU Dean’s List (2018)
- Snow Scholarship Recipient, Pre-Nursing Student Award (2016)
- U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Individual (2017-19)
- Two-Time SCAC Long Jump Champion (2017-18)
- SCAC Triple Jump Champion (2019)
- Three-Time SCAC Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Athlete-of-the-Week
- Four-Time SCAC Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Team Runner-up (2016-19)
- Five-Time USTFCCCA All-West Region (Long Jump 2017-19, Triple Jump 2018-19)
- NCAA All-American (2018, Long Jump)
- First Generation Bulldog (2015-19)
- Alpha Chi Honor Society Member (2017-19)
- Student Nurses Association (2017-19)
- Alpha Mu Gamma Language Honor Society (2018-19)
Molly McCullough, Trinity University
Women’s Cross Country and Outdoor Track & Field
- Graduated as an Engineering Science major with a 3.95 GPA
- Eight-Time SCAC Academic Honor Roll Honoree (2015-19)
- SCAC Women's Cross Country Elite 19 Award Winner (2018)
- Trinity University Dean’s List (Seven Semesters)
- Trinity University Engineering Science Department Senior Academic Excellence Award (2019)
- Trinity University Engineering Science Department Professional Promise Award (2019)
- Trinity University Mach Research Fellowship Recipient (2018-19)
- Trinity University Engineering Science Department Robert V. Andrews Outstanding Junior Engineer Science Student Award (2018)
- Trinity University Engineering Science Department Junior Academic Achievement Award (2018)
- Trinity University Engineering Science Department Outstanding Junior Design Award (2018)
- Phi Beta Kappa Member (2018-19)
- Trinity University Engineering Science Department Dr. Earl Doderer Award of Excellence (2017)
- Trinity University Engineering Science Department Margaret Jean Abernathy Scholarship (2017)
- Trinity University Scholar (2017-18)
- Mathematical Contest in Modeling Meritorious Winner (2017)
- U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Team (2015-19)
- SCAC Women’s Cross Country Runner-of-the-Year (2018)
- SCAC Women’s Track Athlete-of-the-Year (2019)
- Four-Time Women’s Cross Country First Team All-SCAC (2015-18)
- SCAC Cross Country Individual Champion (2018)
- Two-Time NCAA Cross Country All-American (2017-18)
- Four-Time Cross Country All-West Region (2015-18)
- Cross Country Team Capitan (2016-18)
- Four-Time SCAC 3,000-Meter Steeplechase Champion (2016-19)
- SCAC 5,000-Meter Champion (2019)
- Women’s Outdoor Track & Field All-American (2019, 3,000-Meter Steeplechase)
- Two-Time SCAC Women’s Cross Country Team Champion (2017-18)
- Four-Time SCAC Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Team Champion (2016-19)
- Seven-Time SCAC Women’s Cross Country Runner-of-the-Week
- Four-Time SCAC Women’s Track & Field Athlete-of-the-Week
- Peer Tutor (2019)
- Senior Design (2018-19)
- Trinity University Tour Guide (2016-19)
- Research Assistant (Astronomy 2016-18, Mathematics, Engineering Science and Biology 2018-19)
- Society of Women’s Engineers (2016-18)
- Holly Blue Acres (2012-17)