INDIANAPOLIS - Recent App State women's tennis graduate
Jeannez Daniel was selected as an NCAA Women Athlete of the Year honoree.
Daniel is one of two athletes from the Sun Belt (South Alabama - Hannah Godfrey) to earn national recognition. Nationally, 149 conference-level honorees are nominated for the 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year, while a record 585 women were nominated from NCAA member schools.
"This is a great honor for Jeannez to be nominated for NCAA Woman of the Year," head coach
Blake Mosley said. "She has been a great asset to our program and the University. Jeannez represents what being a student-athlete is all about. We're very proud of her accomplishments on and off the court."
Daniel will graduate at the end of the summer with her master's degree in data analytics and holds a 3.76 GPA. The Port Charlotte, Fla., native finished her final season of eligibility with the Black and Gold, where she tied for third with 10 wins on top of a 10-8 mark with nine of her victories coming at the No. 2 spot. Daniel led the team with an impressive 7-1 record in Sun Belt play and fourth in the conference in wins. She finished the season 5-1 over her last six matches, highlighted by a women's tennis Sun Belt Player of the Week award following a 2-0 showing in singles and doubles against Coastal Carolina and Arkansas State.
In doubles, Daniel posted a team-best 13 overall doubles victories and a 13-4 mark. She did the majority of her damage by going 10-1 with fellow senior,
Rebecca Morse, leading the team in doubles wins. Her and Morse were the only undefeated duo in league action with a 7-0 record. In her lone season in the High Country, the Apps went 15-6 and 9-1 in conference play, which led to their first conference title in program history after claiming the outright regular-season Sun Belt championship.
Daniel helped with Operations Christmas Child for Samaritan's Purse and the tennis ball donation at Green Valley Elementary School. She was named to the Academic Honor Roll twice while at App State and four times at her previous school, Colorado. She was the Vice President of Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) with the Buffs and participated in the Tennis Marathon for Breast Cancer.
The NCAA Woman of the Year program honors the academic achievements, athletics excellence, community service and leadership of graduating female college athletes from all three divisions. To be eligible, a nominee must have competed and earned a varsity letter in an NCAA-sponsored sport, must have completed eligibility in her primary sport, and must have earned her undergraduate degree by Summer 2019.
Eligible female student-athletes are nominated by their member school. Each conference office then reviews the nominations from its core member schools (and sponsored sports) and submits its conference nominee(s) to the NCAA. The NCAA Woman of the Year selection committee then identifies the Top 30 – 10 from each division – and from there selects three finalists from each division. The Committee on Women's Athletics then selects the winner from the nine finalists.
All 30 Woman of the Year honorees will be recognized, and the 2019 Woman of the Year announced, at an awards dinner at the Westin Indianapolis on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019.
