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A four-year starter that helped Lycoming College's women's soccer team win 10 games in back-to-back campaigns for the first time in program history, Jayden Leighow, a Hughesville graduate, was named the college's nominee for the NCAA Woman of the Year award, it was announced on Tuesday.
A team captain for three seasons, Leighow enjoyed her best season as a senior, when she tied for the team lead with 12 goals and added four assists for 28 points. She was seventh in the MAC Freedom with 0.63 goals and 1.53 points per game and her 12 goals finished eighth in the school's career record book.
The Hughesville alum finished her career with 51 career appearances, posting 15 goals and 10 assists for 40 career points. She also scored two career goals.
In the classroom, the business administration was a three-time MAC Academic Honor Roll selection, a member of Chi Alpha Sigma Athletic Honor Society and a seven-time Dean's List honoree. She was also an Institute for Management Studies scholar.
Established in 1991, the NCAA Woman of the Year award recognizes graduating female college athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves in academics, athletics, service and leadership throughout their collegiate careers.
The NCAA encourages member schools to honor their top graduating female student-athletes each year by submitting their names for consideration for the Woman of the Year award.
Next, conferences will select up to two nominees each from the pool of school nominees. Then, the Woman of the Year selection committee, made up of representatives from the NCAA membership, will choose the Top 30 honorees -- 10 from each division.
The selection committee will determine the top three honorees from each division from the Top 30 and announce the nine finalists in the fall. From those nine finalists, the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics then will choose the 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year.