Belmont women’s soccer alumna Alison Alcott, a 2015 graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), has been selected as one of the Top-30 honorees for the 2014 NCAA Woman of the Year award, as announced by the organization on Thursday.  She becomes the first student-athlete from the Ohio Valley Conference and the first Bruin to garner the honor.

Ten women from each of the three divisions make up the Top 30, spanning various NCAA sports.  Later this month, three finalists from each division will be selected to form the nine finalists for the award.

Earlier this summer, Alcott was tabbed the 2015 Woman of the Year Conference Honoree for the OVC, joining a record 146 other NCAA female student-athletes were also named Woman of the Year honorees by their respective conferences and independent schools. Continue reading →