ONEONTA – The NCAA announced Friday that 480 female student athletes have been nominated for the prestigious NCAA Woman of the Year award - the most ever for the honor - now in its 25th year.

Of the nominees, 207 competed in Division I, 93 competed in Division II and 180 competed in Division III athletics. Included on the list of Division III nominees is SUNY Oneonta graduate Andrea Day (Greene H.S./Greene), who was a four-year member of the field hockey team.

The Woman of the Year award honors graduating female college athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves throughout their collegiate careers in academics, athletics, service, and leadership.

Day certainly distinguished herself as a student athlete during her collegiate career in all the areas that the award is about.

Academically, Day earned honors twice as an NFHCA Scholar Academic squad member in Division III. She was inducted this spring into the National Student Athlete Honor Society of Chi Alpha Sigma and she has appeared on the SUNYAC All-Academic Team and Commissioner's List throughout her career. In May, she was selected as one of 17 student athletes in the SUNYAC as a SUNY Chancellor's Scholar Athlete.

In addition to being an All-American in the fall, Day was a first team All-Region selection while being selected as the SUNYAC Player of the Year. She was also named to the All-SUNYAC first team for the second time of her collegiate career. In 2011, Day was a second team selection when she was the Rookie of the Year in the conference.