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RELEASED: Wednesday, July 12, 2006
UW-La Crosse's Rudd Nominated for NCAA Woman of the Year Award
Madison,
Wis.--University of Wisconsin-La Crosse's Julia Rudd has been nominated
as the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) representative
for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award. This award honors senior student-athletes
for their cumulative collegiate achievements in service, leadership,
athletics and academics.
Rudd, a senior cross country and indoor/outdoor track and field student-athlete from Oshkosh, Wis. (West H.S.), was named to the 2006 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America College Division Women's Track and Field/Cross Country Third Team and received the WIAC Judy Kruckman Outdoor Track and Field Scholar-Athlete Award. She has also been recognized on the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll, UW-La Crosse's Dean's List and the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Team.
As a six-time outdoor track and field All-American, Rudd captured a national championship in the 3,000-meter steeplechase during the 2004 national meet. Additionally, she finished third in the event in 2002, 2005 and 2006, while adding fifth and sixth-place finishes in the 5,000-meter run in 2004 and 2006, respectively. Rudd secured the WIAC 3,000-meter steeplechase crown in 2004, 2005 and 2006 and added a 5,000-meter run title in 2004.
Competing at the indoor track and field national meet, Rudd received All-America accolades in the 5,000-meter run with a fifth-place standing in 2006 and eighth-place finish in 2004. She claimed conference titles in the 3,000-meter run in 2004 and 2006 and added 5,000-meter run crowns in 2003 and 2006.
Rudd is a three-time cross country All-American, finishing second in 2005, 23rd in 2002 and 26th in 2003. She won the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional in 2005 and secured the WIAC individual title in 2002 and 2005.
Serving as a team captain for the cross country and track and field squads, she has earned a cumulative grade point average of 3.62 while majoring in sports management with an emphasis in coaching competitive athletics.
Among her numerous athletic and academic accomplishments, Rudd has also been involved with the UW-La Crosse Athletics Department, worked as a counselor at UW-Madison's Camp of Champions and served as a member of Athletes in Action for UW-La Crosse.
All conference nominees will be forwarded to the Woman of the Year selection committee. The selection committee will select the top 10 winners in each division. From among those 30 honorees, the selection committee will determine the top three in each division. Finally, the members of the CWA will vote from among the top nine to determine the 2006 NCAA Woman of the Year.
The top 10 honorees from Divisions I, II and III will be honored, and the 2006 NCAA Woman of the Year announced, at a dinner in Indianapolis, Ind. on October 28, 2006.
To be eligible for the NCAA Woman
of the Year Award:
**nominee must have earned a varsity letter in a NCAA-sponsored sport
and competed during the 2005-06 academic year
**nominee must have completed intercollegiate eligibility in her primary sport by the end of the 2006 spring season or received her undergraduate degree prior to the conclusion of the spring 2006 term
**nominee must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.500 (4.000 scale).
Also nominated for the award
from the WIAC were:
Robyn Jarocki, UW-Oshkosh, Senior, Indoor/Outdoor Track and Field, Merrill,
Wis.
Carrie Morschauser, UW-Platteville, Senior, Volleyball, Indoor/Outdoor
Track and Field, Deerfield, Wis.
Jenna Mitchler, UW-Stevens Point, Senior, Cross Country, Indoor/Outdoor
Track and Field, Kaukauna, Wis.
Megan Kielar, UW-Whitewater, Senior, Cross Country, Indoor/Outdoor Track
and Field, McHenry, Ill. (West H.S.)
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