CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Big South Conference announced today its institutional nominees for the 2024-25 Woman of the Year Award. Nominees for the annual honor are submitted by the league's member institutions, and a Selection Committee of Conference Administrators will determine the Big South Woman of the Year, who will advance as the Conference's official nominee for the national NCAA Woman of the Year Award.
 
A total of 10 individuals comprise this year's institutional nominees, seven of which are the official candidates for Big South Woman of the Year -- Charleston Southern golfer Odette Font Garcia (Mallorca, Spain), High Point lacrosse player Esprit Cha (Ellicott City, Md.), Longwood soccer player Alex Dinger (Fredericksburg, Va.), Longwood softball player Er'ron Burton (Suffolk, Va.), Radford volleyball player Meredith Page (Murfreesboro, Tenn.), USC Upstate track & field athlete Rachel Davis, and Winthrop lacrosse player Maddy Hodgson (Lebanon, Ohio).  Also among the institutional nominees from non-sponsored Big South sports were Presbyterian top/tumbler Abigail Katz (Columbia, S.C.), Presbyterian wrestler Chiara Barbieri (Brampton, Ontario) and UNC Asheville swimmer Riley Edmundson (Flower Mound, Texas).
 
Katz, Barbieri and Edmundson will be entered into a separate Woman of the Year candidate pool considered by a national committee.  The committee decides which of those non-conference nominees will move forward to the conference round.
 
Garcia, a Business Administration in Financial Management major, was involved in CSU's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), was a volunteer junior golf coach for youths, and volunteered with the local First Tee program to mentor and support kids on and off the course.  She was the Big South Women's Golf Championship Medalist in 2024.
 
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