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Egwim, Peters Nominated for NCAA Woman of the Year
7/12/2018 3:13:00 PM | Athletics, Women's Hockey, Women's Track & Field
Gophers Emerald Egwim and Sidney Peters are among the 581 nominees nationwide for the 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year award
MINNEAPOLIS -- University of Minnesota seniors Emerald Egwim (women's track & field) and Sidney Peters (women's hockey) have been nominated for the 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year award, the NCAA announced Thursday. The award, which began in 1991, recognizes graduating athletes who excel in the four pillars of academics, athletics, service, and leadership.
NCAA member schools nominated a record 581 female college athletes for the 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year award. The nominees competed in 20 different women's sports across all three NCAA divisions, including 251 from Division I, 131 from Division II and 199 from Division III. A program-record 170 were multi-sport athletes in college.
Emerald Egwim was a four-year letter winner for the Gopher women's track & field team from 2014-15 to 2017-18. She was a four-time All-American for the Gophers, earning Second Team All-America accolades in the outdoor 4x400m relay in 2018 and 2015, the indoor 400m in 2017, and the outdoor 400m in 2018. Egwim was also a four-time All-Big Ten honoree for the Maroon & Gold, winning the 2017 Big Ten outdoor 400m title and claiming three Big Ten runner-up finishes in the 4x100m relay (2017 and 2018) and the outdoor 4x400m relay (2015). Egwim ended her career as Minnesota's program record-holder in the indoor 400m and ranked second in program history in the outdoor 400m along with holding 19 places on Minnesota's all-time top-10 list both indoors and outdoors. In addition to representing the Gophers at the NCAA Track & Field Championships on five occasions, Egwim also represented Nigeria at the 2017 IAAF Track & Field World Championships as a member of the 4x400m relay.
Along with her efforts on the track, Egwim excelled in the classroom and in the community during her Gopher career. She logged over 110 hours of community service and was honored as a three-time Academic All-Big Ten and two-time USTFCCCA All-Academic team honoree. A graduate of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management, Egwim studied management information systems major with a minor in business law. She interned with KPMG, a U.S. audit, tax and advisory services firm, during her Gopher career and completed two internships working as an IT audit and assurance intern in Minneapolis and an IT and enabled transformations intern in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Egwim was offered a full-time position with KPMG as an IT Advisory Associate following her graduation from the University of Minnesota in May 2018.
Sidney Peters was a four-year letter winner for the University of Minnesota women's hockey team, completing five years on the team from 2013-14 to 2017-18. A two-time NCAA national champion, she appeared in 82 games with a career record of 53-17-6. After seeing limited playing time her first two seasons in uniform, Peters backstopped the Gophers to the 2017 NCAA Frozen Four and led the Maroon & Gold to the 2018 WCHA Final Faceoff title and the league's automatic NCAA tournament berth as a senior. Her 53 wins, 16 shutouts, 1.65 goals against average, and 1,464 total saves all rank fifth among all-time Gopher goaltenders. Peters wrapped up her career ranked sixth in program history with a .921 career save percentage as well.
Peters' contributions on the ice are only topped by her impact in the community as she logged over 830 hours of community outreach and volunteer activities during her Gopher career. A certified Emergency Medical Technician, Peters spent significant time volunteering with the University of Minnesota EMS and the Rush-Copley Emergency Department in Aurora, Ill., near her hometown of Geneva, Ill. She also traveled to Haiti during the summer of 2016 with Project Medishare and spent eight days volunteering at Hospital Bernard Mevs, the country's only critical care and trauma hospital. Peters was honored as college hockey's finest citizen when she received the 2018 Hockey Humanitarian Award, given annually to a student-athlete who makes significant contributions not only to his or her team, but also to the community-at-large through leadership in volunteerism. A four-time WCHA Scholar-Athlete, WCHA All-Academic, and Academic All-Big Ten honoree, Peters graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in Kinesiology and a minor in biology. She has been accepted into medical school at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences where she will serve in the Air Force.
Conferences now will select up to two nominees each from the pool of school nominees. The NCAA Woman of the Year selection committee, made up of representatives from the NCAA membership, will then choose the top 30 honorees, made up of 10 individuals from each division. From the top 30, the selection committee determines the top three honorees from each division and announces the nine finalists in September. The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics then chooses the 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year from those nine.
The Top 30 honorees will be celebrated and the 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year will be announced at the annual award ceremony Oct. 28 in Indianapolis.
NCAA member schools nominated a record 581 female college athletes for the 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year award. The nominees competed in 20 different women's sports across all three NCAA divisions, including 251 from Division I, 131 from Division II and 199 from Division III. A program-record 170 were multi-sport athletes in college.
Emerald Egwim was a four-year letter winner for the Gopher women's track & field team from 2014-15 to 2017-18. She was a four-time All-American for the Gophers, earning Second Team All-America accolades in the outdoor 4x400m relay in 2018 and 2015, the indoor 400m in 2017, and the outdoor 400m in 2018. Egwim was also a four-time All-Big Ten honoree for the Maroon & Gold, winning the 2017 Big Ten outdoor 400m title and claiming three Big Ten runner-up finishes in the 4x100m relay (2017 and 2018) and the outdoor 4x400m relay (2015). Egwim ended her career as Minnesota's program record-holder in the indoor 400m and ranked second in program history in the outdoor 400m along with holding 19 places on Minnesota's all-time top-10 list both indoors and outdoors. In addition to representing the Gophers at the NCAA Track & Field Championships on five occasions, Egwim also represented Nigeria at the 2017 IAAF Track & Field World Championships as a member of the 4x400m relay.
Along with her efforts on the track, Egwim excelled in the classroom and in the community during her Gopher career. She logged over 110 hours of community service and was honored as a three-time Academic All-Big Ten and two-time USTFCCCA All-Academic team honoree. A graduate of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management, Egwim studied management information systems major with a minor in business law. She interned with KPMG, a U.S. audit, tax and advisory services firm, during her Gopher career and completed two internships working as an IT audit and assurance intern in Minneapolis and an IT and enabled transformations intern in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Egwim was offered a full-time position with KPMG as an IT Advisory Associate following her graduation from the University of Minnesota in May 2018.
Sidney Peters was a four-year letter winner for the University of Minnesota women's hockey team, completing five years on the team from 2013-14 to 2017-18. A two-time NCAA national champion, she appeared in 82 games with a career record of 53-17-6. After seeing limited playing time her first two seasons in uniform, Peters backstopped the Gophers to the 2017 NCAA Frozen Four and led the Maroon & Gold to the 2018 WCHA Final Faceoff title and the league's automatic NCAA tournament berth as a senior. Her 53 wins, 16 shutouts, 1.65 goals against average, and 1,464 total saves all rank fifth among all-time Gopher goaltenders. Peters wrapped up her career ranked sixth in program history with a .921 career save percentage as well.
Peters' contributions on the ice are only topped by her impact in the community as she logged over 830 hours of community outreach and volunteer activities during her Gopher career. A certified Emergency Medical Technician, Peters spent significant time volunteering with the University of Minnesota EMS and the Rush-Copley Emergency Department in Aurora, Ill., near her hometown of Geneva, Ill. She also traveled to Haiti during the summer of 2016 with Project Medishare and spent eight days volunteering at Hospital Bernard Mevs, the country's only critical care and trauma hospital. Peters was honored as college hockey's finest citizen when she received the 2018 Hockey Humanitarian Award, given annually to a student-athlete who makes significant contributions not only to his or her team, but also to the community-at-large through leadership in volunteerism. A four-time WCHA Scholar-Athlete, WCHA All-Academic, and Academic All-Big Ten honoree, Peters graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in Kinesiology and a minor in biology. She has been accepted into medical school at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences where she will serve in the Air Force.
Conferences now will select up to two nominees each from the pool of school nominees. The NCAA Woman of the Year selection committee, made up of representatives from the NCAA membership, will then choose the top 30 honorees, made up of 10 individuals from each division. From the top 30, the selection committee determines the top three honorees from each division and announces the nine finalists in September. The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics then chooses the 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year from those nine.
The Top 30 honorees will be celebrated and the 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year will be announced at the annual award ceremony Oct. 28 in Indianapolis.
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