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Ogunrinde, Pannek Nominated for NCAA Woman of the Year Award
6/26/2019 4:02:00 PM | Athletics, Women's Hockey, Women's Track & Field
Temi Ogunrinde and Kelly Pannek are among the nominees for the 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year award.
MINNEAPOLIS -- University of Minnesota seniors Temi Ogunrinde (women's track & field) and Kelly Pannek (women's hockey) have been nominated for the 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year award, the NCAA announced Wednesday.
Established in 1991, the NCAA Woman of the Year award recognizes graduating female college athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves in academics, athletics, service and leadership throughout their collegiate careers.
NCAA member schools nominated a record 585 female college athletes for the 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year award. The nominees competed in 23 different sports across all three NCAA divisions, including 262 nominees from Division I, 131 from Division II and 192 from Division III. Multi-sport student-athletes account for 144 of the nominees.
Pannek is one of nine ice hockey players among the 585 nominees, which also include Division I ice hockey players Jessica Eldridge (Colgate) and Annie Pankowski (Wisconsin). Meanwhile, Ogunrinde is one of 144 multi-sport athletes, having competed in both indoor and outdoor track & field. She is one of 116 nominees who competed in track & field.
Ogunrinde was a three-year letter winner and two-year captain for the Gopher women's track & field team from 2014-15 to 2018-19. She was a two-time All-American for the Gophers in hammer throw, earning Second Team All-America accolades in 2018 and improving to First Team All-America in 2019. The Cottage Grove, Minn., native was also a three-time Big Ten Conference champion and All-Big Ten First Team honoree as the first woman to win three-consecutive B1G titles in hammer throw in league history. She ended her career as Minnesota's program record-holder in hammer throw and also holds the Big Ten Championships meet record and Nigerian national record in hammer throw. In addition to being a three-time NCAA Championships representative for the Gophers, Ogunrinde competed for Nigeria at the 2018 African Athletics Championships; she went on to place fourth in hammer throw while representing Africa at the 2018 Continental Cup as well.
Along with her athletic achievements, Ogunrinde excelled in the classroom and in the community during her Gopher career. A graduate of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management, Ogunrinde studied Nonprofit and Entrepreneurial Management. She is currently pursuing her Masters of Public Policy in the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. A 2018 Academic All-American and three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree, Ogunrinde received Minnesota's 2019 Big Ten Medal of Honor, 2018-19 Patty Berg Legacy Award, and 2017 Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award. She logged over 105 hours of community service during her Gopher career.
Pannek was a four-year letter winner for the University of Minnesota women's hockey team from 2014-15 to 2018-19. A native of Plymouth, Minn., Pannek recorded 186 career points on 72 goals and 114 assists in 157 games played for the Maroon & Gold. She led Minnesota to four NCAA Frozen Four appearances, including back-to-back national championships as a freshman in 2015 and sophomore in 2016. A three-time All-WCHA honoree, Pannek was a seven-time WCHA Player of the Week award recipient during her career as well. She was a First Team All-American and a finalist for the prestigious Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award as a junior, along with being named the WCHA Scoring Champion for leading the conference with 44 points (14 goals, 30 assists) in 28 conference games in 2016-17. Pannek missed the 2017-18 season while winning gold with Team USA at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. She returned to the Gophers as team captain for her senior year in 2018-19, leading the Maroon & Gold to an NCAA runner-up finish. Pannek ended her collegiate career ranked 10th in career points and sixth in career assists along all-time Gophers.
A three-time WCHA All-Academic and Academic All-Big Ten honoree and two-time WCHA Scholar-Athlete, Pannek graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in Finance with a minor in Supply Chain Management from the Carlson School of Business. She completed over 70 hours of community service during her Gopher career.
Next, conferences will select up to two nominees each from the pool of school nominees. Then, the Woman of the Year selection committee, made up of representatives from the NCAA membership, will choose the Top 30 honorees — 10 from each division.
The selection committee will determine the top three honorees in each division from the Top 30 and announce the nine finalists in September. From those nine finalists, the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics then will choose the 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year.
The Top 30 honorees will be celebrated and the 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year will be named at the annual award ceremony Oct. 20 in Indianapolis.
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Established in 1991, the NCAA Woman of the Year award recognizes graduating female college athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves in academics, athletics, service and leadership throughout their collegiate careers.
NCAA member schools nominated a record 585 female college athletes for the 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year award. The nominees competed in 23 different sports across all three NCAA divisions, including 262 nominees from Division I, 131 from Division II and 192 from Division III. Multi-sport student-athletes account for 144 of the nominees.
Pannek is one of nine ice hockey players among the 585 nominees, which also include Division I ice hockey players Jessica Eldridge (Colgate) and Annie Pankowski (Wisconsin). Meanwhile, Ogunrinde is one of 144 multi-sport athletes, having competed in both indoor and outdoor track & field. She is one of 116 nominees who competed in track & field.
Ogunrinde was a three-year letter winner and two-year captain for the Gopher women's track & field team from 2014-15 to 2018-19. She was a two-time All-American for the Gophers in hammer throw, earning Second Team All-America accolades in 2018 and improving to First Team All-America in 2019. The Cottage Grove, Minn., native was also a three-time Big Ten Conference champion and All-Big Ten First Team honoree as the first woman to win three-consecutive B1G titles in hammer throw in league history. She ended her career as Minnesota's program record-holder in hammer throw and also holds the Big Ten Championships meet record and Nigerian national record in hammer throw. In addition to being a three-time NCAA Championships representative for the Gophers, Ogunrinde competed for Nigeria at the 2018 African Athletics Championships; she went on to place fourth in hammer throw while representing Africa at the 2018 Continental Cup as well.
Along with her athletic achievements, Ogunrinde excelled in the classroom and in the community during her Gopher career. A graduate of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management, Ogunrinde studied Nonprofit and Entrepreneurial Management. She is currently pursuing her Masters of Public Policy in the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. A 2018 Academic All-American and three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree, Ogunrinde received Minnesota's 2019 Big Ten Medal of Honor, 2018-19 Patty Berg Legacy Award, and 2017 Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award. She logged over 105 hours of community service during her Gopher career.
Pannek was a four-year letter winner for the University of Minnesota women's hockey team from 2014-15 to 2018-19. A native of Plymouth, Minn., Pannek recorded 186 career points on 72 goals and 114 assists in 157 games played for the Maroon & Gold. She led Minnesota to four NCAA Frozen Four appearances, including back-to-back national championships as a freshman in 2015 and sophomore in 2016. A three-time All-WCHA honoree, Pannek was a seven-time WCHA Player of the Week award recipient during her career as well. She was a First Team All-American and a finalist for the prestigious Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award as a junior, along with being named the WCHA Scoring Champion for leading the conference with 44 points (14 goals, 30 assists) in 28 conference games in 2016-17. Pannek missed the 2017-18 season while winning gold with Team USA at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. She returned to the Gophers as team captain for her senior year in 2018-19, leading the Maroon & Gold to an NCAA runner-up finish. Pannek ended her collegiate career ranked 10th in career points and sixth in career assists along all-time Gophers.
A three-time WCHA All-Academic and Academic All-Big Ten honoree and two-time WCHA Scholar-Athlete, Pannek graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in Finance with a minor in Supply Chain Management from the Carlson School of Business. She completed over 70 hours of community service during her Gopher career.
Next, conferences will select up to two nominees each from the pool of school nominees. Then, the Woman of the Year selection committee, made up of representatives from the NCAA membership, will choose the Top 30 honorees — 10 from each division.
The selection committee will determine the top three honorees in each division from the Top 30 and announce the nine finalists in September. From those nine finalists, the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics then will choose the 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year.
The Top 30 honorees will be celebrated and the 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year will be named at the annual award ceremony Oct. 20 in Indianapolis.
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