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Chi, Marsh Nominated for NCAA Woman of the Year
7/14/2020 2:00:00 PM | Women's Tennis
DURHAM, N.C. - Recent Duke University graduates Meible Chi and Alyssa Marsh are two of 605 female student-athletes that have been nominated for the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year Award, as announced Tuesday.
Rooted in Title IX, the NCAA Woman of the Year Award was established in 1991 to recognize graduating female student-athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves in academics, athletics, service and leadership throughout their collegiate careers.
The nominees represent all three NCAA divisions, including 259 nominees from Division I, 126 from Division II and 220 from Division III. Nominees competed in 24 sports, with multisport student-athletes accounting for 128 of the nominees.
Conference offices will select up to two nominees each from their pool of member school nominees. All nominees who compete in a sport not sponsored by their school's primary conference, as well as associate conference nominees and independent nominees, will be considered by a selection committee. 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.
From the Top 30, the Woman of the Year selection committee will determine the top three honorees in each division and announce nine finalists. The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics then will choose the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year, who will be named this fall.
During the 2020 season that was cut short due to COVID-19, Chi was elected as the team captain and acted as the liaison between the team and athletic staff/administration. As a member of Duke's L.E.A.D Program, she was nominated by the coaching staff to attend workshops focused on athletic leadership.She was also a Collegiate Athlete Premedical Experience (CAPE) member, an active participant on Duke's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and an ACE Ambassador.
Chi was also named 2020 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Arthur Ashe Jr. Leadership and Sportsmanship Award recipient, becoming the first player in Duke women's tennis history to claim the award on the national stage. In the spring of 2020, Chi was named one of five finalists for the ITA Ann Lebedeff Leadership Award, which honors a player who demonstrated excellence on and off the court, leadership on the team as well as on the college campus and in the community.
Chi was a constant in the Blue Devil lineup the last four years, amassing a 112-34 career singles record (76.7 win percentage) and an 80-37 career doubles record (68.4 win percentage). The Weston, Fla., native qualified for the NCAA Singles Championship the last three years and was tabbed an Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Scholar-Athlete the last three years for her accomplishments in the classroom. A first team All-ACC selection in 2019 and a second team honoree in 2018, Chi earned a career-high ranking of eighth in the country in singles and 24th in doubles competition. Chi graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Evolutionary Anthropology with minors in biology and chemistry with a concentration in human biology. She owns a 3.44 GPA.
Marsh wrapped up a successful career in Durham after being a nine-time All-American and serving as a captain of the Blue Devils her sophomore, junior and senior seasons. A four-time NCAA Championships qualifier, Marsh's five All-America honors for individual events are the most for a Blue Devil women's swimmer all-time.
The Davidson, N.C., native will walk away from Duke holding three individual school records and contributing on three school-record relays. Marsh set records in the 50 and 100 freestyle this year at the 2020 ACC Championships while topping the school record in the 100 butterfly at the 2019 NC State Wolfpack Invite. In addition, Marsh also holds the Taishoff pool record in the 100 back and sits second all-time at Duke. In relays, Marsh was a member of record-setting quartets in the 200 freestyle relay, 400 freestyle relay and 200 medley relay.
Although the 2020 season resulted in the NCAA Championships being canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Marsh was stellar throughout her final season in the pool. She placed first in 17 of the 19 individual events she competed in during dual meets.
This season, Marsh earned ACC Women's Swimmer of the Week honors after sweeping all five of her individual events from the weekend in November. On senior day against North Carolina, Marsh clocked a 22.00 50 butterfly split, the fastest relay split in collegiate swimming this season.
In the classroom, Marsh was a three-time CSCAA Scholar All-American and was named to the All-ACC Academic Team in 2019 and 2020.
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