GREENVILLE, S.C. – The NCAA Woman of the Year Selection Committee announced the national Top 30 honorees for the 2024 NCAA Woman of the Year Award on Wednesday, and two Conference Carolinas student-athletes are recognized. Cami Belin of Lees-McRae College and Anna Grossheim of UNC Pembroke are both recognized in the top 30.

Established in 1991, the award is rooted in Title IX and recognizes female student-athletes who have completed their undergraduate studies and distinguished themselves in their community, in athletics and in academics throughout their college careers.

Selected from a record-breaking 627 nominees submitted by member schools — a group that was then narrowed to 168 nominees at the conference level — the Top 30 honorees include 10 from each of the three NCAA divisions. Each honoree has demonstrated excellence in academics, athletics, community service and leadership. The honorees represent 15 sports, including three student-athletes representing NCAA Emerging Sports for Women. They have a variety of majors, including cell and molecular biology, neuroscience, biochemistry, civil engineering, sociology, nursing, computer science, sport management and more.

The selection committee will determine three honorees from each NCAA division, for a total of nine finalists. From those finalists, the NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics will choose the 2024 NCAA Woman of the Year.

At the NCAA Convention in January, the NCAA Woman of the Year will be named, and the Top 30 will be celebrated.

The last time Conference Carolinas had a national Top 30 honoree was in 2021, Jami Wright of Southern Wesleyan. It is believed that this is the first time Conference Carolinas has had both nominees be recognized in the Top 30.

CAMI BELIN
Belin graduated summa cume laude from Lees-McRae with a degree in forensic psychology while carrying a 3.97 GPA. On the pitch, the Clemmons, North Carolina native was a four-time All-Conference Carolinas selection, earning second team honors once and third team honors three times. She was twice named College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District and was named to the Conference Carolinas Presidential Honor Roll. Belin also was named to the Lees-McRae Dean’s and President’s List every semester. She was inducted into the Alpha Phi Sigma Criminal Justice Honor Society and the Alpha Chi National Honor Society as well as the Chi Alpha Sigma National College Athlete Honor Society.

ANNA GROSSHEIM
A women’s soccer player, Grossheim carried a 3.99 GPA while earning her degree in sociology from UNC Pembroke before pursuing a master’s in public administration. The Garner, North Carolina native was selected Conference Carolinas Player of the year in 2022 and Freshman of the Year in the fall of 2021. In 2022 she also selected Conference Carolinas Scholar-Athlete of the Year for women’s soccer. She is a three-time first team All-Conference Carolinas selection and was named Conference Carolinas Women’s Soccer Championship MVP in 2022. In 2023, Grossheim was named the recipient of the Conference Carolinas Elite 23 Award for having the highest GPA at the championship site. She is a two-time CSC Academic All-America selection and earned United Soccer Coaches first team Scholar All-America recognition once. Grossheim was also named to the Conference Carolinas Presidential Honor Roll five times.