GREENVILLE, S.C. – The NCAA announced the Woman of the Year nominees for each conference and Conference Carolinas representatives are Camryn Belin of Lees-McRae College and Anna Grossheim of UNC Pembroke.

To be eligible for the award, nominees must have competed and earned a varsity letter in an NCAA-sponsored sport, have earned her undergraduate degree no later than the summer 2024 term and have a minimum cumulative undergraduate grade-point average of 2.50 on a 4.0 score.

In 2024, a record-breaking 627 female student-athletes were nominated by NCAA member schools.

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.

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.

Later this fall the NCAA will announce the top 30 honorees. The nine finalists will be announced later in the fall with the 2024 NCAA Woman of the Year being celebrated at an awards ceremony at the NCAA Convention in Nashville in January.