The Shenandoah University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and the NCAA announced Thursday that Olivia Weinel '22 has been selected as the university's Woman of the Year nominee.
Weinel, a native of Mount Airy, Maryland, earns the nomination after winning the Marjorie Berkley Award last month. The Berkley Award, which began in 1984, is given to the Woman of the Year for the ODAC.
The nomination caps an outstanding year for Weinel in which she was a Jostens Award finalist, led the women's basketball team to its second ODAC title in four years, and was named as the Outstanding Female Student-Athlete for the Class of 2022.
After completing her studies as a criminal justice, psychology, and Spanish triple major in May with a 3.99 GPA, Olivia was named as the College of Arts & Sciences' Outstanding Graduate.
On the court, the two-time team captain averaged 13.3 points and 4.6 rebounds per contest this past season as the Hornets won a school-record 22 games on its way to the 2022 ODAC championship.
Weinel was a first team All-ODAC honoree, earned All-Tournament honors at both the ODAC and Jean Beamer Classic tournaments, and was named as the ODAC Player of the Week on both Feb. 7 and Feb. 14.
In the classroom, she was an ODK national leadership honor society inductee, president of Sigma Delta Pi, and a member of the Psi Chi and Alpha Lambda Delta honor societies.
Weinel is also a four-year member of the Shenandoah University Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and served as the SAAC President this year. In 2021, she was named as the ODAC/Virginia Farm Bureau Scholar-Athlete of the Year for women's basketball.
Her community service list is extensive and includes time working with the Area 13 Special Olympics here in Winchester.
Now as a graduate, Weinel is headed to graduate school next year at Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia.
Of the 577 nominees, 202 are DIII student-athletes. The Woman of the Year Award is based on four pillars: academics, athletics, service and leadership.
The ten finalists for NCAA WOTY, which will be named later, will all be invited to the NCAA Convention in San Antonio, where the winner will be announced.
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