GUNNISON, Colo. --- Western Colorado track and field recent graduate Tianna Terrell was named a nominee for NCAA Woman of the Year.

Rooted in Title IX and directed by the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics, the NCAA Woman of the Year program celebrates the accomplishments of senior female college athletes across all three NCAA divisions. In 2020, nearly 220,000 women are competing in college sports, and the NCAA received a program record of 605 nominations for this prestigious award.

Terrell was a two-time All-RMAC First Team indoor performer in 2020 as she helped the 4x400 relay team win the conference title while she took second place in the 400. Terrell is a two-time RMAC outdoor champion in the 400 hurdles and just graduated with a degree in business administration (3.28 GPA).

Terrell was also named Western's 2019-20 Paul Wright Award winner - given to the top female and male senior athlete each year.

Next, conference offices will select their nominees for NCAA Woman of the Year. Each conference nominee will be notified by the NCAA, and all conference-round nominees will be announced on ncaa.org in August. Conference nominations are forwarded to the NCAA Woman of the Year Selection Committee, which identifies the top 10 honorees in each of the three NCAA divisions. From those 30 honorees, the selection committee then determines the three finalists in each division for a total of nine finalists. The Committee on Women's Athletics will select the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year from the nine finalists. The 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year will be announced this fall.