INDIANAPOLIS- The Board of The Collegiate Women Sports Awards announced Tuesday that University of Indianapolis junior Lyndsay McBride has been nominated as a candidate for the 2008-2009 Division II Athlete of the Year representing golf.  McBride, the 2009 NCAA D-II women's golf individual national champion, is one of 11 candidates for the prestigious award that recognizes the top woman collegiate athlete in Division II.

The program has completed its 33rd year and recognizes the top woman collegiate athlete in each of 11 sports in Divisions II and III as nominees for the Division II and III Athletes of the Year.   The program also honors the recipients of the Honda-Broderick Cup and the Honda Inspiration Award.

Divisions II and III athletes are nominated by national coaches associations for each of the 11 sports:  basketball, cross country, field hockey, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field and volleyball.  The athletes are placed on ballots emailed to all Divisions II and III Senior Women Administrators in June every year and the Athlete of the Year for each division is determined by the outcome of the voting.

In addition, the 12 Division I Honda Sports Award winners are determined by balloting throughout the year to all NCAA senior woman administrators for each of 12 sports. These Division I athletes are also nominated by national coaches associations.  After balloting for each sport, the winner of each of the 12 sports is a nominee for Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year to be given the Honda-Broderick Cup. The ballot for the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year completes the balloting and takes place later in June.

The Inspiration Award winner is determined separately by a call to all NCAA Sports Information Directors for nominations, making a total of 15 award recipients in the program.     

The awards program is sponsored by American Honda Motor Co., Inc. and to celebrate these awards American Honda Motor Co., Inc. donates $1,000 to the women's athletic fund of each Honda Sports Award nominee's university and each Division II and III nominee's university.  The Division II and III winner's institutions, along with the Honda-Broderick Cup and the Inspiration Award recipients' schools receive $5,000 each.

A press conference will be held June 22, 2009 at Columbia University in New York City to announce and present The Divisions II and III Athletes of the Year along with the recipients of the Honda-Broderick Cup the Honda Inspiration Award. 

DIVISION II ATHLETE OF THE YEAR RECIPIENTS
1987-88 - Angela Brinton, volleyball, Cal St., Northridge
1988-89 - Janet Cobbs, volleyball, North Dakota State
1989-90 - Chrystal Hardy, basketball, Delta State
1990-91 - Tracy Saunders, basketball, Norfolk State
1991-92 - Kristina Hand, basketball, Cal Poly State, SLO
1992-93 - Christie Allen, cross country, Pittsburg State
1993-94 - Stacy Metro, volleyball, Northern Michigan
1994-95 - Charlaine Coetzee, golf, Longwood College
1995-96 - Jennifer Clarkson, basketball, Abilene Christian
1996-97 - Kasey Morlock, basketball, North Dakota State
1997-98 - Danielle Penner, softball, Cal University of Penn.  
1998-99 - Melinda Almazan, volleyball, Regis University
1999-00 - Jayne Even, basketball, North Dakota State
2000-01 - Jessica Martin, swimming, Truman State
2001-02 - Nicole Duncan, track and field , Cal State, Los Angeles
2002-03 - Missy Gregg, soccer, Christian Brothers University
2003-04 - Zoila Gomez, track and field, Adams State College
2004-05 - Krystal Lewallen, softball, Northern Kentucky
2005-06 - Kristin Erb, softball, Lock Haven University
2006-07 - Kylee Hanavan, soccer, Metropolitan State
2007-08 - Vicky Braegelmann, volleyball, Minnesota, Duluth