CHICAGO, Ill. -- North Park University senior captain and every day center fielder, Ellie Manderfeld, has been nominated for the NCAA Woman of the Year award.

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Manderfeld, a Sauk Rapids, Minn. native and the Vikings' everyday center fielder since her freshman year, is a member of the Army ROTC, a Student Government Association (SGA) representative, a Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) representative, College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Sports Information intern, and works in Gameday Management and Sport Graphic Design for the NPU Sports Information department.

Manderfeld was also showcasing an impressive senior season in the spring. The 2018 All-CCIW selection was carrying a slash line of .359/.390/.436 with eight runs scored, a double, a triple, and two stolen bases in just 39 at-bats. Additionally, Manderfeld totaled 18 putouts and a pair of assists from the outfield.

Manderfeld also appears in a few categories within the all-time record book:

• 4th in stolen bases (27)
• 6th in hits (138)
• 7th in sacrifice bunts (16)

About the NCAA Woman of the Year Nomination:

Rooted in Title IX, the NCAA Woman of the Year Award was established in 1991 to recognize graduating female student-athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves in academics, athletics, service and leadership throughout their collegiate careers.
 

The nominees represent all three NCAA divisions, including 259 nominees from Division I, 126 from Division II and 220 from Division III. Nominees competed in 24 sports, with multi-sport student-athletes accounting for 128 of the nominees.

Member schools are encouraged to honor their top graduating female college athletes each year by submitting their names for consideration for the Woman of the Year Award. Schools can recognize two nominees if at least one is a woman of color or international student-athlete.
 

Conference offices will select up to two nominees each from their pool of member school nominees. All nominees who compete in a sport not sponsored by their school's primary conference, as well as associate conference nominees and independent nominees, will be considered by a selection committee. Then, the Woman of the Year selection committee, made up of representatives from the NCAA membership, will choose the Top 30 honorees — 10 from each division.

From the Top 30, the Woman of the Year selection committee will determine the top three honorees in each division and announce nine finalists. The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics then will choose the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year, who will be named this fall.