Tracy Menzel NCAA Woman of the Year Finalist

Sugar Creek Swim Club alum, Tracy Menzel has been named a finalist for the NCAA’s prestigious Woman of the Year Award.  A recent Kenyon College graduate, Tracy is one of just three Division III athletes still in the running for the illustrious award.  The NCAA Woman of the Year Award honors senior women student-athletes who have excelled in the areas of academic achievement, athletics, service, and leadership. An NCAA committee composed of representatives from member schools and conferences selected the top 30 honorees - 10 from each division - from a pool of 132 conference and independent nominees, representing all three NCAA divisions and multiple sports.  That list was narrowed this week to the 9nine finalists - three from each division. Next month, the NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics will select the national winner from that group of nine. The recipient of the 19th annual award will be announced during the 2009 NCAA Woman of the Year awards dinner on October 18 in Indianapolis.

Tracy was a four-year member of the Kenyon swim team, which won the NCAA Division III championship in each of her last three seasons. In addition to the team titles, Menzel also collected three event titles. She was the 2007 and 2009 national champion in the 100-yard breaststroke, as well as a member of the 2007 national champion 200-yard medley relay team. She was a 16-time NCAA All-American and a national runner-up in four other events throughout her career.  Menzel holds four Kenyon records, which were all set this past season.  She was the recipient of an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, she was a four-time College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Academic All-American, and was named a 2009 ESPN The Magazine First Team Academic All-American.

During Tracy’s nine-year career with the Sugar Creek Swim Club she was a multi-time state finalist and set numerous club records. In fact, she still holds one individual and 6 SCSC relay records! Trayc was a four-year varsity letter winner for Greencastle HS and reprented them in the State HS Championships as well.