University of Memphis Athletics
Mallin named Top 30 candidate for NCAA Woman of the Year
Sep 17, 2020 | Women's Soccer
All-American named one of 10 Division I honorees for annual award
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Memphis women's soccer's Stasia Mallin added to her decorated career on Thursday, as the 2020 alumnae has been named a Top 30 honoree for the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year award.
Selected from a record 605 school nominees, Mallin represents one of 10 candidates from the NCAA Division I level for the annual honor. The remaining 20 honorees are from the Division II and Division III levels.
"The 30 honorees selected this year excelled in the classroom and in competition while also remaining committed to serving their peers and communities," said Suzette McQueen, chair of the Woman of the Year Selection Committee and senior associate commissioner for external relations and strategic marketing/senior woman administrator at the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association. "These outstanding women represent the thousands of diverse and talented women competing in college sports each year, and we're proud to recognize their achievements on and off the field."
In addition, Mallin became the second UofM student-athlete to reach the Top 30 level of the NCAA Woman of the Year award, following track and field's Chardae Greenlee in 2017.
Mallin is also the first American Athletic Conference women's soccer player to make the NCAA's Woman of the Year Top 30 list, and, including Greenlee, the fourth student-athlete in league history (Kia Nurse, UConn women's basketball, 2018; Juliana Madzia, Cincinnati women's track and field, 2017).
"What a great accomplishment for Stasia, and we couldn't be more proud of her in adding this achievement to her career accolades," Head Coach Brooks Monaghan said. "She's meant so much to our program and has been the epitome of what a teammate should be on the field, in the classroom and in the community over her last four years. We can't wait to see what her bright future has in store."
A four-year letterwinner for the Blue and Gray, the Carmel, Ind., native started 65 of her 73 career matches played and logged over 5800 minutes of action. On the pitch, Mallin garnered First Team All-America, First Team All-Region, First Team All-Conference and All-Tournament Team accolades throughout her career.
After a breakout junior season that yielded a goal and eight assists, Mallin posted a career senior year. In 2019, she tallied three goals and 14 assists, while also anchoring a defense that pitched 12 shutouts. The Tigers capped the 2019 season as American Athletic Conference regular-season champions and made their third NCAA Tournament appearance in four years.
Mallin departed as the American Athletic Conference's career assist leader (29), a mark that also ranks third in program history. Her 14 helpers in her senior season also rank second in the program record book for single-season assists.
Her record-breaking senior season resulted in United Soccer Coaches First Team All-America honors and First Team All-Conference honors, while she was also named a semifinalist for the coveted MAC Hermann Trophy. Earlier this spring, Mallin signed a deal to continue her soccer career with BIIK Kazygurt of the Kazakhstani Championship.
In the classroom, the biomedical engineering major posted a 3.98 GPA and was voted a three-time Academic All-American, including two First Team honors at the end of her senior season (CoSIDA/United Soccer Coaches). Additionally, Mallin was listed to the AAC All-Academic Team from 2017-2020 and was also named to the UofM's Dean's List and Honor Roll each of her eight academic semesters.
Mallin was also recognized by the league in July as a Commissioner's Postgraduate Leadership Award winner along with being named the 2020 AAC Women's Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
She served as a member of the Alpha Eta Mu Beta national biomedical engineering honors society, the Tau Beta Pi engineering honors society and the Alpha Epsilon Delta health professional honors society. She was also Memphis' recipient of the Elma Roane Award in 2020, honoring a female student-athlete with drive, enthusiasm and determination while maintaining a concern for others.
In the community, she served as an undergraduate research assistant in Memphis' biomedical engineering department, volunteered at Target House/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and at FedEx House/Le Bonheur Children's Hospital.
The NCAA Woman of the Year program is rooted in Title IX and has recognized graduating female college athletes for excellence in academics, athletics, community service and leadership since its inception in 1991.
The selection committee will announce the nine finalists, including three women from each NCAA division, in mid-October. From those finalists, the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics will select the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year.
Selected from a record 605 school nominees, Mallin represents one of 10 candidates from the NCAA Division I level for the annual honor. The remaining 20 honorees are from the Division II and Division III levels.
"The 30 honorees selected this year excelled in the classroom and in competition while also remaining committed to serving their peers and communities," said Suzette McQueen, chair of the Woman of the Year Selection Committee and senior associate commissioner for external relations and strategic marketing/senior woman administrator at the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association. "These outstanding women represent the thousands of diverse and talented women competing in college sports each year, and we're proud to recognize their achievements on and off the field."
In addition, Mallin became the second UofM student-athlete to reach the Top 30 level of the NCAA Woman of the Year award, following track and field's Chardae Greenlee in 2017.
Mallin is also the first American Athletic Conference women's soccer player to make the NCAA's Woman of the Year Top 30 list, and, including Greenlee, the fourth student-athlete in league history (Kia Nurse, UConn women's basketball, 2018; Juliana Madzia, Cincinnati women's track and field, 2017).
"What a great accomplishment for Stasia, and we couldn't be more proud of her in adding this achievement to her career accolades," Head Coach Brooks Monaghan said. "She's meant so much to our program and has been the epitome of what a teammate should be on the field, in the classroom and in the community over her last four years. We can't wait to see what her bright future has in store."
A four-year letterwinner for the Blue and Gray, the Carmel, Ind., native started 65 of her 73 career matches played and logged over 5800 minutes of action. On the pitch, Mallin garnered First Team All-America, First Team All-Region, First Team All-Conference and All-Tournament Team accolades throughout her career.
After a breakout junior season that yielded a goal and eight assists, Mallin posted a career senior year. In 2019, she tallied three goals and 14 assists, while also anchoring a defense that pitched 12 shutouts. The Tigers capped the 2019 season as American Athletic Conference regular-season champions and made their third NCAA Tournament appearance in four years.
Mallin departed as the American Athletic Conference's career assist leader (29), a mark that also ranks third in program history. Her 14 helpers in her senior season also rank second in the program record book for single-season assists.
Her record-breaking senior season resulted in United Soccer Coaches First Team All-America honors and First Team All-Conference honors, while she was also named a semifinalist for the coveted MAC Hermann Trophy. Earlier this spring, Mallin signed a deal to continue her soccer career with BIIK Kazygurt of the Kazakhstani Championship.
In the classroom, the biomedical engineering major posted a 3.98 GPA and was voted a three-time Academic All-American, including two First Team honors at the end of her senior season (CoSIDA/United Soccer Coaches). Additionally, Mallin was listed to the AAC All-Academic Team from 2017-2020 and was also named to the UofM's Dean's List and Honor Roll each of her eight academic semesters.
Mallin was also recognized by the league in July as a Commissioner's Postgraduate Leadership Award winner along with being named the 2020 AAC Women's Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
She served as a member of the Alpha Eta Mu Beta national biomedical engineering honors society, the Tau Beta Pi engineering honors society and the Alpha Epsilon Delta health professional honors society. She was also Memphis' recipient of the Elma Roane Award in 2020, honoring a female student-athlete with drive, enthusiasm and determination while maintaining a concern for others.
In the community, she served as an undergraduate research assistant in Memphis' biomedical engineering department, volunteered at Target House/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and at FedEx House/Le Bonheur Children's Hospital.
The NCAA Woman of the Year program is rooted in Title IX and has recognized graduating female college athletes for excellence in academics, athletics, community service and leadership since its inception in 1991.
The selection committee will announce the nine finalists, including three women from each NCAA division, in mid-October. From those finalists, the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics will select the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year.
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