Former South Dakota State University women’s soccer student-athlete Diana Potterveld has been nominated by The Summit League for the 2016 NCAA Woman of the Year Award.

Potterveld and North Dakota State softball student-athlete Cheyenne Garcia were selected to represent The Summit League and are among 142 female student-athletes who remain in the running for one of the organization’s most prestigious awards. A total of 517 female student-athletes were nominated from all three NCAA divisions.

A native of Fort Collins, Colorado, Potterveld, who graduated this past spring with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average while majoring in biology, was named Summit League Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year earlier this month. She was an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipient, a Capital One Academic All-America and All-District first-team selection and a three-time member of The Summit League All-Academic Team. Potterveld was honored all four years on The Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence and was a four-time Distinguished Scholar on The Summit League Honor Roll.

On the field, the forward helped the Jackrabbits to back-to-back NCAA College Cup appearances and two Summit League championship titles. She was named the 2015 Summit League Championship Most Valuable Player and was a two-time all-tournament selection.   Potterveld was also named the 2014 Summit League Offensive Player of the Year and in 2012 the Summit League Freshman of the Year. She was a three-time first-team all-Summit League selection and was honored on the 2012 Summit League All-Freshman Team.