WASHINGTON - University of Dayton softball outfielder Emma Schutter has been selected as the Flyers' 2025 NCAA Woman of the Year nominee. One of the most prestigious NCAA awards, the Woman of the Year Award was established in 1991 to celebrate the achievements of women in intercollegiate athletics.

A-10 member institutions have nominated 13 outstanding female student-athletes for the prestigious award. The league's Senior Woman Administrators will vote on the nominees to select two student-athletes who will be named A-10 Woman of the Year and represent the league as 2025 NCAA Woman of the Year conference finalists.

Now in its 35th year, the NCAA Woman of the Year award honors graduating female college athletes who have distinguished themselves in academics, athletics, service and leadership throughout their collegiate careers. Per the NCAA, all conference-level nominees are advanced to the Woman of the Year selection committee. The selection committee will choose the top 10 honorees in each division. From among those 30 honorees, the selection committee will determine the three finalists in each division. Finally, the members of the Committee on Women's Athletics will vote from among the top nine finalists to determine the 2025 NCAA Woman of the Year. The top 30 honorees will be honored, and the 2025 NCAA Woman of the Year winner will be announced this fall.

Schutter, one of the program's most prolific and decorated student-athletes on the field, also excelled in the classroom and made an impact on the Dayton community. She graduated this past May with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering with a concentration in aerospace engineering. For her academic career, Schutter earned a 3.982 GPA. The 2022 A-10 Rookie of the Year, 2023 A-10 Player of the Year and the 2024 A-10 Defensive Player of the Year finished her career as the program career leader in at bats (681), hits (266), runs scored (157) and stolen bases (108). She served as the Dayton Student-Athlete Advisory Committee's Community Service chair, was Dayton's 2024-25 Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup Nominee, is a four-time A-10 All-Conference award winner and was named a Presidential Scholar-Athlete at this year's R.U.D.Y.S. student-athlete award banquet.

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