T&T's Shan­non Du­val has been named the At­lantic nom­i­nee for the NCAA Woman of the Year. More than 100 NCAA fe­male stu­dent-ath­letes rep­re­sent­ing mul­ti­ple sports have been se­lect­ed 'Woman of the Year' nom­i­nees by their con­fer­ences and by in­de­pen­dent in­sti­tu­tions.

The 131 stu­dent-ath­letes were iden­ti­fied from a record num­ber of 452 nom­i­nees.?Du­val shares the ho­n­our with Char­lotte's Hai­ley Beam.

A for­mer Holy Name Covent stu­dent, Du­val capped off a stel­lar se­nior sea­son for the La Salle swim­ming and div­ing squad, win­ning both the 100-and 200-yard breast­stroke at the 2010 At­lantic 10 Cham­pi­onships, as well as plac­ing third in the 200 In­di­vid­ual Med­ley.

Dur­ing the sea­son, she be­came the first fe­male swim­mer in the A-10 Con­fer­ence to earn three con­sec­u­tive Per­former of the Week nods.

Du­val was al­so named A-10 Stu­dent-Ath­lete of the Year in Women's Swim­ming, All-Area Per­former of the Year by the Philadel­phia In­quir­er and to the A-10 All-Con­fer­ence Team.?Du­val holds the school record in the 100m and 200m breast­stroke, 200-freestyle, 200-IM and is part of the La Salle record-hold­ing 200-free, 400-free, 800-free, 200 med­ley and 400 med­ley re­lays. Du­val re­ceived her de­gree in ac­count­ing in May, grad­u­at­ing with a 3.81 GPA.

A se­lec­tion com­mit­tee com­posed of rep­re­sen­ta­tives from NCAA mem­ber schools and con­fer­ences will se­lect 10 nom­i­nees from each di­vi­sion to form the Top 30 nom­i­nees for the 2010 Woman of the Year Award.

The se­lec­tion com­mit­tee will nar­row down the Top 30 to three fi­nal­ists from each di­vi­sion. From the nine re­main­ing fi­nal­ists, the NCAA Com­mit­tee on Women's Ath­let­ics will se­lect the na­tion­al win­ner.?

The re­cip­i­ent will be an­nounced dur­ing the 2010 Woman of the Year din­ner in In­di­anapo­lis on Oc­to­ber 17. The NCAA Woman of the Year award, now in its 20th year, ho­n­ours fe­male stu­dent-ath­letes who have dis­tin­guished them­selves through­out their col­le­giate ca­reer in the ar­eas of aca­d­e­m­ic achieve­ment, ath­let­ics ex­cel­lence, com­mu­ni­ty ser­vice and lead­er­ship. The 2009 NCAA Woman of the Year was Uni­ver­si­ty of Ari­zona women's swim­ming stu­dent-ath­lete Lacey Nymey­er.