INDIANAPOLIS — All-American and Academic All-American gymnast Mackenzie Brannan is The University of Alabama’s nominee for the 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year, the NCAA has announced.
The Woman of the Year program celebrates the accomplishments of female college athletes across all three NCAA divisions. In 2018, more than 200,000 women are competing at the collegiate level, and the NCAA received a program-record 581 nominations for the honor.
Brannan, one of 291 NCAA Division I nominees, is a four-time All-American and a three-year CoSIDA Academic All-American who graduated in May with a 4.0 grade point average in psychology. An SEC and NCAA regional champion, Brannan earned both a Southeastern Conference and NCAA postgraduate scholarship. During her career, the Austin, Texas, native helped lead Alabama to four NCAA championship appearances, three NCAA regional titles and the 2015 SEC crown.
