Women's Basketball | 6/21/2017 5:00:00 PM
NCAA Official Release
NEWARK, NJ—Alana Dudley, who completed her four-year college basketball career in May, has been named a nominee for the 2017 NCAA Woman of the Year Award.
Dudley is one of 544 nominees nationally (229 – Division 1, 117 – Division II and 198 – Division III), marking the most in the history of the Woman of the Year program.
Now in its 27th year, the Woman of the Year award honors graduating female college athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves throughout their collegiate careers in academics, athletics, service and leadership.
The NCAA communications team plans to announce the full list of school nominees on Tuesday, June 27, at 2 p.m. ET.
The senior from Whippany, NJ, graduated on May 16 from NJIT with a Mathematical Sciences degree.
Dudley was selected one of two ASUN Conference female nominees for the 2017 NCAA Woman of the Year award and was also named to the ASUN Conference Winter 2017 semester Winners for Life team, which honors those who display excellence on and off the playing surface.
A four-year member of the Highlander squad, Dudley was a member of NJIT's Albert Dorman Honors College, which does over 15 hours of community service per semester, Ray Cassetta Financial Analysis Lab Coordinator, Special Programs Assistant for the Martin Tuchman School of Management, Secretary of the investment club and a member of math and actuarial club.
A two-year captain, Dudley led the Highlanders in scoring (11.5), assists (107), field goals made (127) and minutes (36.5), including pacing the ASUN in minutes played (36.5), second with 3.6 assists per game and 12th in steals.
The Highlander senior ranks second in the NJIT Division I era with 107 assists in a single-season and her 10 assists vs. Delaware State on December 11, 2016 is tied for the NJIT D1 single-game record.
This season, Dudley scored the game-winning shot in the Highlanders 64-62 home victory over ASUN opponent North Florida. Her 24 points vs. Kennesaw State on February 6, 2016 is career-best and her six steals at Delaware State this season, is one shy the NJIT D1 single-game record.
Dudley has scored in double-digits in 19-out-of-30 games this season, including three 20+point performances.
NJIT's recipient of the New Jersey Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (NJAIAW) Woman of the Year award, finished her collegiate career with 930 points, 285 assists (second in the NJIT D1 era) and 106 steals.
