MOSCOW, Idaho – Former Idaho women's basketball standout Lizzy Klinker has been selected as the university's 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year nominee.
 
Next, conferences will select up to two nominees each from the pool of school nominees. Then, the Woman of the Year selection committee, made up of representatives from the NCAA membership, will choose the Top 30 honorees — 10 from each division.
 
Klinker was an All-Big Sky Third Team selection, while averaging 12.8 points and 6.6 rebounds per game during her senior season. Klinker, a transfer from Utah State played two seasons for the Vandals, participating in 57 games. The Vandals finished the regular season on a seven-game win-streak in which Klinker averaged 16.5 points per game.

Off the court Klinker has been successful as well earning Big Sky All-Academic honors during her junior and senior year. A native of Fairfield, Montana, Klinker graduated in the spring with a degree in Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness while earning a 3.61 grade point average.

During her time at Idaho Klinker was heavily involved in the athletics department and the Moscow community. She served on the Student Athlete Advisory Committee for two years while serving as Co-President during her senior year. Klinker took part in several community service events including the Palouse Cares food drive, Trick or Treat, Walk to School Day, and Polar Walk over the last two years. In addition, Klinker attended numerous elementary schools throughout the community and engaged in activities from recess to reading with kids. She was also selected as the Big Sky female nominee to attend the NCAA Student-Athlete Leadership Forum this spring, which was later canceled.

Established in 1991, the NCAA Woman of the Year award recognizes graduating female college athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves in academics, athletics, service and leadership throughout their collegiate careers.
 
The NCAA encourages member schools to honor their top graduating female student-athletes each year by submitting their names for consideration for the Woman of the Year award.

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