SEATTLE, Wash. - The Northwest Conference has selected Stacey
Hagensen from Pacific Lutheran University as the NWC nominee for
the 2012 NCAA Woman of the Year award. Hagensen was selected
from an outstanding pool of student-athletes considered for this
conference nomination. The other nominees included Keisha
Gordon, a basketball player from George Fox University, Jenele
Peterson, a basketball player from Whitman College, and Stephanie
Skelly, a soccer player from Willamette University.
Hagensen was a four-year member of the Lutes softball team,
earning multiple personal awards as well as leading PLU to its
first NCAA title in softball earlier this year. The senior
from Bellevue, Wash., earned the 2012 Division III Honda Award,
2012 Division III Softball Championships Most Outstanding Player,
second team All-America honors from the National Fastpitch Coaches
Association, and was named the Northwest Conference Pitcher of the
Year in 2011 and 2012. She also earned the 2012 Capital One
Academic All-America Division III First Team honors as selected by
the College Sports Information Directors of America.
She has also been involved in numerous campus activities
throughout her four years at PLU including Student-Athlete
Advisory Committee (SAAC) representative, student-athlete mentor,
math tutor, residence hall president, ASPLU bookkeeper, orientation
guide, and women's Bible study leader.
Hagensen’s personal statement reflected the lessons she
learned from her involvement around PLU. “It has shown
me how important it is to be involved in others’ lives and
have them share, encourage, and teach me,“ said
Hagensen.
Hagensen graduated with majors in economics and
mathematics.
The NCAA Woman of the Year award, which will be announced in
Indianapolis on October 14, 2012, honors a graduating
student-athlete who has proven herself throughout her collegiate
careers in academic achievement, athletics excellence, community
service, and leadership.