[BostonCard]

Pac-12 co-woman of the year

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Some more info:

http://pac-12.com/article/2018/07/31/all...woman-year

The award is for "a graduating student-athlete who has distinguished herself throughout her collegiate careers in the areas of academic achievement, athletic excellence, community service and leadership."

Valarie Allman (Longmont, Colo.) is a 2017 U.S. World Championships team member, a six-time All-American and two-time Pac-12 Champion in the discus. Earning her undergraduate degree in product design, she is currently in graduate school at Stanford earning her Master’s in communications with an emphasis in virtual reality. A four-time USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree, she has qualified for the NCAA Championships seven times (including indoor championships) in three different events (hammer, discus, 20 lb weight), placing as high as third in 2016 and 2018 on the discus, and in 2014 was named the Pac-12 Newcomer of the Year.

As a member of Team USA from 2014-17, she has medaled at the World University Games twice, serving as team captain in 2017. She has won several awards on campus, including the Marshal Clark Award celebrating excellence in leadership and the Stanford Award of Excellence in 2017, given to graduating seniors who have demonstrated a commitment to the University through involvement, leadership and extraordinary Stanford spirit. Allman has also dedicated time to volunteering and organizing team events, including coordinating the track & field team’s participation at Children’s Day of Champions and Team USA’s visit to a South Korean orphanage while at the World University Games. A member of Stanford’s SAAC, she has been invited to speak at the NCAA National Convention, the Women’s Sports Foundation and at the Pac-12 Conference headquarters.

BC

[BostonCard]

Pac-12 co-woman of the year

[tweet]https://twitter.com/pac12/status/1024384483846483968[/tweet]

Some more info:

http://pac-12.com/article/2018/07/31/all...woman-year

The award is for "a graduating student-athlete who has distinguished herself throughout her collegiate careers in the areas of academic achievement, athletic excellence, community service and leadership."

Valarie Allman (Longmont, Colo.) is a 2017 U.S. World Championships team member, a six-time All-American and two-time Pac-12 Champion in the discus. Earning her undergraduate degree in product design, she is currently in graduate school at Stanford earning her Master’s in communications with an emphasis in virtual reality. A four-time USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree, she has qualified for the NCAA Championships seven times (including indoor championships) in three different events (hammer, discus, 20 lb weight), placing as high as third in 2016 and 2018 on the discus, and in 2014 was named the Pac-12 Newcomer of the Year.

As a member of Team USA from 2014-17, she has medaled at the World University Games twice, serving as team captain in 2017. She has won several awards on campus, including the Marshal Clark Award celebrating excellence in leadership and the Stanford Award of Excellence in 2017, given to graduating seniors who have demonstrated a commitment to the University through involvement, leadership and extraordinary Stanford spirit. Allman has also dedicated time to volunteering and organizing team events, including coordinating the track & field team’s participation at Children’s Day of Champions and Team USA’s visit to a South Korean orphanage while at the World University Games. A member of Stanford’s SAAC, she has been invited to speak at the NCAA National Convention, the Women’s Sports Foundation and at the Pac-12 Conference headquarters.

BC

[BobK]

Val is awesome and the National Champ.   brobdingnagian loss for Stanford but we shall see her in the Olympics.

[BobK]

Val is awesome and the National Champ.   brobdingnagian loss for Stanford but we shall see her in the Olympics.