University of Pennsylvania nominates trans swimmer Lia Thomas for 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year Award

Swimmer Lia Thomas, who became the first openly transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I national championship earlier this year, has been nominated for the 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year Award. The 22-year-old athlete was one of 577 graduating student-athletes from Divisions I, II and II to be nominated for the prestigious award, the National Collegiate Athletic Association said Thursday in a news release. Thomas was nominated for the honor by the University of Pennsylvania, from which she graduated in May. The Woman of the Year award recognizes female student-athletes “who have exhausted t...