PORTLAND, Ore. – Eight student-athletes from the Great Northwest Athletic Conference were nominated by their schools for the 2025 NCAA Woman of the Year award, honoring the top female student-athlete throughout the organization.

Upon review of each school's nomination, the GNAC will announce the conference's overall nominations for the award. The GNAC's nomination will then be reviewed by the selection committee, which will identify 10 finalists from each of the three NCAA divisions. The 2025 NCAA Woman of the Year will be announced at the NCAA Convention in January.
 
The NCAA Woman of the Year award was established in 1991 and recognizes female student-athletes who have earned their undergraduate degree and distinguished themselves in their community, in athletics and in academics.

Dyauni Boyce

Montana State University Billings

Women's Basketball

 

A fifth-year senior who played an integral role on the Yellowjackets' squad, Boyce was a force on both ends of the court. She ranked fourth in the GNAC in scoring with 15.7 points per game and was ninth in the conference with 6.5 rebounds per game in 2024-25. A model of consistency since beginning her career in the COVID-impacted 2020-21 season, Boyce wound up as the conference's all-time leader in games played with 137 and finished 13th with 1,581 points scored. Boyce capped her career by earning WBCA honorable mention All-American honors and was a CSC academic all-district selection. She was a four-time academic all-GNAC pick and held a 4.0 GPA this year working towards her master's degree in school counseling.

 

Amity Deters

Western Oregon University

Track & Field

 

One of the Wolves' top performers on the track since making her debut in the spring of 2021, Deters capped her collegiate career with a bronze-medal finish in the high jump at the 2025 GNAC Outdoor Championships. Deters cleared 5-3.75 feet (1.62 meters) to make the podium, after posting a personal-best triple jump of 36-8.25 feet (11.18 meters) earlier in the event. Her career also included a gold medal in the high jump at the 2024 outdoor meet and three more bronze medals in the high jump combined between indoor and outdoor as an underclassman. Deters completed her chemistry degree with a 3.99 GPA and was a four-time academic all-conference selection.

 

Brooke Dexter

Simon Fraser University

Volleyball

The 2024 GNAC Player of the Year, Dexter led the GNAC with 3.90 kills per set and 4.61 points per set last fall. A four-year first-team all-conference performer for the Red Leafs, Dexter completed her stellar career finishing 15th in conference history with 1,304 kills. She helped lead the Red Leafs to a record of 17-9 overall and a tie for second in the conference standings. She was honored as an All-American by the AVCA and an academic All-American by CSC at the end of her playing career. Dexter was a four-time academic all-conference pick, carrying a 3.93 GPA while completing her degree in biological sciences.

Annika Esvelt

Seattle Pacific University

Cross Country/Track & Field

 

Putting the finishing touches on a stellar cross country and track and field career, Esvelt finished with five top-10 national finishes across the three sports. Esvelt kicked off her senior campaign by finishing fourth at the 2024 NCAA Cross Country Championships, before taking seventh in both the 3,000 meters and 5,000 meters at the 2025 NCAA Indoor Championships. She wrapped things up by placing seventh in the 10,000 meters and ninth in the 5,000 meters at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships. The 2023-24 GNAC Female Scholar Athlete of the Year, Esvelt was a four-time academic all-conference selection and was awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship at the end of May.

 

Sunny Huerta

Central Washington University

Women's Basketball

 

One of the top offensive players in GNAC history, Huerta capped her career second on the conference's all-time scoring charts with 1,960 points scored. Her 714 made field goals were the most in conference history, and her accuracy of 42.4% from 3-point range ranked fifth in GNAC history as well. Huerta was selected by the coaches as the GNAC Player of the Year after averaging 19.1 points per game and leading the conference in 3-point shooting at 46.2%. Huerta helped her team go 23-8 overall and tie for second in the GNAC standings at 14-4 in league play. Huerta earned academic all-conference for the third time in her career, holding a 3.53 GPA in social services.

 

Kendall Kramer

University of Alaska

Cross Country

 

The 2024-25 GNAC Female Scholar Athlete of the Year, Kramer completed one of the best cross country careers the conference has ever seen last fall. She won the GNAC Championships for the third consecutive season, before finishing as the runner up at both the NCAA West Region Championships and the NCAA Championships. The Fairbanks native earned her third-straight All-American finish in cross country. Although skiing is not a GNAC-sponsored sport, Kramer's NCAA Woman of the Year case is bolstered by her national championship performance in that sport this year as well. She was a four-time academic all-conference selection and carried a 3.87 GPA while studying biological sciences.

 

Katie Potts

Western Washington University

Track & Field

 

Potts earned her first-ever national championship berth in her final season of competition with the Vikings last spring. The senior placed 19th national in the discus throw, after winning the gold medal in that event at the GNAC Outdoor Championships. Potts also made the podium in the shot put with a third-place finish at the conference meet, pushing her career GNAC medal count to 10 dating back to 2019-20. Potts was a rare five-time academic all-conference honoree and worked towards completing her MBA this academic year.

 

Jocelyn Saribay

Saint Martin's University

Track & Field

 

Saribay made school history during the indoor season, claiming the GNAC Indoor Championships gold medal in the weight throw with a toss of 52-9.25 feet (15.48 meters). She capped her season by hitting a PR in the hammer throw of 168-6 feet (51.37 meters) during the outdoor season, before finishing fourth at the GNAC Outdoor Championships in that event. Saribay was also a four-time all-academic selection, holding a 3.95 GPA in communication studies.