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Shippy named top 30 finalist

for NCAA Woman of the Year

Former Lake City High and Oklahoma State standout Vanessa Shippy was named one of the top 30 honorees for 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year.

The NCAA Woman of the Year award recognizes graduating female student-athletes for excellence in academics, athletics, community service and leadership. Selected from a record 581 school nominees — a group that was then narrowed to 154 nominees by conference offices — the Top 30 honorees include 10 from each of the three NCAA divisions. The honorees competed in 13 sports and studied a broad range of academic majors, including finance, biochemistry, microbiology, kinesiology, nursing and communication.

As a senior at Oklahoma State this past season, Shippy was named 2018 Big 12 Softball Player of the Year and earned All-Big 12 First Team honors for a third consecutive season. Additionally, Shippy became just the second three-time NFCA All-American in OSU history.

She ranked among the top five players nationally in batting average (.417), on-base percentage (.613), runs (73) and walks (57).

Shippy earned a 3.895 grade-point average and was tabbed the Big 12 Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year for a second consecutive season. She was also a three-time Google Cloud Academic All-American selection.

The selection committee will announce the nine finalists, including three women from each NCAA division, in early October. From those finalists, the NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics will select the 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year. The Top 30 will be celebrated and the Woman of the Year will be named Oct. 28 at a ceremony in Indianapolis.

Bomar tied for fourth after

first round of PNW Senior PGA

MOLALLA, Ore. — Prairie Falls co-owner Billy Bomar shot a 1-over-par 72 and is tied for fourth after the first day of the Pacific Northwest Senior PGA Professional Championship on Thursday at Arrowhead Golf Club.

Brent Murray of Oswego Lake Country Club (Lake Oswego, Ore.) shot a 3-under 68 for a one-shot lead over Mark Tunstill of Mallard Creek Golf Club (Lebanon, Ore.).

The 36-hole tourney concludes today.