April 28, 2008

The University of Dayton is proud to announce their NCAA Woman of the Year award winner, Allysa Detroy. The senior women's tennis player has shown outstanding dedication to athletics, academics, and service.

Detroy is a four-year member of the women's tennis team. She has participated in the singles and doubles events every season of her college career. She played #1 singles her sophomore and senior year, and #1 doubles her sophomore, junior, and senior year. For her athletic achievements, Detroy has been honored with a few distinguished awards. She won the Coach's Award in 2006 and was named the Most Valuable Player in 2007 and 2008. She was also an A-10 Player of the Week in February of 2007.

Detroy displayed her leadership skills on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and is currently the Community Service Team Leader. She has also been involved in Epsilon Delta Upsilon, the Education Fraternity, and Sigma Delta Pi, the Spanish Honor Fraternity.

Service has been a staple activity in Allysa Detroy's college career. Over the past four years she has dedicated her time to many types of service. She has volunteered at the Special Olympics, Habitat for Humanity, and Christmas on Campus. She helped coach a tennis program for children through the YMCA and taught English lessons for ESL students at Patterson Kennedy School. These are just a few examples of Detroy's devotion to the University's mantra of "Learn, Lead, and Serve."

As UD's NCAA Woman of the Year, Detroy is automatically nominated to become the Atlantic 10 Conference's NCAA Woman of the Year. The winner from each NCAA conference will then be submitted to the NCAA Woman of the Year selection committee where they will determine the top three women in each division. From that group of semifinalists, they select the overall winner, the NCAA Woman of the Year. Last year's winner was Whitney Myers, a former swimmer from the University of Arizona.

Detroy will graduate in May with a double major in Spanish and Education.