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Indianapolis – Former Centenary All-American gymnast Kendall Sanders has been named one of the Top 30 Finalists for the 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year Award, the NCAA announced on Thursday. 

The Woman of the Year Selection Committee has announced the national Top 30 honorees for the 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year Award, selected from a pool of 156 conference-level nominees.

Selected from 577 school nominees — a group that was then narrowed to 156 nominees at the conference level — the Top 30 honorees include 10 from each of the three NCAA divisions. Each honoree has demonstrated excellence in academics, athletics, community service and leadership. The honorees represent 14 sports and include nine multisport student-athletes. They have a variety of majors, including biological and biomedical engineering, psychology, business, digital communications, education, nursing, law and policy, and robotics.

Sanders (Spring Branch, Texas) was a five-time USA Gymnastics All-American, earning three first-team honors in 2022 and 2019 and second-team honors in 2020 and 2019. She also was a first-team Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association Division III Regular Season All-American for the all-around in 2022. Sanders earned second-team All-Midwest Independent Conference honors in 2021 for the all-around and floor. She was voted as the Centenary Gymnastics Athlete of the Year for three consecutive years from 2020-22.