| South Dakota State basketball alum Myah Selland was named an NCAA Woman of the Year Top 30 honoree Monday by the Woman of the Year selection committee.
Selland, a 2023 graduate, was twice named the Summit League Player of the Year in her career. The four-year team captain is the only player in program history to rank in the top five in career points (second), rebounds (fourth) and assists (fifth). A three-time second team College Sports Communicators Academic All-American, Selland won the Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup in 2023 for her character, teamwork and citizenship, and she was named the 2023 Summit League Daktronics Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Selland led the Jackrabbits to the 2022 Women’s National Invitation Tournament championship title, earning all-tournament Most Valuable Player honors. She received Women’s Basketball Coaches Association All-America honorable mention honors in 2021. She was a two-time Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Award finalist and on the 2023 Cheryl Miller Award Top 10 watch list. Selland contributed to three Summit League Championship titles and four regular-season titles. She was a three-time All-Summit League first-team honoree and is third in conference history in career points (2,167).
Sellad was a four-year member of her campus Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. In 2022, Selland co-founded the nonprofit Her Turn, which provides scholarships for girls and young women in the Brookings community to attend the South Dakota State athletic camp of their choice. She was a volunteer for the annual State-a-Thon fundraiser for the Children’s Miracle Network, and she volunteered with the Brookings County Youth Mentoring Program.
Established in 1991, the Woman of the Year award is rooted in Title IX and recognizes female student-athletes who have completed their undergraduate studies and distinguished themselves in their community, in athletics and in academics throughout their college careers.
Selected from a record-breaking 619 nominees submitted by member schools – a group that was then narrowed to 164 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 15 sports, including two student-athletes representing NCAA Emerging Sports for Women. They have a variety of majors, including national security and intelligence, neuroscience, economics, civil engineering, education, nursing, computer science and business management.
The selection committee will determine three honorees from each NCAA division, for a total of nine finalists. From those finalists, the NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics will choose the 2023 NCAA Woman of the Year.
The NCAA Woman of the Year will be named, and the Top 30 will be celebrated at the NCAA Convention in January.
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