Mahwah, NJ:  Two-time National Champion and five time NCAA All-American pole vaulter, Michelle Favre, has been selected as a Top 30 finalist in the hunt for the prestigious NCAA Woman of the Year Award.  Favre is the first Ramapo College student-athlete selected as the representative from the New Jersey Athletic Conference, and is one of only ten Division III athletes selected. 

Favre is one of 450 nominees to earn this award.  In September, the selection committee will announce the top nine finalists (three from each division), and the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics will vote from amongst those finalists to determine the 2013 Woman of the Year.

Favre will travel to Indianapolis in October, where the NCAA will announce the 2013 Woman of the Year.  All Top 30 finalists will be honored.
 
Favre has won numerous post-season athletic and academic awards, and earlier this summer was named Scholar Athlete of the Year for the 2013 Division III track & field season by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
 
Favre graduated this past May holding a 3.969 grade point average and a degree in biology/physical therapy. Earlier this year, she was named to the CoSida Capital One Academic All-District First Team.  Favre is a member of Ramapo's Theoretical and Applied Science research honors program and the college's pre-med club and biology club. She is also a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Golden Key Honors Society, Alpha Lambda Delta Honors Society, Chi Alpha Sigma Honors Society, and Golden Key International Honors Society. She was named to the Dean's List all four years at Ramapo.  Favre also earned USTFCCCA Academic All-American honors, and CoSida Academic All-American honors in 2011-2012.  She earned the college's biology award, Tri Beta Biology Honors Society honors, and has been named to the NJAC and Ramapo College Athletic Directors All-Academic Teams.

Favre won the National Championship in the pole vault at the 2012-2013 NCAA DIII Indoor Track and Field Championships, and again at the outdoor championships this past May.

She is an eight-time letter winner, the Betty Logan Senior Female Athlete of the Year, 2012-2013, and the Ramapo College Career Award recipient, 2012-2013.  She has been named team Most Valuable Runner in 2012-2013, USTFCCCA Regional Athlete of the Year - Indoor - 2012-2013, USTFCCCA Regional Athlete of the Year - Outdoor - 2013, and NJAIAW Woman of the Year - 2012-2013.

She was named New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) rookie athlete of the year in 2009-2012, field athlete of the year for indoor and outdoor track in 2011-2012, 2012-2013 and 2012 respectively.  She won an individual NJAC Championship in the pole vault in 2009-2010, 2011, 2011-2012, 2012, 2012-2013, and 2013.  She is a six-time NJAC 1st Team All-Conference recipient, and a two-time NJAC 2nd Team All-Conference recipient.  She also led her team to the first NJAC Team Championship in the history of the program for indoor track and field in 2011-2012.

Favre became the first student-athlete in the history of Ramapo Athletics to be named NJAC Overall Athlete of the Year.