ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. – Women's volleyball standout Aiyana Tietze-Di Toro has been selected as Elizabethtown College's nominee for the 2021 NCAA Woman of the Year award.
 
Tietze-Di Toro was a four-year member of Elizabethtown's volleyball team. She was a team captain for two years and ranked fourth all-time in digs per set (4.17) and seventh all-time in digs with 1,432. In 2019, she earned Second Team All-Conference honors and is a three-time conference Academic Honor Roll selection.
 
She was an active member on Elizabethtown's campus throughout her four years. She directed, completed, and contributed to service projects for "Into the Streets," which is designed to introduce more students to thoughtful community service. She served as the Fundraising Chair for the Student Occupational Therapy Association (SOTA) and acted as a mentor for first-year Occupational Therapy students. Tietze-Di Toro was named the Co-Chair of the HOPE Club, which helps recognize the fundamental rights of all children. Additionally, she was awarded the Stamps Scholarship, a merit-based award offered by the college.
 
An Occupational Therapy major, Tietze-Di Toro made the Dean's List every semester and was inducted into the Alpha Lambda Delta National Honor Society Chapter, as well as the Pi Theta Epsilon (Occupational Therapy Honors Society) Chapter.
 
One of the most prestigious NCAA awards, the Woman of the Year Award was established in 1991 to celebrate the achievements of women in intercollegiate athletics. Now in its 31st year, it honors graduating female college athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves in academics, athletics, service and leadership throughout their collegiate careers.
  
After conferences determine their representatives, the Woman of the Year selection committee, comprising representatives from the NCAA membership, will choose the top 10 honorees from each of the NCAA's three divisions. Later, the committee selects the top three individuals from each division, and the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics chooses the 2021 NCAA Woman of the Year from those nine student-athletes. The winner will be announced in the fall.