UA Swimmer Named NCAA Woman of the Year

Lacey Nymeyer, a former swimming student-athlete at the University of Arizona, and a silver medalist in the 400-meter freestyle relay at the 2008 Olympic Games, is the 2009 NCAA Woman of the Year. A Tucson native, Nymeyer helped lead Arizona to the 2008 NCAA Division 1 women’s swimming and diving team championship. She graduated from the UA in 2009 with a degree in Physical Education and aspirations of becoming a high school athletics director. When she’s not swimming, Nymeyer gets involved in service projects for Casa de los Niños and Haven House for Women. She is the third student-athlete from the UA to be named NCAA Woman of the Year. Other honorees include high-jumper Tanya Hughes in 1994 and Whitney Meyers in 2007.