Colgate University Athletics

HAMILTON, N.Y. (6/17/09) - The Patriot League has forwarded the name Colgate University senior Curry Knox (Seattle, Wash.) as one its two nominees for the NCAA Woman of the Year honor. The Patriot League's senior woman administrators chose Knox and Lizzie Barnes of Navy as nominees due to their excellence in the four areas of importance for the NCAA Woman of the Year award: service, leadership, athletics and academics.

Knox was a standout for the Raiders track team, winning two individual Patriot League championships and anchoring the 4x100-meter relay team. She was named the Patriot League Female Track Athlete of the Year following the 2009 Patriot League Outdoor Championships. She has held the school record in six different events during her time in Hamilton. As a senior, she earned First-Team All-Patriot League honors in both indoor and outdoor track & field.

A native of Seattle, Knox graduated from Colgate with a 3.05 cumulative grade-point average as an English major. She received an Upstate Institute Fellowship and served as a four-year member of the Black Student Union. She was a founding member of GLOW (Gay, Lesbian, or Whatever), a support group for people of color. She worked as an intern for the LBGTQ initiative and brought Jeff Sheng, a renowned photographer of gay and lesbian athletes, to Colgate’s campus to display his photo series.

The NCAA Woman of the Year award is in its 19th year and honors senior student-athletes who have distinguished themselves throughout their collegiate careers in service, leadership, athletics and academics.