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DENTON, Texas – Nominees for the 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year award were announced on Thursday, and the University of North Texas nominee is women's golfer Audrey Tan. Tan, who has become one of the two most decorated golfers in program history, is about to begin her fifth year in Denton as the program's career stroke average leader (73.70) and owner of the second- and third-best single-season stroke averages in program history. She is also the program's only individual conference champion after winning the 2021 Conference USA title and has led the team to back-to-back team C-USA championships - the first two team conference championships in program history. She is the program record holder for lowest 54-hole score (207, accomplished in back-to-back tournaments to close the 2020-21 season at the Conference USA Championship and Let Them Play Classic) and single-season birdies (93). She also ended the 2021-22 season ranked No. 1 nationally in Golfstat's average putts per round rankings (29.57). She is a three-time all-Conference USA selection and has been named C-USA Golfer of the Week six times in her career. Tan graduated in May 2022 with a Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance with a cumulative GPA of 3.94 after coming to UNT as a 16-year-old freshman from across the globe. She has earned Conference USA Honor Roll status all four years, UNT President's List all four years and earned WGCA All-American Scholar status every year she has been eligible. This year, she was selected to represent the athletic department as part of an Amazon Prime series called "The College Tour," when it filmed an episode about UNT. She has done charitable work for Serve Denton and Salvation Army, among others, locally while also serving her community back home in Malaysia. The Woman of the Year award, in its 32nd year of existence, spans NCAA Division I, Division II and Division III, and the average GPA of its nominees this year is a 3.8. The four pillars of the Woman of the Year award are academics, athletics, service and leadership. "It is very exciting to see Audrey nominated for the NCAA Woman of the Year award," UNT head coach Michael Akers said. "She has all the qualities that the NCAA is looking for in a student-athlete. I have watched her grow so much over the past four years. She was only 16 years old when she arrived on campus as a freshman. She has grown into a leader. Her attitude, body language and self-talk has improved dramatically. Not only has she been incredible on the golf course but her grades are outstanding as well. I have witnessed her taking the time to talk to young girls and even sign autographs. I am thrilled that Audrey is continuing her education at UNT and will represent our program for an additional year." Be sure to keep an eye on MeanGreenSports.com, follow Mean Green Sports on social media @MeanGreenSports and Mean Green women’s golf at @MeanGreenWGolf for all of the latest information on the upcoming season.