Horn named SWAC Woman of the Year, nominated for NCAA Woman of the Year

COURTESY: ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama | Alabama State track and field student-athlete Desiree Horn has been named the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Woman of the Year, and will be nominated for the NCAA Woman of the Year after her incredible season on and off the track.

The NCAA Woman of the Year program honors the academic achievements, athletics excellence, community service and leadership of graduating female college athletes from all three divisions. To be eligible, a nominee must have competed and earned a varsity letter in an NCAA-sponsored sport, must have completed eligibility in her primary sport, and must have earned her undergraduate degree by Summer 2018.

Horn concluded her career with an appearance in the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship this past season, running a leg of the 4x100-meter relay team that finished 20th overall in the country. She was part of the relay team that finished sixth in the East Preliminary, while also leading her team to the conference championship in both indoor and outdoor. Horn finished as a second-team all-conference member in both the long jump and 100-meters. During her career, Horn received all-conference honors during her career in the long jump, 100-meters and 60-meters (indoor track and field). She also helped lead Alabama State eight conference championships, sweeping the indoor and outdoor championships all four years she ran for the Hornets. She also qualified for the East Preliminary (regionals) four different times during her career.

Off the track, Horn volunteered multiple hours at the KaBoom! Playgrounds, Toys for Tots, Salvation Army, Tyson Manor Health Facility, American Red Cross, The Learning Tree and The Children's Center. Not only did she shine on the track and in community service, but Horn was also a scholar-athlete as she received her degree this year. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Alabama State University, was a four-time member of the Dean's List, a 2016 inductee into the Psi Chi, The International Honor Society in Psychology and was a Psychology club member.

This year marks the 28th year of the NCAA Woman of the Year, with 581 nominees this year (the most ever in the history of the award). Honorees this season make up 20 different NCAA sports, with 170 multi-sport athletes recognized - including 109 two-sport athletes. There are four pillars for the NCAA Woman of the Year award: academics, athletics, service and leadership.

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