Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame Annual Awards
2013 Jack Tupper Daniels Award
Pre-National Outdoor Championships Watch List
Released on May 20, 2013
Rochester, NY: Below is the 2013 Pre-national Outdoor Championships Watch List for the Jack Tupper Daniels Award (College Female Athlete of the Year - non-Division 1 Schools).
The members of 10 person watch list come from four colleges and universities. The nine athletes on the Also Mentioned list come from six schools. Between the two lists, six colleges and universities are represented.
Cortland State and Ithaca College are tied with the most members on the watch list with three (with two each on the Also Mentioned list).
This version of the watch list reflects the performances up through 18 May 2013 and takes into account the announcement of qualifiers for the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships to be held 23-25 May 2013 in the Roger Harring Stadium at Veterans Memorial Field Sports Complex at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, WI.
Additions are welcome. Nominations are accepted from any interested individual or group. Use our nomination form to submit any nomination(s). The nomination form is linked below.
The list of finalists for each of the annual awards will be announced in mid-July. The public vote on the finalists begins on 17 July 2013 and ends on 14 August 2013.
The award winners will be announced at the 2013 Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame Awards Banquet, to be held on 07 September 2013 at the RIT Inn & Conference Center in Rochester, NY.
Nomination Form
Download and save the nomination form to your computer. This is a PDF file.
The form can be competed using Adobe Reader. Type the requested information into the form and save the file to your computer. Then, e-mail the form to
Watch List
| Name | Grade | School | Hometown | Event |
| Sarah Bonnell | JR | Cortland State | Norwich, NY / Norwich HS | Sprints / Jumps |
| Jazmin Dunham | JR | Buffalo State | Rochester, NY / Greece-Olympia HS | Sprints |
| Sasha Henry | SR | Buffalo State | Mt. Vernon HS, Mt. Vernon, NY | Hurdles |
| Allison Hoh | SO | Geneseo State | Honeoye Falls, NY /Honeoye Falls-Lima HS | Throws |
| Jennifer Randall | SR | Ithaca College | Cincinnatus, NY / Cincinnatus Central | Mid-Distance |
| Amanda Rissmeyer | SR | Ithaca College | Millington, NJ / Watchung HS | Combined Events |
| Nicole Schafer | SR | Cortland State | Troy, NY / Columbia HS | Combined Events |
| Emilia Scheemaker | SO | Ithaca College | Scarborough, ME / Scarborough HS | Jumps |
| Alyssa Smith | SR | Geneseo State | Brighton, NY / Brighton HS | Mid-Distance |
| Amber Stephens | SR | Cortland State | Stony Point, NY / North Rockland HS | Jumps |
Also Mentioned
| Name | Grade | School | Hometown | Event |
| Africa Harper | JR | Cortland State | Bronx, NY / John F. Kennedy HS | Sprints |
| Tammia Hubbard | SR | Ithaca College | San Francisco, CA / Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep | Hurdles |
| Taylor Hudson | SO | Cortland State | Victor, NY / Victor HS | Combined events |
| Nicole Jones | SR | Brockport State | West Charlton, NY / Galway HS | Throws |
| Rachel Malone | SO | Brockport State | Fairport, NY / Fairport HS | Distance |
| Cypher McCloud | FR | Buffalo State | Amityville, NY / Copiague HS | Long Jump |
| Taylor Pierson | FR | Nazareth College | Wellsburg, NY / Southside HS | Jumps |
| Keira Wood | SO | Geneseo State | Lake Ronkonkoma, NY / Sachem North HS | Mid-Distance |
| Brooke Zimmerman | FR | Ithaca College | New Columbia, PA / Lewisburg HS | Javelin Throw |
About the Jack Tupper Daniels Award
The Jack Tupper Daniels Award, which debuted in 2012, is presented annually by the Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame to the outstanding Female College Athlete of the Year from other than NCAA Division I Colleges in or from the Niagara Association.
Ithaca's Emma Dewart is the reigning winner of the Jack Tupper Daniels AwardDr. Jack T. Daniels, a member of the Hall of Fame's Class of 2003, who is a former Head Cross Country Coach at Cortland State. His women's cross country team won seven NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships and finished second once. The women's team won 11 SUNYAC team titles and six Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) team titles. Cortland women have earned 40 cross country All-American honors and four individual national titles. Cortland men won seven SUNYAC cross country team titles and earned five All-American awards. Cortland won the 1991 NCAA Division III Women's Indoor Track and Field national title. Between cross country and track, Daniels coached 20 national champions and more than 110 All-Americans. Daniels was named the NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country "Coach of the Century" and was the inaugural winner of national "Coach of the Year" honors in 1993. Daniels earned State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year honors twice and SUNYAC Men's Cross Country Coach of the Year twice.
For more information on The Jack Tupper Daniels Award, the trophy, and Jack Daniels himself, visit NiagaraTrackHoF.org.About the Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame Annual Awards
The Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame Annual Awards program was developed to bring some well deserved recognition to the outstanding high school and college athletes and teams, and the top high school coach from the Niagara Association. These awards are presented at our annual awards banquet which is held on the Saturday after Labor Day.
The members of the Annual Awards Committee, the Board of Trustees, and the Hall of Fame Selection Committee vote on the finalists for each award. The general public will also cast votes on the finalists for these awards. The votes from the general public will be combined with the votes of the committee members to determine the winner of each award. Public voting will be held online and will run for approximately one month from - mid-July to mid-August of each year.
About the Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame
Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame and Virtual Museum is provisionally chartered by the Regents of the University of the State of New York. The purpose of the Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame and Virtual Museum is to recognize those individuals who made significant and outstanding contributions to the Sport of Athletics (including Track & Field, Long Distance Running, Race Walking, and Cross Country Running) while living within the geographic boundaries (New York State West of and including the counties of Oswego, Onondaga, Cortland, and Broome) of the Niagara Association as athletes (including Masters), coaches, and/or administrators (including Competition Officials).
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