October 26, 2007

(CLARION, PA.): Former Clarion University 7-time NCAA Division II Diving National Champion Jamie Wolf (South Park), is in Indianapolis, Indiana as one of 9 finalists for the 2007 NCAA Women of the Year Award.

The award will be announced on Saturday, October 27th, 2007, at a gala ceremony at the Murat Centre in Indianapolis, Indiana. The "Heisman" type ceremony begins at 7:30pm and will feature video tributes to each of the 9 finalists, then the award will be announced.

ESPN 2 will be taping the show in its entirety and will be broadcasting the event on Friday, December 7 at 4:30pm. ESPN's Sage Steele and Debbie Antonelli will serve as emcees for the evening.

The nine finalists are Wolf, Shauneen Garrahan (Amherst), Felicia Guilford (Tennessee), Ana Gutierrez (Seattle), Jessica Javelet (Louisville), Whitney Myers (Arizona), Ashley Parker (Lincoln), Debbie Sharnak (Vassar), Sarah Shearman (Truman State).

"The entire Clarion University community is tremendously proud of Jamie Wolf as an outstanding student in the classroom and a record setting national champion," said Clarion President Dr. Joseph Grunenwald. "Jamie's commitment to personal excellence is evident in everything she does. She is the epitome of what is meant by the term scholar/athlete. We congratulate her on this great accomplishment and wish her well on Saturday night."

"We're really excited about Jamie's being one of the 9 finalists for this very prestigious award," said Clarion A.D. Dave Katis. "She is such a great person and ambassador for herself, her family and Clarion University. She makes us all Clarion proud."

Wolf graduated from Clarion University in May, 2007 with a 4.0 QPA in Molecular Biology. Just this year alone she was selected by CoSIDA as the ESPN The Magazine NCAA Div.II & III All-America of the Year (Scholar Athlete of the Year), The PSAC's Pete Nevins Award as the PSAC "Scholar Athlete of the Year" and most recently was awarded the NCAA Division II Conference Commissioners Association Award as its Scholar Athlete of the Year presented by Disney's Wide World of Sports.

In her career Wolf set a new NCAA D-II record winning 7 of a possible 8 Division II National Championships. She won both the 1 and 3 meter titles as a freshman in 2004, and in 2005, earning NCAA Division II Female "Diver of the Year" honors in the process. In 2006 she won the 3 meter title, but placed second on 1 meter. In 2007 she won both titles again and set a new NCAA record in wining the 1 meter crown with a score of 453.75 points, topping the old NCAA record by 18.10 points. She also won the 3 meter in 2007 with a score of 499.15, which won by 70 points. She was again named the 2007 NCAA D-II Female Diver of the Year.

CLARION NOTES: Jamie is the daughter of Patrick and Patricia Wolf of South Park and a graduate of South Park High School ... Other awards at Clarion include her being named the Female Athlete of the Year 3-times (2007, 05, 04) and the PSAC Academic Top Ten Award three times (2007, 06, 05).