Thomas is one of 577 graduating female student athletes nominated by their schools for the prestigious award, according to the NCAA.
Transgender college swimmer Lia Thomas has been nominated by the University of Pennsylvania for the NCAA’s 2022 “Woman of the Year” award.
Thomas, who won the 500-yard freestyle at the 2022 NCAA Women’s Division I Swimming and Diving Championships earlier this year, is one of 577 graduating female student athletes nominated by their schools for the prestigious award, according to the NCAA. She graduated from UPenn this year after the record-smashing season mired in controversy, with critics claiming she had an unfair advantage competing in the women’s division when she was biologically born a male.in the women’s division “one of the worst things to happen to the trans community.”felt “taintedLia Thomas, whose excellence as a swimmer rose to controversy, will join 577 other female student athletes nominated for the award.
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