{"id":227,"date":"2014-10-06T18:02:08","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T23:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2014classnews\/?p=227"},"modified":"2015-05-14T15:18:40","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T20:18:40","slug":"lexi-baltes-a-finalist-for-ncaa-woman-of-the-year-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2014classnews\/2014\/10\/06\/lexi-baltes-a-finalist-for-ncaa-woman-of-the-year-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Lexi Baltes &#8217;14 a Finalist for NCAA Woman of the Year Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Illinois Wesleyan University alumna Lexi Baltes was named\u00a0one of the top 30 honorees for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncaa.org\/about\/resources\/events\/woman-year\">2014 NCAA Woman of the Year award<\/a>\u00a0in early September and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncaa.org\/about\/resources\/media-center\/news\/finalists-named-2014-ncaa-woman-year-award\">was chosen as one of nine finalists<\/a>\u00a0for the prestigious award late last month. Baltes was\u00a0originally one of 446 student-athlete nominees selected throughout the nation for excellence in athletics, academics, community service, and leadership. Through passion and dedication, Baltes excelled as a double-major in English and Political Science, a two-year captain of the IWU women&#8217;s basketball team, and an involved member of a variety of organizations and honor societies. The NCAA recognizes Baltes as an outstanding achiever on and off the court, and her standing as one of nine finalists reflects that.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncaa.org\/about\/resources\/media-center\/news\/finalists-named-2014-ncaa-woman-year-award\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/headshot\/public\/Baltes,%20Lexi%202013-10.jpg?itok=uKw2672p&amp;c=6ff38627c0728283e8d7a70968b91cf8\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lexi Baltes &#8217;14<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The winner of the NCAA Woman of the Year award will be chosen on October 19th at an event in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations, Lexi, and good luck!<\/p>\n<p>Read about Lexi&#8217;s advancement to the Semifinals <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwusports.com\/news\/2014\/9\/2\/WBB_0902144304.aspx\">here<\/a>\u00a0and view her standing as a finalist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncaa.org\/about\/resources\/media-center\/news\/finalists-named-2014-ncaa-woman-year-award\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illinois Wesleyan University alumna Lexi Baltes was named\u00a0one of the top 30 honorees for the 2014 NCAA Woman of the Year award\u00a0in early September and was chosen as one of nine finalists\u00a0for the prestigious award late last month. Baltes was\u00a0originally &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2014classnews\/2014\/10\/06\/lexi-baltes-a-finalist-for-ncaa-woman-of-the-year-award\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":280,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2014classnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2014classnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2014classnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2014classnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/280"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2014classnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2014classnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2014classnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227\/revisions\/326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2014classnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2014classnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2014classnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}