Five finalists named for Tech's 2018 Woman of the Year Award

Allyson Dunn | Senior | Kingsport, Tenn. | Women's Golf
Dunn has the 11^th best scoring average in the conference and the third-lowest round in program history.

Academically, she was the recipient of the OVC Scholar-Athlete Award and the OVC Medal of Honor.

Among her service activities, she participated with Backpack Buddies, Operation Christmas Child, worked with Missions of Mercy with a remote area medical clinic in Wise, Va., and was a Sunday school teacher at West Colonial Hills Baptist Church.

Dunn served as the vice president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, the vice president of Tech's Gold Circle Chapter of Mortar Board, was a member of the Remote Area Medical Student Leaders Organization and the Chem-Med Club.

Lauren Brewer | Senior | Crestwood, Ky. | Soccer
A two-time All-OVC first-team defender, Brewer helped lead Tech soccer to its longest unbeaten streak in program history and set program records in goals allowed average and save percentage.

Brewer helped found the Love Your Melon Club at Tech, helping to support children with cancer around the world.

She was also a member of SAAC, and also helped with efforts for Relay For Life and Race After Dark.

Callen Griffin | Senior | Hermitage, Tenn. | Softball
One of the most versatile defensive players in the conference, Griffin has been a tremendous presence for the Tech softball team. Through her first 36 games of the season, she has batted .213 with four home runs and 14 RBI and has a .954 fielding percentage.

Griffin has been a five-time selection to the Tech Athletic Director's Honor Roll and twice to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.

Among her community service efforts, Griffin worked with Capshaw Elementary and Cedar Hills Senior Living Center, as well as Operation Christmas Child, Backpack Buddies, Toys For Tots, Hoops For Heroes and Habitat For Humanity.

Yaktavia "Shug" Hickson | Senior | Atlanta, Ga. | Women's Basketball
Hickson was one of the top offensive threats in the OVC, averaging 11.9 points, six rebounds and 1.3 assists per game, while shooting 40.5 percent from the floor and 82.8 from the free-throw line. She became a 1,000-point scorer during her career.

She is a member of NAACP, Women of Worth and was a decorator for Black Girls Rock, helped with the annual Great Move-In Day.

Among her community service efforts, she has helped with Fall Fun Fest, the Capshaw Elementary Cougar Run, Read to Succeed at Algood Elementary and an annual basketball clinic for area Girl Scouts.

Madison Stremler | Senior | Franklin, Tenn. | Women's Cross Country / Track & Field
A member of both the cross country and track and field programs, Stremler continues to show marked improvement throughout the year, improving her 5K time by nearly two minutes from the start of the season to the OVC Championships, setting a new personal record.

Stremler has worked with exchange students with the Best Buddies program, the homeless with Room in the Inn, with Heritage Pointe Senior Living and Chattanooga's Help for the Inner City.