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Birmingham, Ala. - Former Southeastern Conference student-athletes Haley McCleney of Alabama and Taylor Ellis-Watson of Arkansas have been selected as one of the Top 30 honorees for the 2016 NCAA Woman of the Year award.The NCAA Woman of the Year award honors graduating female student-athletes who have distinguished themselves throughout their collegiate careers in the areas of academic achievement, athletics excellence, service and leadership. This marks the 26th year of the Woman of the Year Award program, which was established in 1991.McCleney is the Crimson Tide softball programs sixth four-time All-American, earning First Team honors in three of her four seasons. She completed her senior season in 2016 as Alabamas career leader in batting average (.447), on base percentage (.569), walks (199) and triples (16) while also ranking in the top five in stolen base percentage (2nd - .944), runs scored (2nd - 279), slugging percentage (3rd - .690), doubles (3rd - 57), total bases (3rd - 483), hits (4th - 313) and stolen bases (5th - 118). McCleney is just the fifth player in program history and the 21st in NCAA history to total 300 hits, 200 runs and 100 stolen bases. She is a four-time All-SEC and SEC All-Defensive team honoree.McCleney is a three-time First Team Academic All-American and a two-time Academic All-American of the Year selection, just the third two-time winner since the yearly award was introduced in 1988. McCleney and former teammate Kayla Braud (2010-13) are the only players in program history to earn First Team honors as an All-American and Academic All-American in the same season. She was named the 2016 H. Boyd McWhorter SEC Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year and was the SECs Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year last year. In 2016, McCleney graduated with a 4.0 cumulative grade point average in exercise science and won the Senior CLASS Award, becoming the third Alabama student-athlete to do so.Ellis-Watson is an 11-time All-American and a six-time NCAA Runner-up in the 400-meter dash and the 4x400 relay. This past season, she was named the 2016 SEC Indoor Scholar-Athlete of the Year and a CoSIDA First Team Academic All-American. Ellis-Watson was also Arkansas nominee for the H. Boyd McWhorter SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year award. In the Arkansas record books, she owns the best time in the outdoor 400-meter dash and as a member of the 4x400 relay team while ranking second in the indoor and outdoor 200-meter dash and the indoor 400-meter dash and fourth in the 100-meter dash. Ellis-Watson will be representing the United States at the Olympics this year as a part of the U.S. 4x400 relay team.From the Top 30, nine finalists will be named (three from each NCAA division). The NCAA Committee on Womens Athletics will then select the 2016 NCAA Woman of the Year from among the nine finalists. The winner will be announced at a ceremony on Sunday, October 16 in Indianapolis.Joe Greene Womens Jersey . PETERSBURG, Fla. Antonio Brown Womens Jersey . -- In one brief spurt, Brazil turned a close game into a rout and proved again it will be a strong World Cup favourite. http://www.steelerspronfl.com/Youth-Jack-Ham-Elite-Jersey/ . Argentina winger Ezequiel Lavezzi and France midfielder Blaise Matuidi scored, with star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic setting up both despite having a poor game by his high standards. 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He has 19 goals and 24 assists for 43 points in 45 games with the Colts this season.BOSTON -- Boston College wants its offense to be rooted in its run game.The Eagles are hoping their efforts on the ground Saturday can be a step in re-establishing that identity.Quarterback Patrick Towles rushed for two touchdowns and added two more in the air as Boston College defeated Wagner 42-10.Jon Hilliman ran for two more touchdowns for the Eagles (2-2), who won their 25th straight game against a Football Championship Subdivision opponent.Wagner (2-1) wasnt rattled early, scoring on its second drive of the game to take an early 7-0 lead. But after the Seahawks pulled within 14-10 early in the second quarter, BC took control, and scored the final 28 points of the game.Boston College coach Steve Addazio expressed discontent this week with his teams inability to run the ball consistently over its first three games, after being among the Atlantic Coast Conferences best rushing teams his first three seasons in Boston.BC had just 44 yards rushing in last weeks 49-0 loss at Virginia Tech, its fewest since 28 at N.C. State in 2015. The Eagles entered Saturday ranked second from last in the ACC in rushing at just 124.4 yards per game.They had 188 yards rushing at halftime against Wagner, and finished with 300 yards on the ground for the day.We wanted to emphasize running the football today and we did that, Addazio said.Towles said the success on the ground helped relax the entire offense.That was big for us, he said. Weve traditionally been a good running football team here. It hasnt been to our standards the first few weeks of the season. I know thats one thing we really focused on this week.Towles day ended after three quarters. He was 9 of 16 for 157 yards passing and rushed seven times for 46 yards. Hilliman rushed 19 times for 83 yards, and Davon Jones also rushed 12 times for 90 yards.After giving up the early score, Boston Colleges defense tightened, holding to Seahawks to just 89 total yards in the first half, and minus 2 yards in the third quarter.The Eagles outgained Wagner 490-107 in total yards for the game.Wagner coach Jason Houghtaling said after some early stands, the Seahawks defense started to show fattigue as the game progressed.ddddddddddddThe longer they were on the field, the size of the offensive line, the physicality of the running backs, absolutely I think it wore down, he said.THE TAKEAWAYWAGNER: The Seahawks held their own early with a FBS opponent, which should give them a boost going into its conference schedule.BOSTON COLLEGE: The Eagles wanted to begin breathing life into what had been an anemic offense at times in their first three games. BC established the run early, and was able to get touchdowns in the red zone -- a positive with the meat of the ACC schedule still remaining. But penalties remain a concern. The Eagles had seven for 85 yards on Saturday, including a few that took away big plays.KEY NUMBERSBOSTON COLLEGE: Improved to 25-1 all-time against FCS schools. For the first time this season the Eagles did not turn the ball over and did not cause a turnover.WAGNER: Saturday marked just the second time in the Seahawks six games against Football Bowl Subdivision schools that they have reached double digits. The only previous time was in a 56-16 loss to Rice in 2015.RETURN GAMEBCs Tyler Rouse was active on both kickoff and punt returns Saturday, setting up a pair of Eagles touchdown runs with career-long kickoff and punt returns. With BC trailing 7-0, he set up the Eagles in Wagner territory with a 44-yard kickoff return. Hilliman scored from 1-yard out five plays later. Then, in the third quarter, he broke loose for a 53-yard punt return to set up a 6-yard Hilliman touchdown run.INJURY REPORTWAGNER: Linebacker Randall May suffered a left leg injury late in the fourth quarter, but was able to walk off on his own power.UP NEXTWAGNER: The Seahawks return home next week to host Sacred Heart in its Northeast Conference opener.BOSTON COLLEGE: The Eagles continue their four-game home stand next week with a visit from Mid-American Conference Buffalo.---AP college football website: collegefootball.ap.org---Follow Kyle Hightower on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/khightower ' ' '