Stevens Institute Star Named Head of NCAA Committee

Stevens Institute of Technology said Amanda Ingersoll, a senior mechanical engineering major and captain of the women’s lacrosse team, was named national chair of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division III student athletic advisory committee.
The 24 member committee includes 12 male and 12 female student athletes representing about 540 Division III schools from around the country. Ingersoll, a two-year captain of the women’s lacrosse team, became a national committee member as a sophomore, before being named a vice chair a year ago and then being elected earlier this month.

She succeeds Chelsea Shoemaker, a student at the Rochester Institute of Technology and a collegiate softball and soccer star.

“To be selected as chair of this committee and to help bring all of the student-athlete voices to the membership of the NCAA is such an amazing honor,” Ingersoll said. “I am excited to have this opportunity in my final year of the committee and as a Steven’s student-athlete.”

Ingersoll, the 2012 Empire 8 Rookie of the Year, is considered one of the best defenders in the history of the sport. She earned all-conference honors in her first three seasons and led her team to the post-season in each of those years.

She is also committed to several local causes, including the American Red Cross, the Susan G. Komen Foundation and has participated in the Steven Siller Tunnel to Tower Run/Walk. Upon graduation she will launch her career at Lockheed Martin in Morristown, N.J.