University of Pennsylvania transgender athlete Lia Thomas captured a plethora of awards as a member of the women’s swim team, but one of them won’t be the 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year.
The Ivy League on Monday named Columbia University fencer Sylvie Binder as the conference’s nominee for the annual Woman of the Year title, meaning that she and not Lia Thomas will proceed to the next round.
Penn was hit with a rash of criticism earlier this month after nominating Thomas for NCAA Woman of the Year, fueling the uproar over male-born athletes who now identify as women competing in female sports.