Big Ten Announces Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Championship Honors

Rosemont, ILL. – The Big Ten Conference announced the 2025 Big Ten Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championship award winners on Wednesday, as selected by the conference’s head coaches. The championship meet was held last weekend at the historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. 

USC's Madison Whyte was selected as Athlete of the Championships, while Washington's Amanda Moll earned Field Athlete of the Championships and Trojans’ head coach Quincy Watts was named Big Ten Coach of the Year. 
 
Whyte was an important piece to the Trojans’ first place team finish, earning first place in the 200m, 400m and anchored the Trojans’ 4x400m relay first place effort. She follows teammate Dajaz DeFrand, who won Athlete of the Championships honors for the Big Ten Indoor Track & Field Championships. 
 
Moll continued to set new heights in pole-vault and like the Indoor Big Ten Track & Field Championships, she broke her own NCAA record. Moll was pushed to her third attempt at 4.28m (14-0 ½) but after she cleared that aimed for a new meet and NCAA record of 4.78m (15-8 ¼) which she cleared on her third attempt. The only other athlete who was remaining with her was her twin sister Hana, who finished in second place. 
 
Watts claimed his first Big Ten Outdoor Coach of the Year award after leading the USC women to a Big Ten outdoor title in the program’s first year in the conference. This is Watts’ second championship of the 2024-25 season, as the Trojans previously won the NCAA Men’s Indoor Track & Field Championships in March. 

The Big Ten Conference office recognizes one student-athlete from each team as Sportsmanship Award Honorees. The student-athletes chosen are individuals who have distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical behavior. In addition, the student-athletes must be in good academic standing and have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting. Honorees are now candidates for the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award, as the conference office will honor one male and one female student-athlete from each institution at the end of the academic year. 

The Big Ten will announce Track Athlete of the Year, Field Athlete of the Year and Freshman of the Year following the conclusion of the NCAA Championships, which are scheduled for June 11-14 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. 

Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Honorees 

Track Athlete of the Championships 
Madison Whyte, USC 

Field Athlete of the Championships 
Amanda Moll, WASH 

Coach of the Year 
Quincy Watts, USC+  
 
+unanimous selection 

Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Sportsmanship Honorees 
Sam Poglitsch, ILL 
Veronica Hargrave, IND 
Ellen Rickertsten, IOWA 
Chioma Njoku, MD 
Clare McNamara, MICH 
Cookie Baugh, MSU 
Zariyah Black, MINN 
Kellyn Kortemeyer, NEB 
Lacey Stringer, OSU 
Ryann Porter, ORE 
Gabriella Recce, PSU 
Jalen Elrod, PUR 
Paige Floriea, RU 
Sonia Virk, UCLA 
Madison Whyte, USC 
Amina Maatoug, WASH 
Maddie Hogan, WIS