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Caitlin Clark wins the Honda Cup Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year

On3 imageby: Kyle Huesmann06/27/23HuesmannKyle

It’s not even basketball season and Caitlin Clark is still making additions to her trophy collection. This one arguably ranks as one of the more prestigious awards she has received. The Honda Cup Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year award has been presented annually by the CWSA for nearly 50 years.

One woman athlete from each of the 12 NCAA-sanctioned sports is selected to the finalists list and considered “the best of the best in collegiate athletics”. Clark beat out Aliyah Boston (South Carolina), Mackenzie Holmes (Indiana) and Maddie Siegrist (Villanova) to earn the women’s basketball finalist spot.

Caitlin was named the winner of the award this year and joined an elite list that includes easily recognizable names like Katie Ledecky, Breanna Stewart, Maya Moore, Candace Parker, Mia Hamm, Misty May and many others. She became the 17th winner from the sport of basketball.

The finalists included, Montana Fouts (Alabama softball), Erin Matson (UNC field hockey), Rose Zhang (Stanford golf), Izzy Scane (Northwestern lacrosse), Fiona Crawley (UNC tennis), Kate Douglass (Virginia swimming), Logan Eggleston (Texas volleyball), Jasmine Moore (Florida track & field), Lilly Reale (UCLA soccer), Trinity Thomas (Florida gymnastics) and Katelyn Tuohy (NC State cross country).

“Truly a tremendous honor,” said Clark as she accepted the award this evening. “We have an all women coaching staff, so I get inspired by the best every single day…just a tremendous hour and I’m happy to be here.”

Caitlin helped the Hawkeyes advance to the Final Four for the first time since 1993 and became the first player in Division I women’s basketball history to record more than 1,000 points and 300 assists in the same season. She has led the country in the points and assists per game in each of the last two seasons.

She capped off the regular season with an epic buzzer beater game winning three-pointer to defeat Indiana in front of a sold-out crowd at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

During the Hawkeyes NCAA Tournament run, she posted the first ever 40-point triple-double in men’s or women’s tournament history and broke the tournament record for most three-pointers made (24) and most points scored (191). Clark needs just 811 points this coming season to break the all-time women’s basketball scoring record.

When it comes to women’s basketball awards, Caitlin won about as many trophies as you can, including the Naismith, Wooden, Wade Trophy, Ann Drysdale POY, Nancy Lieberman PG of the year and is the first three-time winner of the Dawn Staley Award.

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