Collegiate Women Sports Awards

This week we honor our 2015 Winner ➡️ Missy Franklin.

🏆 Give-time Olympic gold medalist and a bronze medal (2012, 2016)
🏆 Four gold medals at the 2012 games tied a current ecord for most golds by a female swimmer at single games
🏆 Six-time World Champion and 11-time World Championship medalist overall
🏆 Won six gold medals at the 2013 FINA World Championships
🏆 Four-time individual NCAA Champion at Cal
🏆 Her 2015 NCAA record winning 200-yard freestyle record remains the longest-standing record in NCAA history
🏆 Retired from swimming in 2018, focusing on motherhood, co-hosting “Unfiltered Waters” podcast with Katie Hoff on YouTube, and is a mental health advocacy.

📍 is a weekly salute to all Honda Cup winners as part of our year-long 50th anniversary celebration of the CWSA and the Honda Cup.

This week we honor our 2014 Winner ➡️ Kim Jacob.

🏆 Member of back-to-back NCAA championship teams (2011, 2012)
🏆 2014 NCAA All-Around individual champion
🏆 Earned 11 All-America accoloades during career with Crimson Tide
🏆 Led Alabama to SEC titles in 2011 and 2014
🏆 Three-time SEC Gymnastics Scholar Athlete of the Year (2012, 2013, 2014)
🏆 Alabama’s first and only Honda Cup
🏆 Third gymnast to win Honda Cup
🏆 Bamed the CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year in 2014, carrying 4.0 GPA

📍 is a weekly salute to all Honda Cup winners as part of our year-long 50th anniversary celebration of the CWSA and the Honda Cup.

This we we honor our 2013 Winner ➡️ Keilani Ricketts.

🏆 Two-time Honda Sport winner (2012, 2013)
🏆 Won NCAA title with OU in 2013
🏆 4x First Team All-Big 12
🏆 Big 12 Pitcher of the Year in 2013, POY in 2012
🏆 WCWS MOP 2013
🏆 4x All-American (including 3x First-Team)
🏆 Has played professionally and is currently a member of the AUSL’s Carolina Blaze
🏆 Won 2 Gold Medals at the Pan Am Games in 2011 and 2019
🏆 Currently assistant softball coach at University of the Pacific

📍 is a weekly salute to all Honda Cup winners as part of our year-long 50th anniversary celebration of the CWSA and the Honda Cup.

This we we honor our 2012 Winner ➡️ Brittney Griner. 🏀

🏆 Led Baylor to 2012 NCAA title with 40-0 record
🏆 NCAA WFF MOP in 2012
🏆 3x national Defensive Player of the Year
🏆 3x First-team All-American
🏆 4x First team All-Big 12, 3x B12 POY
🏆 First overall pick in 2013 WNBA Draft
🏆 10x WNBA All-Star in first 12 WNBA seasons
🏆 WNBA championship with PHX Mercury (2014)
🏆 3 Olympic Gold Meals (2016, 2020, 2024)

📍 is a weekly salute to all Honda Cup winners as part of our year-long 50th anniversary celebration of the CWSA and the Honda Cup.

This we we honor our 2011 Winner ➡️ Maya Moore.

🏆 Second two-time Cup Winner
🏆 Led UConn two 2 consecutive undefeated national championship seasons (2009, 2010)
🏆 NCAA WFF MOP (2010)
🏆 Four-time All BIG EAST selection
🏆 Four time First-Team All-American
🏆 BIG EAST Freshman of the Year
🏆 First overall pick in 2011 WNBA Draft
🏆 4 WNBA championships (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017) and Finals MVP (2013)
🏆 Member of two Team USA Gold Medals (2012, 2016)

📍 is a weekly salute to all Honda Cup winners as part of our year-long 50th anniversary celebration of the CWSA and the Honda Cup.

This we we honor our 2010 Winner ➡️ Megan Hodge.

🏆 Co-winner of Honda-Broderick Cup
🏆 3 time NCAA champion (2007, 2008, 2009)
🏆 NCAA tournament MOP 2007, 2008
🏆 First-ever freshman to win Big Ten Player of the Year
🏆 Four-time first team All-American
🏆 Member of Team USA which won Silver in 2012
🏆 Competed internationally and won 9 team medals (5 gold, 1silver, 2 bronze) across World Cup, Grand Prix and Pan American Cup
🏆 Currently assistant coach at alma mater

📍 is a weekly salute to all Honda Cup winners as part of our year-long 50th anniversary celebration of the CWSA and the Honda Cup.

This week we honor our 2009 Winner ➡️ Courtney Kupets.

🏆 4 time NCAA team champion for the University of Georgia (2006 – all round, bars beams individual titles
2007 – vault, 2009 – bars, beam and floor)
🏆 Winning medals and championships before her college career
🏆 2002 Gold Medal in World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
🏆 2004 two Olympic medals including silver team and a bronze uneven bars
🏆 Was the head coach at her alma mater from 2017-2024

📍 is a weekly salute to all Honda Cup winners as part of our year-long 50th anniversary celebration of the CWSA and the Honda Cup.

CWSA Appoints Noreen Morris as Executive Director as Organization Celebrates 50 Years 🏆

The Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA) announced today the appointment of Noreen Morris as its next Executive Director, succeeding Chris Voelz, who will retire on September 1, 2026, following a distinguished 14-year tenure marked by transformational growth and expanded national visibility. 👏

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This week we honor our 2008 Winner ➡️ Candace Parker.

🏆 2 NCAA titles 2007, 2008
🏆 2 Honda Awards (2007, 2008)
🏆 2008 NCAA MOP
🏆 Top pick in WNBA Draft – LA Sparks
🏆 First WNBA player to be named Rookie of the Year and League MVP in 2008
🏆 Played 16 years in the WNBA and won league titles with three different teams: L.A., Chicago, Las Vegas
🏆 Won two Olympic Gold Medals (2008, 2012)
🏆She is now a published author and a currently is a broadcaster

📍 is a weekly salute to all Honda Cup winners as part of our year-long 50th anniversary celebration of the CWSA and the Honda Cup.

This week we honor our 2007 Winner ➡️ Sarah Pavan.

🏆 Lead Cornhuskers to 2006 NCAA title, 2005 NCAA title match
🏆 MOP of 2006 NCAA tournament
🏆 Holds 11 school records, including career kills with 2008
🏆 Member of Canadian national team for 7 years
🏆 Competed in 2016 and 2020 Olympics in Beach Volleyball
🏆 Has won 17 medals across a variety of international beach competitions, including 10 gold, 5 silver and 2 bronze, highlighted by the Gold Medal in the 2019 beach Volleyball world champinships

📍 is a weekly salute to all Honda Cup winners as part of our year-long 50th anniversary celebration of the CWSA and the Honda Cup.