Softball's Nelson Nominee for Honda Sports Award
Thursday, May 28, 2009 | Softball
May 28, 2009
Softball's Nelson Nominee for Honda Sports Award
No. 1/1 University of Florida senior Stacey Nelson (Los Alamitos, Calif.) was named one of four nominees for the 2008-09 Softball Honda Sports Award, announced by Honda on Thursday.
Winners of the Honda Award are selected in each of the 12 NCAA-sanctioned sports by a panel of more than 1,000 NCAA administrators. Each woman is selected not only for her superior athletic skills, but also for her leadership abilities, academic excellence and eagerness to participate in community service.
Nelson, the three-time All-American pitcher, was the 2009 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award winner and the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American of the Year. She also earned the Southeastern Conference Pitcher of the Year honor two years in a row and she was named to the All-SEC first team and SEC All-Defensive team in 2008 and 2009. The righty (39-3) holds the lowest ERA (0.41) in the country and broke UF's single-season shutout record this season (20).
At the end of the year, one deserving athlete will be chosen as the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year and receive the coveted Honda-Broderick Cup. Past winners of this prestigious award include Jackie Joyner and Mia Hamm. In 2008, the honor went to basketball star Candace Parker of the University of Tennessee.
American Honda will donate $1,000 to the women's athletic fund of each nominee's university and the winner's program will receive $5,000. Honda has donated more than $2 million in grants and scholarships to the universities over the course of the program.
2008-2009 Softball Honda Sports Award Nominees
| Stacey Nelson | Florida |
| Danielle Lawrie | Washington |
| Kaitlin Cochran | Arizona State |
| Tammy Williams | Northwestern |
