The Collegiate Women Sports Awards today announced that Maya Moore, University of Connecticut basketball star and current forward for the WNBA Minnesota Lynx, has won the Honda-Broderick Cup, designating her as the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year. Moore’s history-making win is only the second time in all 35 years of the program that an athlete has won the Honda-Broderick Cup twice (swimmer Tracy Caulkins,1982 and ’84), and she is the first-ever back-to-back winner. The announcement was made in the Low Library Rotunda at Columbia University in New York City. Read More...

       Now in its 35th year, The Collegiate Women Sports Awards program recognizes the accomplishments of outstanding female athletes in NCAA-member colleges and universities around the country.
       The program’s highest honor goes annually to the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year, who is awarded with the prestigious Honda-Broderick Cup. Past winners include Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Mia Hamm, Lisa Fernandez, Misty May, Courtney Kupets and Candace Parker.
       Leading up to the awarding of the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year in June, the program also recognizes female athletes from Division I NCAA schools seasonally throughout the year in each of 12 different sports, designating each as a Honda Sports Award winner. The Top Three finalists for Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year are then chosen from these 12 Honda Sports Award winners.
       Other top awards include the Division II and Division III female athletes of the year, as well as an annual Honda Inspiration Award winner. Periodically an honoree is also chosen for the Irv Grossman Award of Merit, which recognizes both exceptional individuals and groups.
       With all its awards and activities, the overall goal of The Collegiate Women Sports Awards program is to honor outstanding achievement by NCAA women athletes, recognizing not only superior athletic skills, but also leadership, academic excellence and eagerness to participate in community service. By recognizing these achievements, the program aims to improve the general condition of athletics for college women and help elevate female collegiate sports on a national level.