STANFORD, Calif. - Sophomore Kathryn Plummer is one of four nominees for the Honda Sport Award for Volleyball as announced by Chris Voelz, Executive Director of THE Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA) today.
Other nominees include Rhamat Alhassan from the University of Florida and Penn State's Simone Lee and Haleigh Washington. All four are members of 2017 NCAA Final Four teams.
The Honda Sport Award has been presented annually by the CWSA for the past 42 years to the top women athletes in 12 NCAA- sanctioned sports and signifies "the best of the best in collegiate athletics". The winner of the sport award becomes a finalist for the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year and the prestigious 2018 Honda Cup which will be presented on a live telecast on CBS Sports Network on Monday, June 25, 2018, in downtown Los, Angeles.
The nominees were chosen by a panel of coaches representing the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA). The Honda Sport award winner for volleyball will be announced next week after voting by administrators from over 1,000 NCAA member schools. Each NCAA member institution has a vote.
Plummer was the TeamSnap/AVCA Division I Player of the Year and is the first player in AVCA history to earn the Player of the Year award after being named the National Freshman of the Year the previous season. The outside hitter from Aliso Viejo, California, was the Pac-12 and ESPNw Player of the Year and is a two-time AVCA First Team All-American. She led the Pac-12 and ranked sixth nationally with 5.40 points per set and her 555 kills in 2017 were the seventh-most in a single season in program history.
Honda Sport award winners will be presented with the honor during on-campus presentations throughout the year and all Honda Sport award winners become a finalist for the prestigious 2018 Honda Cup award presented in June. Last year, Stanford's Inky Ajanaku took home the honor for volleyball, while Cardinal swimmer Katie Ledecky won the 2017 Honda Cup.
THE Collegiate Women Sports Awards have honored the nation's top NCAA women athletes for 42 years, recognizing superior athletic skills, leadership, academic excellence and eagerness to participate in community service. Since commencing its sponsorship in 1986, Honda has provided more than $3.1 million in institutional grants to the universities of the award winners and nominees to support women's athletics programs at the institutions.