STANFORD, Calif. - Stanford setter Jenna Gray has been named one of four finalists for the 2019 Honda Sport Award for Volleyball.
Gray joins Baylor's Yossiana Pressley, Wisconsin's Dana Rettke and Cincinnati's Jordan Thompson as finalists for the prestigious honor.
The Honda Sport Award has been presented annually by the CWSA for the past 44 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 Honda Cup which will be presented on a live telecast on CBS Sports Network on Monday, June 22, 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.
Gray is a three-time Pac-12 Setter of the Year who has helped lead the Cardinal win three straight Pac-12 championships and two NCAA titles. A two-time AVCA First Team All-American, she was named the 2019 Kansas City Sports Commission Co-Sportswoman of the Year. A three-time AVCA All-Pacific North Region selection and three-time All-Pac-12 honoree, Gray paces the Pac-12 and is eighth nationally this season with 11.53 assists per set. She is second in program history in career assists (5,405) and ninth all-time in Pac-12 history. The NCAA's active career leader, her 5,405 assists are the most in program history in the rally-scoring era to 25. Gray is also third in school history with 136 career aces. She earned CoSIDA Academic All-District second team and has twice been named to the Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention list.
Stanford is seeking back-to-back national titles this week in Pittsburgh, and its third in four years. The Cardinal takes on No. 7 Minnesota in the national semifinal on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. PT on ESPN.