GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida’s double Honda Award recipient Parker Valby is among the finalists for The Collegiate Women’s Sports Award. The Honda Sports Award is given annually to the top women athletes in 12 NCAA-sanctioned sports.
On Monday’s broadcast from New York City, the 12 sport winners from 10 different schools narrow to three finalists. One receives the Honda Cup as the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year.
Valby is just the fifth in the Honda Award’s 48-year history to sweep both cross country and track & field Honda Awards in a single season. She is unable to be in New York City Monday as she competes in the U.S. Olympic Trials 5,000-meter run final in Eugene, Ore., at 10:09 p.m. ET.
One Gator twice was named the top collegiate female athlete of the year. Gator Great swimmer Tracy Caulkins shared the 1983-84 Broderick Cup (previous name of award) with Southern California’s Cheryl Miller and also won as a freshman in 1981-82.
Since 2010, the sport award recipients are narrowed to a final three, from which The Collegiate Woman of the Athlete of the Year is named. Two Gators – Lauren Haeger (2015/softball) and Trinity Thomas (2022/gymnastics) – were among the final three for the honor.
A Gator has been named their sport’s winner 30 times since 1978, which is third among the 111 programs with at least one Honda Award recipient. A Gator has claimed at least one Honda Award in nine different sports – the largest array among all programs.
Want to Watch? Here’s How:
The Collegiate Women Sports Award presented by Honda airs Monday, June 24 at 7 p.m. ET on CBS Sports Network.
Here’s how to tune in:
269 – Cox Cable (Gainesville/Ocala)
221 – DIRECTV
158 – Dish Network
CBS Sports Network app
How was Parker Valby selected?
After the conclusion of each of the 12 recognized sport seasons, the Honda Sport Award sends a ballot with four sport finalists to administrators from over 1,000 NCAA member schools. Each NCAA member institution has a vote.
Valby is the first Gator to claim the Honda Award for cross country. She is the second consecutive and third overall Gator to win the Honda Award for track & field, joining Florida’s Jasmine Moore (2023) and Yanis David (2019) .
Valby’s 2023-24 Season
Valby’s 2023-24 performance is unmatched in women’s collegiate cross country/track history.
• First female distance runner in NCAA history to win five NCAA individual titles in a single season – all in at least…
On Monday’s broadcast from New York City, the 12 sport winners from 10 different schools narrow to three finalists. One receives the Honda Cup as the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year.
Valby is just the fifth in the Honda Award’s 48-year history to sweep both cross country and track & field Honda Awards in a single season. She is unable to be in New York City Monday as she competes in the U.S. Olympic Trials 5,000-meter run final in Eugene, Ore., at 10:09 p.m. ET.
One Gator twice was named the top collegiate female athlete of the year. Gator Great swimmer Tracy Caulkins shared the 1983-84 Broderick Cup (previous name of award) with Southern California’s Cheryl Miller and also won as a freshman in 1981-82.
Since 2010, the sport award recipients are narrowed to a final three, from which The Collegiate Woman of the Athlete of the Year is named. Two Gators – Lauren Haeger (2015/softball) and Trinity Thomas (2022/gymnastics) – were among the final three for the honor.
A Gator has been named their sport’s winner 30 times since 1978, which is third among the 111 programs with at least one Honda Award recipient. A Gator has claimed at least one Honda Award in nine different sports – the largest array among all programs.
Want to Watch? Here’s How:
The Collegiate Women Sports Award presented by Honda airs Monday, June 24 at 7 p.m. ET on CBS Sports Network.
Here’s how to tune in:
269 – Cox Cable (Gainesville/Ocala)
221 – DIRECTV
158 – Dish Network
CBS Sports Network app
How was Parker Valby selected?
After the conclusion of each of the 12 recognized sport seasons, the Honda Sport Award sends a ballot with four sport finalists to administrators from over 1,000 NCAA member schools. Each NCAA member institution has a vote.
Valby is the first Gator to claim the Honda Award for cross country. She is the second consecutive and third overall Gator to win the Honda Award for track & field, joining Florida’s Jasmine Moore (2023) and Yanis David (2019) .
Valby’s 2023-24 Season
Valby’s 2023-24 performance is unmatched in women’s collegiate cross country/track history.
• First female distance runner in NCAA history to win five NCAA individual titles in a single season – all in at least…
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