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The Star
11 hours ago
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Virginia swimmer Gretchen Walsh wins Honda Cup as top woman athlete
Jun 5, 2025; Indianapolis, Indiana, UNITED STATES; Gretchen Walsh swims in the womenÕs 100 meter butterfly at the Toyota National Championships swimming meet at Indiana University Natatorium. Mandatory Credit: Robert Goddin-Imagn Images/File Photo Virginia star swimmer Gretchen Walsh won the prestigious Honda Cup as the top Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year. The other two finalists were UConn basketball star Paige Bueckers and Texas Tech softball player NiJaree Canady. Walsh joins basketball legend Dawn Staley (1991) as the only Cavaliers to win the honor. Walsh is the ninth swimmer to win the award, a list that includes two-time winner Tracy Caulkins (1982, 1984), Missy Franklin (2015) and Katie Ledecky (2017). "I feel like I'm on cloud nine right now," Walsh said after being named the winner. "Honestly, being nominated for this award last year was a big deal to me. To win it this year is obviously unreal. It's interesting this sport, you know, it's all-year-round, and it feels like it never stops. But to have these moments of knowing that all the hard work and the never-ending training is coming to fruition, and it's worth it. "It's really nice to have this recognition and to win this award among such an amazing group of athletes. And these women, all of us, different disciplines, different sports, but just excelling in all fields, it is really cool to be represented in a group like this." Walsh won NCAA individual titles in the 50-meter freestyle, 100-meter freestyle and 100-meter butterfly this season to raise her total to nine titles. She also holds nine NCAA records (four individual, five relays). The Cavaliers won four straight team titles during Walsh's career. Of course, Walsh is also known for her international profile and she won three gold medals and one silver at last month's U.S. national championships. She set the world record with a time of 54.60 seconds in the 100 butterfly at the TYR Pro Swim Series. At the 2024 Olympics in Paris, Walsh won two gold medals and two silvers. --Field Level Media
Straits Times
12 hours ago
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Virginia swimmer Gretchen Walsh wins Honda Cup as top woman athlete
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox Virginia star swimmer Gretchen Walsh won the prestigious Honda Cup as the top Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year. The other two finalists were UConn basketball star Paige Bueckers and Texas Tech softball player NiJaree Canady. Walsh joins basketball legend Dawn Staley (1991) as the only Cavaliers to win the honor. Walsh is the ninth swimmer to win the award, a list that includes two-time winner Tracy Caulkins (1982, 1984), Missy Franklin (2015) and Katie Ledecky (2017). "I feel like I'm on cloud nine right now," Walsh said after being named the winner. "Honestly, being nominated for this award last year was a big deal to me. To win it this year is obviously unreal. It's interesting this sport, you know, it's all-year-round, and it feels like it never stops. But to have these moments of knowing that all the hard work and the never-ending training is coming to fruition, and it's worth it. "It's really nice to have this recognition and to win this award among such an amazing group of athletes. And these women, all of us, different disciplines, different sports, but just excelling in all fields, it is really cool to be represented in a group like this." Walsh won NCAA individual titles in the 50-meter freestyle, 100-meter freestyle and 100-meter butterfly this season to raise her total to nine titles. She also holds nine NCAA records (four individual, five relays). The Cavaliers won four straight team titles during Walsh's career. Of course, Walsh is also known for her international profile and she won three gold medals and one silver at last month's U.S. national championships. She set the world record with a time of 54.60 seconds in the 100 butterfly at the TYR Pro Swim Series. At the 2024 Olympics in Paris, Walsh won two gold medals and two silvers. --Field Level Media REUTERS
Reuters
12 hours ago
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Virginia swimmer Gretchen Walsh wins Honda Cup as top woman athlete
July 2 - Virginia star swimmer Gretchen Walsh won the prestigious Honda Cup as the top Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year. The other two finalists were UConn basketball star Paige Bueckers and Texas Tech softball player NiJaree Canady. Walsh joins basketball legend Dawn Staley (1991) as the only Cavaliers to win the honor. Walsh is the ninth swimmer to win the award, a list that includes two-time winner Tracy Caulkins (1982, 1984), Missy Franklin (2015) and Katie Ledecky (2017). "I feel like I'm on cloud nine right now," Walsh said after being named the winner. "Honestly, being nominated for this award last year was a big deal to me. To win it this year is obviously unreal. It's interesting this sport, you know, it's all-year-round, and it feels like it never stops. But to have these moments of knowing that all the hard work and the never-ending training is coming to fruition, and it's worth it. "It's really nice to have this recognition and to win this award among such an amazing group of athletes. And these women, all of us, different disciplines, different sports, but just excelling in all fields, it is really cool to be represented in a group like this." Walsh won NCAA individual titles in the 50-meter freestyle, 100-meter freestyle and 100-meter butterfly this season to raise her total to nine titles. She also holds nine NCAA records (four individual, five relays). The Cavaliers won four straight team titles during Walsh's career. Of course, Walsh is also known for her international profile and she won three gold medals and one silver at last month's U.S. national championships. She set the world record with a time of 54.60 seconds in the 100 butterfly at the TYR Pro Swim Series. At the 2024 Olympics in Paris, Walsh won two gold medals and two silvers. --Field Level Media
CNA
12 hours ago
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- CNA
Virginia swimmer Gretchen Walsh wins Honda Cup as top woman athlete
Virginia star swimmer Gretchen Walsh won the prestigious Honda Cup as the top Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year. The other two finalists were UConn basketball star Paige Bueckers and Texas Tech softball player NiJaree Canady. Walsh joins basketball legend Dawn Staley (1991) as the only Cavaliers to win the honor. Walsh is the ninth swimmer to win the award, a list that includes two-time winner Tracy Caulkins (1982, 1984), Missy Franklin (2015) and Katie Ledecky (2017). "I feel like I'm on cloud nine right now," Walsh said after being named the winner. "Honestly, being nominated for this award last year was a big deal to me. To win it this year is obviously unreal. It's interesting this sport, you know, it's all-year-round, and it feels like it never stops. But to have these moments of knowing that all the hard work and the never-ending training is coming to fruition, and it's worth it. "It's really nice to have this recognition and to win this award among such an amazing group of athletes. And these women, all of us, different disciplines, different sports, but just excelling in all fields, it is really cool to be represented in a group like this." Walsh won NCAA individual titles in the 50-meter freestyle, 100-meter freestyle and 100-meter butterfly this season to raise her total to nine titles. She also holds nine NCAA records (four individual, five relays). The Cavaliers won four straight team titles during Walsh's career. Of course, Walsh is also known for her international profile and she won three gold medals and one silver at last month's U.S. national championships. She set the world record with a time of 54.60 seconds in the 100 butterfly at the TYR Pro Swim Series. At the 2024 Olympics in Paris, Walsh won two gold medals and two silvers.
Yahoo
a day ago
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Gretchen Walsh wins Honda Cup as top women's college sports athlete
Swimmer Gretchen Walsh won the Honda Cup, given to the nation's top women's college sports athlete, to cap an extraordinary last year. Walsh was named the winner over fellow finalists Paige Bueckers (basketball, University of Connecticut) and NiJaree Canady (softball, Texas Tech). Advertisement The Collegiate Women Sports Awards board of directors chose the recipient after nearly 1,000 member schools voted to determine the finalists. Walsh recently graduated from the University of Virginia, where she rewrote the college swimming record book. This past March, she won three individual titles and was part of four winning relay teams at her final NCAA Championships. She broke her own NCAA and American records in the 100-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterfly and tied her own NCAA and American records in the 50-yard freestyle. In all, Walsh won 25 NCAA titles at Virginia, including nine in individual events. Swimmers can participate in no more than three individual events at NCAAs each year. Advertisement Also in the past 13 months, Walsh broke the 100m butterfly world record three times, made her first Olympic team, won four medals in Paris, won seven gold medals and broke 11 world records at December's short course worlds and made the team for this summer's worlds in four individual events. "It's weird now with my personal records being the fastest of all time," Walsh said after being named the Honda Cup winner. "It's been totally a different mental game for myself, and I've had to approach the sport differently, but I really enjoy a challenge. That's what sports are about. So I'm looking forward to breaking more world records, hopefully, and getting up on the podium at worlds because I've never made the top of the podium at a summer world championship, so that's a new goal of mine." Caitlin Clark won the previous two Honda Cups when she played basketball at the University of Iowa. Walsh is the first swimmer to win since a stretch from 2015 to 2018 when Missy Franklin, Katie Ledecky and Simone Manuel won. Swimming: Toyota National Championships Katie Ledecky, Bobby Finke, Gretchen Walsh win third titles at nationals, history calls at worlds Katie Ledecky can move closer to Michael Phelps' world titles record.
