Schweizer to be Honored at the Honda Cup in Los Angeles
6/23/2017 3:06:00 PM | Track & Field, Cross Country
Schweizer is one of 12 finalists for the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year award
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Coming off the most prolific running season in Mizzou history, junior Karissa Schweizer (Urbandale, Iowa) will be recognized for her accomplishments at the Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA) Show on Monday in Los Angeles, Calif. After being named the Honda Award cross country sport recipient in December, Schweizer is one of 12 finalists for the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year award and the Honda Cup.
The Honda Sports Award is given annually to the top women athletes in 12 NCAA-sanctioned sports and exemplifies "the best of the best in collegiate athletics". A live broadcast of the event from the USC Galen Center Founders Room will be available on CBS Sports Network at 8 pm (CT) on Monday. In addition to Schweizer, other notable candidates include six-time Olympic medalist swimmer Katie Ledecky from Stanford, all-time NCAA basketball scoring leader Kelsey Plum from Washington and USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Kelly Barnhill from Florida.
In 2016, Schweizer captured the SEC, NCAA Midwest Regional and NCAA Cross Country Championships, becoming the first Mizzou student-athlete to win a national championship in cross country. Her extraordinary achievements led her to be named the SEC Women's Runner of the Year, USTFCCCA Midwest Regional Women's Runner of the Year and USTFCCCA Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Year, in addition to Honda Sport Award for cross country.
Schweizer won three more conference titles, earned three All-America honors and two national titles during the indoor and outdoor track & field seasons, becoming the first female three-time NCAA champion in Mizzou Athletics history and just the second ever.
Prior to being recognized by the CWSA, Schweizer will run in the 5,000m run at the USA Track & Field Championships tonight, scheduled for a 10:46 pm CT start in Sacramento, Calif.
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2017 Honda Cup Sport Award Recipients
Inky Ajanaku (Stanford), Volleyball
Kelly Barnhill (Florida), Softball
Kadeisha Buchanan (West Virginia), Soccer
Katie Ledecky (Stanford), Swimming & Diving
Alex McMurty (Florida), Gymnastics
Greta Nauck (Delaware), Field Hockey
Kelsey Plum (Washington), Basketball
Karissa Schweizer (Mizzou), Cross Country
Zoe Stukenberg (Maryland), Lacrosse
Monica Vaughn (Arizona State), Golf
Kendell Williams (Georgia), Track & Field
Belinda Wollcock (Florida), Tennis
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