Honda Cup finalist
Photo by Mark Campbell June 26, 2017
UD's Greta Nauck vies for Honda Cup June 26 on CBS Sports Network
University of Delaware field hockey rising junior Greta Nauck is one of 12 Honda Sport Award winners who are finalists for the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year and the prestigious Honda Cup, which will be announced live during the Collegiate Women Sports Awards Show presented by Honda on CBS Sports Network on Monday, June 26, at 9 p.m.
The Honda Sports Award is presented annually by the CWSA to the top women athletes in 12 NCAA-sanctioned sports and signifies “the best of the best in collegiate athletics.” The 12 honorees were chosen by a vote of administrators from more than 1,000 NCAA member schools and among four finalists in each sport.
The awards show will take place live from the University of Southern California Galen Center Founders Room in Los Angeles. Fans can follow Nauck's journey via Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat (@udbluehens).
Nauck joined basketball All-American Elena Delle Donne of the Class of 2013 as UD's lone recipients of the Honda Sport Award. Delle Donne won the Honda Sport Award for women's basketball following her senior season in 2012-13.
Nauck led the Blue Hens to the first national championship in program history while UD finished the year with a 19-game winning streak and an overall mark of 23-2.
The National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) All-Mid Atlantic player of the year and Colonial Athletic Association player of the year finished the season first nationally with 3.04 points per game and 1.32 goals per game on a school record 76 points and 33 goals. In just two seasons for UDe, the midfielder is seventh in program history with 103 career points on 44 goals and 15 assists.
Nauck tallied the game-winning goal in 10 of UD's 23 victories and came through in the clutch in two huge NCAA tournament wins. First, she posted the overtime game-winner in a 3-2 victory at No. 1 Duke in the second round of the tournament before registering the game-winning goal with under six minutes to play for the 3-2 win over North Carolina in the title game.
The 11 other finalists include: Inky Ajanaku (volleyball, Stanford); Kelly Barnhill (softball, Florida); Kadeisha Buchanan (soccer, West Virginia); Katie Ledecky (swimming and diving, Stanford); Alex McMurtry (gymnastics, Florida); Kelsey Plum (basketball, Washington); Karissa Schweizer (cross country, Missouri); Zoe Stukenberg (lacrosse, Maryland); Monica Vaughn (golf, Arizona State); Kendell Williams (track and field, Georgia); and Belinda Woolcock (tennis, Florida).
Contact Us
Have a UDaily story idea?
Contact us at ocm@udel.edu
Members of the press
Contact us at 302-831-NEWS or visit the Media Relations website