Trinity Thomas Among The Collegiate Women Sports Award Top 3
Florida’s Trinity Thomas revealed the information collegiate gymnastics followers have been ready to listen to since she closed her senior marketing campaign successful each post-season all-around title. Throughout the interview section of the printed, Thomas was requested about her future plans.
These future plans embrace competing a fifth 12 months for the Gators gymnastics crew.
She’s coming again!!
🐊🤸♀️ @Gym_Trin reveals that she’s coming again for 12 months 5⃣ tonight on @CWSA_HondaCup Present!
Present airing now on 📺@CBSSportsNet#GoGators pic.twitter.com/AQV9PZNOuw
— Gators Gymnastics (@GatorsGym) June 28, 2022
Later within the broadcast, Thomas was among the many ultimate three for The Collegiate Ladies Sports activities Award. She is the second Gator to be among the many ultimate three and first since softball’s Lauren Hager in 2015.
The ultimate query was answered when South Carolina basketball participant Aliyah Boston was named the general winner. That is the seventh time the Honda Cup goes to a Southeastern Convention student-athlete and first since Alabama gymnast Kim Jacobs in 2014.
| 2021-22 Honda Sports activities Award Recipients | |||
| Every season, The Collegiate Ladies Sports activities Awards program acknowledges the highest collegiate feminine student-athlete in 12 sports activities. Beneath are the 2022 recipients: | |||
| Sport | Title | Yr | Faculty |
| Basketball | Aliyah Boston* | JR | South Carolina |
| Cross Nation | Whittni Orton, | SR | Brigham Younger |
| Discipline Hockey | Jill Bolton | SR | Liberty |
| Golf | Rose Zhang | FR | Stanford |
| Gymnastics | Trinity Thomas | SR | Florida |
| Lacrosse | Jamie Ortega | SR | North Carolina |
| Soccer | Jaelin Howell | SR | Florida State |
| Softball | Jocelyn Alo | SR | Oklahoma |
| Swimming/Diving | Kate Douglass | JR | Virginia |
| Tennis | Peyton Stearns | SO | Texas |
| Monitor & Discipline | Abby Steiner | SR | Kentucky |
| Volleyball | Dana Rettke | SR | Wisconsin |
| *Honda Cup winner | |||
The Collegiate Ladies Sports activities Award brings the 12 student-athlete who characterize the highest in NCAA-sanctioned sport to Los Angeles. The 12 are narrowed to 3 finalists. This 12 months, the three finalists had been: Thomas, Boston and Jocelyn Alo (Oklahoma/softball).
The 12 recipients being named the highest collegiate athlete of their sport got here from 12 totally different faculties. Thomas is amongst six Gator gymnasts to say the Honda Award within the final 11 years. Gator Greats Bridget Sloan (2013, 2016), Kytra Hunter (2012, 2015) and Alex McMurtry (2017) additionally acquired the Honda Award for gymnastics. The primary Gator gymnast to obtain the dignity was Ann Woods in 1982.
Florida is No. 3 all-time with 26 Honda Award recipients. Gator winners in eight sports activities leads all applications (Texas and UCLA every with winners in seven totally different sports activities).
One Gator has twice been named the highest collegiate feminine athlete of the 12 months. Gator Nice swimmer Tracy Caulkins shared the 1983-84 Broderick Cup (earlier title of award) with Southern California’s Cheryl Miller and gained as a freshman in 1981-82.
How Trinity Thomas acquired to L.A.:
After the conclusion of every of the 12 acknowledged sport seasons, the Honda Sport Award sends a poll with 4 sport finalists to directors from over 1,000 NCAA member faculties. Every NCAA member establishment has a vote.
A Gator gymnast has claimed the Honda Award six of the final 11 years. Gator Greats Bridget Sloan (2013, 2016), Kytra Hunter (2012, 2015) and Alex McMurtry (2017) additionally acquired the Honda Award for gymnastics. The primary Gator gymnast to obtain the dignity was Ann Woods in 1982.
Thomas’ 2022 Season
All-around winner in each 2022 post-season meet, Thomas gained the NCAA title by equaling the meet file of 39.8125 set by UF’s final Honda Award winner, Alex McMurtry, in 2017.
Within the NCAA crew ultimate, Thomas’ successful all-around complete of 39.8625 equals the second-highest ever in NCAA competitors. The ten.0 within the NCAA crew ultimate was her fourth consecutive excellent flooring train mark – all coming in NCAA regional or NCAA ultimate website competitors.
Here is some extra highlights from Thomas’ 2022 season:
- Gained each post-season all-around – NCAA Closing, NCAA Semifinal, NCAA Regional Closing, NCAA Second Spherical and Southeastern Convention Championship
- Solely gymnast with 5 All-America first-team honors in NCAA competitors
- Nation’s solely gymnast with All-America first-team honors for every equipment in 2022 WCGA regular-season awards.
- SEC Gymnast of Year. Gained SEC all-around, vault and flooring train. All-SEC
- 12 excellent marks is second all-time nationally in a single season. Profession complete of 20 10.0s ties for No. 7 all-time amongst NCAA gymnasts. Good mark for every of 4 NCAA flooring routines in 2022.
- Accomplished profession Gymnasium Slam (10.0 in every equipment) and likewise posted a Season Slam (10.0 in every occasion in a single season) in 2022
- Nation’s all-around excessive of 39.90 equals the fifth-highest ever in collegiate gymnastics. NCAA all-around title successful complete (39.8125) equals NCAA semifinal file and NCAA ultimate successful complete (39.8625) equals second highest ever in occasion. Tallied every of the nation’s high 5 all-around totals of 2022 – 39.90, 39.875, 39.8625, 39.85 and 39.825.
- Led Gators with school-record 39 occasion wins in 2022 – 9 vault, flooring; eight all-around; seven bars; six beam. UF profession chief with 113 wins.
Honda Contributes to Every Faculty:
American Honda Motor Co., Inc., sponsor of this system, celebrates every nominee by donating $5,000 to every Honda Sports activities Award recipient college and $1,000 to every nominee college.
| Gator Honda Sports activities Award Recipients | ||
| Title | Sport | 12 months |
| Trinity Thomas | Gymnastics | 2022 |
| Yanis David | Monitor & Discipline | 2019 |
| Rhamat Alhassan | Volleyball | 2018 |
| Belinda Woolcock | Tennis | 2017 |
| Alex McMurtry | Gymnastics | 2017 |
| Kelly Barnhill | Softball | 2017 |
| Bridget Sloan | Gymnastics | 2016 |
| Lauren Haeger | Softball | 2015 |
| Kytra Hunter | Gymnastics | 2015 |
| Bridget Sloan | Gymnastics | 2013 |
| Kytra Hunter | Gymnastics | 2012 |
| Kelsey Bruder | Softball | 2011 |
| Caroline Burckle | Swimming | 2008 |
| Danielle Fotopoulos | Soccer | 1998 |
| Jill Craybas | Tennis | 1996 |
| Nicole Haislett | Swimming | 1994 |
| Lisa Raymond | Tennis | 1993 |
| Lisa Raymond | Tennis | 1992 |
| Shaun Stafford | Tennis | 1988 |
| Web page Dunlap | Golf | 1986 |
| Deb Richard | Golf | 1985 |
| Tracy Caulkins | Swimming | 1984^ |
| Tracy Caulkins | Swimming | 1983 |
| Tracy Caulkins | Swimming | 1982^ |
| Ann Woods | Gymnastics | 1982 |
| Renee Laravie | Swimming | 1978 |
| ^Recipient of Broderick Award (earlier title of Collegiate Lady Athlete of the 12 months Award |
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Go to The Collegiate Women Sports Awards web site for extra details about this award.
