Florida’s Jasmine Moore and Trinity Thomas Receive 2023 Honda Awards

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Collegiate Women Sports Award presented by Honda went to Iowa basketball’s Caitlin Clark Monday evening in a nationally televised show on CBS Sports Network. She is the second consecutive basketball player to receive the honor, as South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston claimed the 2022 Honda Cup as the nation’s top collegiate female athlete.

The Collegiate Women Sports Award brings the 12 student-athlete who represent the top in NCAA-sanctioned sport to Los Angeles. A pair of the dozen Honda Sport Award winners were Gators and both were in Los Angeles for Monday’s award show. Florida’s duo – Jasmine Moore (track & field) and Trinity Thomas (gymnastics) – marked the fourth time the University of Florida had two or more sport award winners.

The 12 are narrowed to three finalists. This year, the three finalists were: Clark, Logan Eggleston (Texas/volleyball) and Rose Zhang (Stanford/golf).

Florida is No. 3 all-time with 28 Honda Award recipients. Gator winners in eight sports leads all programs (Texas and UCLA each with winners in seven different sports).

2022-23 Honda Sports Award Recipients

Each season, The Collegiate Women Sports Awards program recognizes the top collegiate female student-athlete in 12 sports. Below are the 2022-23 recipients:

Sport

Name

Yr

School

Basketball

Caitlin Clark

JR

Iowa

Cross Country

Katelyn Tuohy

SO

North Carolina State

Field Hockey

Erin Matson

GR

North Carolina

Golf

Rose Zhang

SO

Stanford

Gymnastics

Trinity Thomas

GR

Florida

Lacrosse

Izzy Scane

GR

Northwestern

Soccer

Lilly Reale

SO

UCLA

Softball

Montana Fouts

GR

Alabama

Swimming/Diving

Kate Douglass

JR

Virginia

Tennis

Fiona Crawley

JR

North Carolina

Track & Field

Jasmine Moore

SR

Florida

Volleyball

Logan Eggleston

SR

Texas

One Gator has twice been 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 won as a freshman in 1981-82.

How the Two Gators got to L.A.:

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.

Moore joins Yanis David<https://floridagators.com/sports/track-and-field/roster/yanis-david/11403> (2019) as the two Gators to win the Honda Award for track & field.

A Gator gymnast has claimed the Honda Award seven of the last 12 years. Gator Greats Bridget Sloan<https://floridagators.com/sports/womens-gymnastics/roster/bridget-sloan/5091> (2013, 2016), Kytra Hunter<https://floridagators.com/sports/womens-gymnastics/roster/kytra-hunter/2546> (2012, 2015), Alex McMurtry<https://floridagators.com/sports/womens-gymnastics/roster/alex-mcmurtry/10695> (2017) and Thomas (2022, 2023) also received the Honda Award for gymnastics. The first Gator gymnast to receive the honor was Ann Woods<https://floridagators.com/sports/womens-gymnastics/roster/ann-woods/13618> in 1982.

Moore’s 2023 Season

Moore established herself among the short list of four women to clear 15m in the triple jump and 7m in the long jump.

  *   Set collegiate and NCAA meet records to claim each of her three 2023 NCAA Championships titles: indoor triple jump (15.12m / 49.7.25”), indoor long jump (7.03m / 23’0.75”) and outdoor triple jump (14.78m / 48.6”).
  *   Seven NCAA event titles in last two seasons: long jump (2022 in & out; 2023 in) and triple jump 2022 in & out; 2023 in & out)
  *   2022 & 2023 U.S. Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches Association National Female Indoor Field Athlete of the Year and 2023 USTFCCCA Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year
  *   2022 & 2023 Southeastern Conference Indoor and Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year
  *   Swept 2022 and 2023 SEC indoor and outdoor long and triple jump titles
  *   10-time USTFCCCA first-team All-American.
  *   Medaled in every NCAA Championships horizontal jump contested as a Gator
  *   2023 NCAA Indoor performance marked the first time a woman cleared 15m in the triple jump and 7m in the long jump in the same meet. One of four women in indoor or outdoor jumps to ever clear those marks.

Thomas’ 2023 Season

In 2023, Thomas led the nation for the third consecutive season for perfect 10.0s – 2021 (4), 2022 (12) and 2023 (8).

· Career NCAA 10.0 co-leader. Earned 28th perfect mark in NCAA Championships team final vault competition to help Florida to a runner-up finish

· One of three in nation with five 2023 Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) All-America regular-season honors. First team for all-around, uneven bars and floor exercise; second team vault and balance beam

· All-America first-team honors for vault and uneven bars in NCAA Championships semifinal. Competed only two events due to injury suffered in NCAA Regional second round.

· 2023 Southeastern Conference Gymnast of Year. Joins Alabama’s Andreé Pickens as only three-time recipients in award’s history.

· SEC all-around (39.80), uneven bars and floor exercise (10.0) champion. Part of All-SEC team

· One of two in SEC Championship meet history with two 10.0 in a single meet.

· Only gymnast in NCAA history with at least five 10.0s on each apparatus for five career Gym Slams

· Florida’s career all-arounder leader (30), passing Bridget Sloan (27) with win vs Missouri

· Led Florida in 2023 with 29 event wins (9 floor, 7 bars, vault, 5 all-around & vault, 3 beam). Florida’s career leader with 142 event titles

Honda Contributes to Each School:

American Honda Motor Co., Inc., sponsor of the program, celebrates each nominee by donating $5,000 to each Honda Sports Award recipient school and $1,000 to each nominee school.

Gator Honda Sports Award Recipients

Name

Sport

Year

Jasmine Moore

Track & Field

2023

Trinity Thomas

Gymnastics

2023

Trinity Thomas

Gymnastics

2022

Yanis David

Track & Field

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

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 (previous name of Collegiate
Woman Athlete of the Year Award

Visit The Collegiate Women Sports Awards<http://www.collegiatewomensportsawards.com/> website for more information about this award.