University of North Carolina Athletics
Crawley Named Honda Sport Award Finalist
June 5, 2023 | Women's Tennis
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Fiona Crawley, the top-ranked singles player in the country, has been named a finalist for the Honda Sport Award for Tennis.
It is the second time in three seasons that a member of the North Carolina women's tennis team has been named a finalist for the award. In 2021, Sara Daavettila won the Honda Sport Award.
The San Antonio, Texas native helped lead the Tar Heels to the program's first-ever outdoor national championship in 2023, its fourth-straight ITA Indoor national championship, she won the 2022 Fall ITA Singles Championship and won the 2023 doubles championship with teammate Carson Tanguilig.
Crawley finished her junior year with a 46-3 record and recorded her 123rd singles victory as a Tar Heel. She is now in sixth place all-time at UNC in singles victories.
Other finalists are Lea Ma (Georgia), Mary Stoiana (Texas A&M) and Fangran Tian (UCLA).
The Honda Sport Award has been presented annually by the CWSA for the past 47 years to the top women athletes in 12 NCAA- sanctioned sports and signifies "the best of the best in collegiate athletics". The winner of the sport award becomes a finalist for the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year and the prestigious 2023 Honda Cup which will be presented during the live telecast of the Collegiate Women Sports Awards Presented by Honda on CBS Sports Network on June 26, at 8:30 ET.
The tennis finalists were determined by final ITA rankings and NCAA competition. The Honda Sport award winner for tennis will be announced later this week after voting by administrators from over 1,000 NCAA member schools. Each NCAA member institution has a vote.
The CWSA, entering its 47th year, has honored the nation's top NCAA women athletes for their superior athletic skills, leadership, academic excellence and eagerness to participate in community service. Since commencing its partnership in 1986, Honda has provided more than $3.4 million in institutional grants to the universities of the award winners and nominees to support women's athletics programs.
