2012-13 Honda Sports Award for Volleyball – Alaina Bergsma
LOS ANGELES, California (December 27, 2012) --- In a season that included winning Pac-12 Player of the Year, AVCA National Player of the Year and All-American honors, and leading Oregon to its first trip to the NCAA Div. I Women’s Volleyball Championship Final, senior outside hitter Alaina Bergsma (Chandler, Ariz.) has received the Honda Sports Award for volleyball.
“To receive this award is amazing,” Bergsma said.
“Our team had such a great season, and this award reflects so
much hard work by our players and coaches. I’m so fortunate
to have played volleyball for the Ducks, and have learned so many
important life lessons through the sport. To be recognized with
such a legendary award is a special way to end my collegiate
career.”
The CWSA presents the Honda Sports Award annually to top women
athletes in 12 NCAA-sanctioned sports. With this honor, Bergsma
becomes a finalist for the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year and
the 2013 Honda Cup. Bergsma was chosen by a vote from 1,000 NCAA
member schools. Finalists included Haley Eckerman (Texas), Lauren
Plum (Oregon), and Ariel Scott (Penn State).
Bergsma is a sports business major who transferred from Loyola
Marymount in 2010. She won the Miss Oregon USA pageant in November
2011 and went on to the Miss USA Pageant in June 2012, winning the
Miss Photogenic Award.
The Collegiate Women Sports Awards has honored the nation’s
top NCAA women athletes for 37 years, recognizing superior athletic
skills, leadership, academic excellence and eagerness to
participate in community service. Honda has been a sponsor of the
Collegiate Women Sports Awards for the past 27 years. Since
commencing its sponsorship in 1986, Honda has provided more than
$2.7 million in institutional grants to the universities of the
award winners and nominees to support women’s athletics
programs at the institutions. Previous Honda Cup winners include
Brittney Griner, Ann Meyers Drysdale, Lisa Fernandez, Misty
May-Treanor, Maya Moore, and Candace Parker.