Aaliyah Butler from the University of Georgia, Doris Lemngole of the University of Alabama, University of Washington’s Hana Moll and Savannah Sutherland of the University of Michigan have been announced as the four finalists for the Class of 2025 Honda Sport Award for Track & Field, as revealed today by Chris Voelz, Executive Director of The Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA).
The Honda Sport Award has been presented annually by the CWSA for the past 49 years, recognizing the top women athletes in 12 NCAA-sanctioned sports and symbolizing “the best of the best in collegiate athletics.” The recipient of the sport award will become a finalist for the prestigious Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year and the 2025 Honda Cup, which will be presented during the live broadcast of the Collegiate Women Sports Awards Presented by Honda on June 30, at 7 pm ET, on CBS Sports Network.
The track & field finalists were chosen by a panel of experts from the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). The Honda Sport award winner for track & field will be announced later this week after voting by administrators from over 1,000 NCAA member schools. Each NCAA member institution has a vote.
Butler, junior from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., won the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championship 400m title with a school-record 49.26 for the fifth-fastest in NCAA history and went on to anchor Georgia’s 4x400m relay to its first-ever national title. The sprinter helped the Bulldogs to their first NCAA Outdoor and earned her fifth NCAA First Team All-American honor.
Lemngole broke the 9-minute barrier in the 3000m steeplechase (8:58.15) to win her second NCAA Outdoor title and set NCAA meet, collegiate, and world-leading records. The junior hailing from West Pokot County, Kenya, went undefeated all outdoor season, added SEC titles in the steeplechase and 5000m, and was the only woman named to every Bowerman Watch List this year.
Moll captured the 2025 NCAA Outdoor pole vault title with a record-breaking 4.79m clearance, setting both the meet and collegiate outdoor records, while contributing 10 points to Washington’s team total. The sophomore from Olympia, Wash., is a two-time NCAA Champion and four-time First Team All-American, having also won the 2024 NCAA Indoor title.
Sutherland set a NCAA, meet, school, and Canadian record with a 52.46 to win the 2025 NCAA Outdoor 400m hurdles and became just the second collegian to break 53 seconds. A native of Borden, Saskatchewan, the senior led Michigan’s 4x400m relay to a third-place finish at the Outdoor championship and earned her sixth First Team All-American honor.
The CWSA, now in its 49th year, celebrates the nation’s top NCAA women athletes for their excellence in athletics, leadership, academics, and community service. Since its partnership began in 1986, Honda has provided more than $3.4 million in institutional grants to the universities of award winners and nominees, supporting the growth and success of women’s athletics programs.
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