University of Minnesota Athletics
Mable Named Honda Sports Award Nominee
4/21/2015 12:00:00 AM | Gymnastics
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Junior Lindsay Mable was named as one of the four gymnasts nominated for the prestigious Honda Sports Award for gymnastics announced by Chris Voelz, Executive Director of THE Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA) today.
Mable joins seniors Georgia Dabritz (Utah), Kytra Hunter (Florida) and Samantha Peszek (UCLA) as the only junior to be included as a nominee for the award.
The Aurora, Colo. native capped a successful junior campaign last weekend as she competed as the lone represented from the University of Minnesota at the NCAA Championships in Fort Worth, Texas. Mable was named the 2015 Big Ten Gymnast of the Year after earning six league weekly honors. At the conference championships, the junior defended her vault title and earned a share of the floor exercise title en route to a runner-up finish in the all-around competition.
Mable is a three-time First Team All-Big Ten honoree and has earned ten All-America laurels throughout her career, including four regular season honors this year. The Colorado Gymnastics Institute alumna ended the 2015 season with 31 individual event wins and 11 all-around crowns. Mable spent two weeks in the top spot of the national all-around rankings and broke her own school record all-around score in February when she tallied a 39.675 in front of a home crowd at the Sports Pavilion.
Off the competition floor, Mable is a dedicated student and has earned two Academic All-Big Ten accolades. The elementary education major was named a 2014 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.
The Honda Sports Award is presented annually by the CWSA 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 2015 Honda Cup. The nominees were chosen by a panel of experts and coaches representing the National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches/Women (NACGCW).
The Honda Sports award winner for gymnastics will be announced next week after voting by administrators from over 1,000 NCAA member schools. Each NCAA member institution has a vote.
Honda Sports award winners will be presented with the honor during on-campus presentations throughout the year and all Honda Sports award winners become a finalist for the prestigious 2015 Honda Cup award which will be presented on June 29, in a live televised broadcast from L.A.
To read the full release from CWSA, please visit their website here.
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