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Samedy Named Honda Award Finalist
4/30/2021 9:51:00 AM | Volleyball
The Honda Sport Award has been presented annually by the CWSA for the past 45 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 2021 Honda Cup which will be presented on a telecast on CBS Sports Network, on June 28th, at 9 pm ET.
The volleyball finalists were selected by a panel of coaches and experts from the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA). The Honda Sport award winner for volleyball will be announced next week after voting by administrators from over 1,000 NCAA member schools. Each NCAA member institution has a vote.
Samedy is a four-time All-Big Ten selection and was named the 2021 Big Ten Player of the Year. Samedy was also named the recipient of the Senior CLASS award, which is chosen by a nationwide vote of Division I women's volleyball coaches, national volleyball media, and fans, is given annually to the most outstanding senior student-athlete in Division I women's volleyball. Samedy is the second student-athlete from the University of Minnesota to win the Senior CLASS Award. The AVCA North Region Player of the Year was a two-time Big Ten Player of the Week and also garnered AVCA National Player of the Week award once this season. Samedy was the first Gopher since 2011 to accomplish 20 kills and 20 digs in a match and had 20-plus kills in five matches this season. She also led the Gophers in kills and points 10 times. She averaged 4.11 kills per set in Big Ten play and finished the year with 4.15 kills per set and averaged 4.69 points per set when she had 295 kills and 333 points. Samedy finished her senior year with 1,485 career kills, which ranks 10th all-time in Gopher history. Samedy has led the Gophers in kills all four years.