Alabama’s Fouts looks to capture Women’s Athlete of the Year

June 26, 2023

WVUA 23 Sports,

Wsb — Alabama softball player Montana Fouts (14) pitches the ball against Stanford at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, OK on Friday, Jun 2, 2023. Photo by Kent Gidley

By WVUA 23 Sports Reporter Juliet Brown

Alabama softball ace Montana Fouts looks to capture the biggest individual honor in college sports.

Fouts is one of twelve finalists for the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year and the 2023 Honda Cup, presented by Collegiate Women’s Sports Awards. The winner will be announced Monday night at 7:30 p.m. local time.

Ready for tonight’s @CWSA_HondaCup award show live on @CBSSportsNet at 7:30 pm CT!@MontanaFouts x @UACoachMurphy #HondaCup #RollTide pic.twitter.com/9pJUtRx9RF

— Alabama Softball (@AlabamaSB) June 26, 2023

Earlier this month, Fouts was named the softball recipient for the Honda Sport Award. The College Women’s Sports Awards selects one recipient from all 12 NCAA women’s sanctioned sports.

List of all 2023 Honda Sport Award recipients:

Montana Fouts, Softball, Alabama
Rose Zhang, Golf, Stanford
Trinity Thomas, Gymnastics, Florida
Caitlin Clark, Basketball, Iowa
Kate Douglass, Swimming and Diving, Virginia
Logan Eggleston, Volleyball, Texas
Erin Matson, Field Hockey, North Carolina
Lilly Reale, Soccer, UCLA
Katelyn Tuohy, Cross Country, NC State
Izzy Scane, Lacrosse, Northwestern
Jasmine Moore, Track and Field, Florida
Fiona Crawley, Tennis, North Carolina

The 12 finalists will be narrowed down to a top three, and the winner is selected from there. According to the CWSA website, the 12 honorees are nominated by “a vote of administrators from over 1,000 NCAA member schools and among four finalists in each sport a vote of administrators from over 1,000 NCAA member schools and among four finalists in each sport.”