Romero Nominated for Best Female College Athlete ESPY
6/23/2016 12:00:00 AM | Softball
June 23, 2016
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BRISTOL, Conn. -- University of Michigan softball senior Sierra Romero has been nominated for Best Female College Athlete at The 2016 ESPYS presented by Capital One, ESPN announced Wednesday afternoon (June 22). Hosted by WWE Superstar John Cena, the 2016 ESPYS will air live on Wednesday, July 13, at 8 p.m. EDT on ABC from Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.
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Other Best Female College Athlete nominees include UConn basketball's Breanna Stewart, Penn State soccer's Raquel Rodriguez, USC volleyball's Samantha Bricio and Maryland lacrosse's Taylor Cummings.
Romero is the first Michigan female student-athlete to be nominated and the second overall, joining men's basketball's Trey Burke, who was nominated for the 2013 Best Male College Athlete Award. Former Wolverine Tom Brady has been nominated for 12 ESPY Awards, winning Best Breakthrough Athlete in 2002 and Best NFL Player in 2008, and is again up for the top NFL honor this year.
Romero was named the 2016 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year, NFCA Division I Player of the Year and the Honda Award recipient for softball after posting a .451 batting average with 76 runs, 73 hits, 19 home runs and 79 runs batted in. She ranked third nationally with 1.29 runs per game and 1.32 RBI per game and sixth with a .577 on-base percentage and .883 slugging percentage.
A native of Murrieta, California, Romero became the first four-time NFCA All-American in Michigan program history, earning first-team honors each of the last three seasons. She was the inaugural winner of the espnW Softball Player of the Year in 2015, a three-time Big Ten Player of the Year (2013, '14, '16) and twice Michigan's Female Athlete of the Year (2015, '16). She completed her collegiate career as the NCAA record holder in career runs (302) and grand slams (11) and is the only player in NCAA history to record 300 runs, 300 hits and 300 RBI.
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