Fahey Named Finalist for Honda Sport Award
5/31/2019 1:32:00 PM | Women's Tennis
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Following her stellar senior season for the University of Michigan women's tennis team, senior Kate Fahey has been named as a finalist for the 2019 Honda Sport Award for tennis as announced Friday (May 31) by the Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA).
Fahey ended the season ranked No. 3 in singles after compiling a 38-6 overall record, including a 21-1 record at the No. 1 spot in dual matches. She earned All-America honors in both singles and doubles this season as she and classmate Brienne Minor finished as runners-up in the NCAA Doubles Championship. Fahey repeated as Big Ten Athlete of the Year and grabbed her fourth straight All-Big Ten nod on the strength of a 9-0 regular-season conference record and a 3-0 showing at the Big Ten Tournament.
Fahey, a three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree, leaves Michigan as the program's winningest singles player of all-time (132). She reached the quarterfinals of the 2017 NCAA Singles Championship and has three All-America citations to her name. She was named the Big Ten Athlete of the Week four times this past season to move her career total to seven. Fahey finished as the singles runner-up at the 2018 ITA Fall National Championships after sweeping the singles and doubles titles at the ITA Midwest Regional Championships.
Fahey joins Minor (2017) as Wolverines in program history to be named a finalist for this prestigious award.
The Honda Sport Award has been presented annually by the CWSA for the past 43 years to the top women athletes in 12 NCAA-sanctioned sports and signifies "the best of the best in collegiate athletics."Â The winner of the sport award becomes a finalist for the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year and the prestigious 2019 Honda Cup.
The nominees were chosen by a combination of NCAA Championship finishes and national tennis rankings. The Honda Sport Award winner for tennis will be announced later this week after voting by administrators from over 1,000 NCAA member schools. Each NCAA member institution has a vote.
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