Kim Jacob Wins 2014 Honda Sport Award
Kim Jacob Wins 2014 Honda Sport Award
Alabama senior Kim Jacob was named the 2014 Honda Sports Award winner for gymnastics. Jacob concluded her career by winning all-around at the NCAA Championships. She is an 11-time NCAA All-American, including four first-team honors in 2014, the most in the nation.
“It was a huge honor just to be considered for this prestigious award, “Jacob said. “I remember when my teammate Kayla Hoffman earned The Honda Award during my freshman year and thinking at the time what an amazing honor it was for her. I never would have dreamed that this award would come my way. I am beyond honored and proud, and I can’t thank all those who have helped along during my journey to this point in my life enough. I am extremely humbled and blessed.”
Jacob was chosen by a vote of administrators from over 1,000 NCAA schools. Finalists from this year were Katherine Grable from Arkansas, Bridget Sloan from Florida, and Emily Wong from Nebraska.
“Kim has enjoyed a tremendous career here at The University of Alabama and has excelled at the highest level in the classroom, in the gym and in the world outside of both,” UA head coach Sarah Patterson said. “She is an extraordinary young woman who is the very essence of what this award is all about. More than that, she has been the heart of our program from the first moment she stepped on campus. She is a servant leader not only as part of our team, but in the larger community around her, and I couldn’t be prouder of her and all she’s accomplished.”
The Honda Sports Award is presented annually by the Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA) and given and is given to the top women athletes in 12 NCAA sports. Jacob now becomes a finalist for the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the year and the 2014 Honda Cup. Only two gymnasts total have ever gone on to win the prestigious Honda Cup, Courtney Kupets (University of Georgia) in 2009 and Missy Marlowe (University of Utah) in 1992.
Via Alabama Gymnastics
“It was a huge honor just to be considered for this prestigious award, “Jacob said. “I remember when my teammate Kayla Hoffman earned The Honda Award during my freshman year and thinking at the time what an amazing honor it was for her. I never would have dreamed that this award would come my way. I am beyond honored and proud, and I can’t thank all those who have helped along during my journey to this point in my life enough. I am extremely humbled and blessed.”
Jacob was chosen by a vote of administrators from over 1,000 NCAA schools. Finalists from this year were Katherine Grable from Arkansas, Bridget Sloan from Florida, and Emily Wong from Nebraska.
“Kim has enjoyed a tremendous career here at The University of Alabama and has excelled at the highest level in the classroom, in the gym and in the world outside of both,” UA head coach Sarah Patterson said. “She is an extraordinary young woman who is the very essence of what this award is all about. More than that, she has been the heart of our program from the first moment she stepped on campus. She is a servant leader not only as part of our team, but in the larger community around her, and I couldn’t be prouder of her and all she’s accomplished.”
The Honda Sports Award is presented annually by the Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA) and given and is given to the top women athletes in 12 NCAA sports. Jacob now becomes a finalist for the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the year and the 2014 Honda Cup. Only two gymnasts total have ever gone on to win the prestigious Honda Cup, Courtney Kupets (University of Georgia) in 2009 and Missy Marlowe (University of Utah) in 1992.
Via Alabama Gymnastics