TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida State soccer star Jenna Nighswonger will look to close her illustrious career in fashion on Friday night at the MAC Hermann Trophy ceremony. Nighswonger is one of three finalists joining Korbin Albert (Notre Dame) and Michelle Cooper (Duke). The ceremony will take place Friday night at 7:30 p.m. eastern and can be seen live at http://www.machermanntrophy.org/. Nighswonger looks to be the third consecutive Seminole to win the MAC Hermann Trophy as Jaelin Howell won the trophy in 2020 and 2021.
Nighswonger put together a special season for the Seminoles and helped FSU advance to its third-straight College Cup. In starting all 22 games for the Seminoles, Nighswonger recorded career highs in goal (6), assists (16) and points (28). Her 16 assists were the second-most in school history behind Mami Yamaguchi in 2007. In her career, Nighswonger ended with 34 assists, the second-most in school history, and 72 points, which is the ninth-most in school history.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Jenna Nighswonger continues to be honored for her terrific senior season as she was named a Honda Sport Award Finalist as announced by Chris Voelz, Executive Director of THE Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA).
Nighswonger is joined by Tori Hansen of the University of North Carolina, Lilly Reale from UCLA and Reyna Reyes from the University of Alabama as one of the four finalists for the Class of 2023 Honda Sport Award for Soccer.
The Honda Sport Award has been presented annually by the CWSA for the past 47 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 2023 Honda Cup which will be presented during the live telecast of the Collegiate Women Sports Awards Presented by Honda on CBS Sports Network in June.
The soccer finalists were selected by a panel of experts a
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