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Fassi captures Honda Sport award for golf; finalist for top woman athlete

Arkansas’ Maria Fassi won the Honda Sport Award for Golf, announced Thursday by Chris Voelz, executive director of THE Collegiate Women Sports Award.

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FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas’ Maria Fassi won the Honda Sport Award for Golf, announced Thursday by Chris Voelz, executive director of THE Collegiate Women Sports Award.

With her win, Fassi is now a finalist for the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year and the 2019 Honda Cup, which will be presented live in Los Angeles on June 24.

The show will air on CBS Sports Network at 8 p.m.

Fassi is just the second Razorback ever to win a Honda Sport Award, and the first to do so in nearly 20 years.

She joins Amy Yoder-Begley, who won Cross Country’s Sport Award back in 2000. Arkansas Women’s Golf Head Coach Shauna Taylor has produced several finalists for the award, including Gabriela Lopez (2015), Emily Tubert (2012), Kelli Shean (2011) and Stacey Lewis (2007 & 2008), but Fassi becomes the first winner in Arkansas Women’s Golf history.

“For Maria to win this award, it says a lot about her impact on the college game and on our program here at Arkansas,” Taylor said. “From the day I met Maria, I knew she was going to change the game and accomplish so many amazing things.

“She has been a model student-athlete on and off the golf course; winning the Honda Award is just further proof of that.  I am so proud of the way she has led our team, but I am even more proud of the woman she has become.”

The Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico, native was spectacular in her final collegiate season, winning both the SEC and NCAA Individual Titles in her last two events played.

Fassi was also the runner-up at the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur in April.

Due to her masterful performance in her final season in Fayetteville, Fassi won Ping WGCA Player of the Year honors, while also becoming the first golfer ever to win back-to-back ANNIKA awards.

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.

All nominees were chosen through a combination of their NCAA Championship finishes and national golf rankings.

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2024 High School Rankings

Following is the Arkansas Sports Media High School Football Poll including the Overall Top 10, the top five in Classes 7A, 6A, 5A, 4A, 3A and 2A, plus the top three in the 8-man division, as voted by a panel of sports media from around the state for the week ending August 24. Ranking is given with first-place votes received, records, total points and ranking from last week's poll:
OVERALLRecordPtsPrv
1.Bryant (18)8-02521
2.Conway (6)8-02302
3.Greenwood (2)8-02103
4.Little Rock Parkview7-11714
5.Bentonville5-31416
6.Benton7-11265
7.Fayetteville6-21008
8.Pulaski Academy6-2757
9.Rogers5-3459
10.Shiloh Christian6-24010
Others receiving votes: Marion 13, Valley View 9, Joe T Robinson 8, Mountain Home 4, Cabot 3, Elkins 3.
CLASS 7A
1.Bryant (20)8-01241
2.Conway (6)8-01052
3.Bentonville5-3753
4.Fayetteville6-2455
5.Pulaski Academy6-2354
Others receiving votes: Rogers 5.
CLASS 6A
1.Greenwood (26)8-01301
2.Benton7-11022
3.Shiloh Christian6-2713
4.Marion7-1524
5.Mountain Home7-131
Others receiving votes: Little Rock Catholic 4.
CLASS 5A
1.Little Rock Parkview (23)7-11271
2.Joe T Robinson7-1902
3.Valley View (3)8-0803
4.Hot Springs Lakeside7-1484
5.Farmington7-130
Others receiving votes: Camden Fairview 4, Maumelle 4, Morrilton 3, Greenbrier 2, Harding Academy 1.
CLASS 4A
1.Elkins (19)8-01161
2.Arkadelphia (5)6-2792
3.Little Rock Mills (1)8-0703
4.Warren6-2404
5.Malvern (1)8-0315
Others receiving votes: Dardanelle 22, Southside Batesville 11, Mena 8, Bauxite 7, DeWitt 4, Highland 2.
CLASS 3A
4.Bismarck (15)8-01054
5.Fordyce (4)8-0765
Prescott (3)7-1531t
1.Osceola (2)6-149
3.Mayflower (1)8-036
Others receiving votes: Booneville (1) 31, Rivercrest 19, Mansfield 14, Charleston 4, Rison 3.
CLASS 2A
1.Carlisle (21)8-01211
2.Conway Christian (4)8-01042
3.Des Arc7-1663
4.Bigelow (1)6-2455
5.Murfreesboro6-230
Others receiving votes: Marked Tree 10, Mineral Springs 6, Junction City 5, Cross County 1, Mount Ida 1, Poyen 1
8-MAN SANCTIONED
1.Strong-Huttig (25)5-0761
2.Midland (1)7-0502
3.Cedar Ridge7-1253
Others receiving votes: Rector 5.

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