Webb is joined by Alabama's Luisa Blanco, Denver's Lynnzee Brown and Minnesota's Lexy Ramler as finalists for the prestigious award. This marks the fifth consecutive season the Sooners have had at least one finalist from the women's gymnastics team.
The Honda Sport Award has been presented annually by the CWSA for the past 45 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 2021 Honda Cup.
The nominees were chosen by a panel of coaches representing the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA). The Honda Sport Award winner for Gymnastics will be announced later this week after voting by administrators from over 1,000 NCAA member schools. Each NCAA member institution has a vote.
Webb had an outstanding senior season capped off with the winning of three individual national titles. The Morton Grove, Ill., native claimed the all-around, vault and floor national championships with one of her best performances of the season. She became just the ninth gymnast in NCAA history to earn three titles in one championship competition.
The 2021 Big 12 Gymnast of the Year, Region 4 Gymnast of the Year and an AAI Finalist, Webb helped lead Oklahoma to an NCAA Runner-Up finish in her senior season. Along the way, she picked up All-America honors and was the only gymnast in the nation to earn first-team accolades on all four events and in the all-around. Webb now has 20 career All-America honors to her name to rank second all-time in OU history.
In 2021, Webb earned four perfect 10s with two on vault and one each on bars and beam. She earned a career high of 39.850 in the all-around as she racked up 33 career event titles. Webb now ranks second all-time in OU history with 67 event wins.
Webb has competed in every single meet of her OU career, picking up nine All-Big 12 team accolades, three individual Big 12 crowns and two major Big 12 awards. The No. 1 ranked gymnast in the nation on vault, Webb also excelled in the classroom as a three-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection.
The CWSA, celebrating its 43rd year, has honored the nation's top NCAA women athletes for their superior athletic skills, leadership, academic excellence and eagerness to participate in community service. Since commencing its sponsorship in 1986, Honda has provided more than $3.1 million in institutional grants to the universities of the award winners and nominees to support women's athletics programs.
Webb will look to become just the third Sooner to earn the Honda Sport Award for women's gymnastics. Kelly Garrison received the honor in 1987 and 1988 and Maggie Nichols claimed it in 2019. Keilani Ricketts (softball, 2012 & 2013) is the only other Sooner to have earned a Honda Sport Award and the only to claim the Honda Cup (2013).
April 23, 2021 at 05:30AM
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