Ohlde Among Top Five Finalists For Honda Women's Basketball Award
Apr 09, 2004 | Women's Basketball
MANHATTAN, Kan. Kansas State’s Nicole Ohlde was recently named a top five finalist for the 2004 Honda Women’s Basketball Award by the Collegiate Women Sports Awards committee.
Ohlde, a two-time Kodak/WBCA All-American, joins Duke’s Alana Beard, Stanford’s Nicole Powell, Connecticut’s Diana Taurasi and Minnesota’s Lindsay Whalen on this year’s finalist ballot. The winner of the award will be decided by nationwide voting among NCAA member schools and will move on as a nominee for The Honda-Broderick Cup, awarded annually to the nation's outstanding collegiate woman athlete of the year.
This is the second consecutive year in which Ohlde has been selected as a finalist for one of the nation’s most prestigious awards in all of women’s college basketball.
In addition to their selection, American Honda will donate $1,000 to the women's athletic fund of each nominee's university. The winner will be announced on Monday, April 19 with the winner’s program receiving an additional $5,000 donation.
2004 COLLEGIATE WOMEN SPORTS AWARDS HONDA BASKETBALL FINALISTS
Alana Beard, Duke University
Nicole Ohlde, Kansas State University
Nicole Powell, Stanford University
Diana Taurasi, University of Connecticut
Lindsay Whalen, University of Minnesota
