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Minnesota Diving: Sarah Bacon wins Honda Sport Award

In an already well decorated career that was highlighted by her third and fourth NCAA Championships this spring, Sarah Bacon can add one more major award to her haul Bacon was named the Honda Sport Award winner for swimming and diving earlier this week. Bacon becomes the first Gopher athletes to ever win a Honda Sport Award in any category!

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”. With this honor, Bacon becomes a finalist for the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year and the prestigious Class of 2021 Honda Cup, which will be presented on a telecast on CBS Sports Network on Monday, June 28 at 8 p.