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January 26, 1998

Notre Dame's Daws named Honda-Broderick Cup winner

Cindy Daws, who led Notre Dame to its third straight appearance in the Division I Women's Soccer Championship final in fall 1996, is this year's winner of the Honda-Broderick Cup, presented annually to the nation's outstanding collegiate woman athlete.

Daws, who set school season records of 26 goals and 20 assists during the 1996 season, became the second soccer player to win the award in its 21-year history. Mia Hamm of North Carolina won the award in 1995.

The award was presented January 12 during the annual Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year Dinner in Atlanta. As a midfielder, Daws won the 1996 Hermann Trophy and was named player of the year by the Missouri Athletic Club. A year earlier, she scored the game-winning goal to give Notre Dame its first Division I soccer championship in a triple-overtime final.

Daws also was a dean's list student at Notre Dame and served as team captain, in addition to participating in youth soccer clinics.

She was one of 10 candidates for this year's Honda-Broderick Cup. The other finalists from the 1996-97 academic year were gymnast Kim Arnold, Georgia; golfer Heather Bowie, Texas; basketball player Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee; softball player Trinity Johnson, South Carolina; volleyball player Angelica Ljungquist, Hawaii; tennis player Lilia Osterloh, Stanford; swimmer Kristine Quance, Southern California; cross country/track and field runner Amy Skieresz, Arizona; and field hockey player Cindy Werley, North Carolina.

The Honda-Broderick Cup is awarded not only on the basis of athletic achievement, but also team contribution, scholastic endeavor, school and community involvement, and the personal characteristics reflected in the philosophy of intercollegiate athletics.

Also honored at the Atlanta banquet were basketball Kasey Morlock of North Dakota State University, the Division II Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year, and distance runner Turena Johnson of Luther College, the Division III winner.