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OSU's Stark Named Finalist For Honda Sport Award - Oklahoma State Athletics

STILLWATER – Oklahoma State All-American Maja Stark was named one of four finalists for the 2021 Honda Sport Award for Golf from the Collegiate Women Sports Awards.

A sophomore from Abbekas, Sweden, Stark was a 2021 ANNIKA Award finalist and a 2021 WGCA first-team All-American. She led Oklahoma State to a national runner-up finish at the 2021 NCAA Championship and set a program record with a stroke average of 70.48 (-1.42 to par). She finished the year ranked No. 4 nationally by GolfStat and went 49-2 in head-to-head competition again top-100 players in the country.

The two-time event winner recorded more birdies (139) and rounds of par or better (22) than any player in school history, and her par-3 (2.99) and par-4 (3.99) scoring averages set new school records as well.

Stark is joined on the 2021 Honda Sport Award ballot by Stanford teammates Rachel Heck and Angelina Ye, as well as Emma Spitz of UCLA.

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 which will be presented on a telecast on CBS Sports Network, on June 28th, at 8 pm CT.

The golf finalists were chosen by a panel of experts representing the WGCA. The Honda Sport award winner for women's golf will be announced next week after voting by administrators from over 1,000 NCAA member schools. Each NCAA member institution has a vote.

The CWSA, celebrating its 45th anniversary 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 partnership in 1986, Honda has provided more than $3.4 million in institutional grants to the universities of the award winners and nominees to support women's athletics programs. 
 

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