ATHENS, Ga. — University of Georgia’s Aaliyah Butler has been announced as one of the four finalists for the Class of 2025 Honda Sport Award for Track & Field, as revealed by The Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA).
 

Butler is joined by Alabama’s Doris Lemngole, Washington’s Hana Moll and Michigan’s Savannah Sutherland as finalists.  Kendell Williams has been Georgia’s sole Track & Field winner during the 2016-17 school year.
 
The Honda Sport Award has been presented annually by the CWSA for the past 49 years, recognizing the top women athletes in 12 NCAA-sanctioned sports and symbolizing “the best of the best in collegiate athletics.”  The recipient of the sport award will become a finalist for the prestigious Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year and the 2025 Honda Cup, which will be presented during the live broadcast of the Collegiate Women Sports Awards Presented by Honda on June 30, at 7 p.m. on CBS Sports Network.
 

The track & field finalists were chosen by a panel of experts from the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).  The Honda Sport award winner for track & field will be announced later this week after voting by administrators from over 1,000 NCAA member schools.  Each NCAA member institution has a vote. 
 

Butler, hailing from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., delivered a standout 2025 season, headlined by her individual national title in the 400 meters at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.  Her winning time of 49.26 not only set a new school record but also marked the fifth-fastest performance in collegiate history.  Butler also anchored Georgia’s 4×400-meter relay to victory, securing the program’s first-ever national title in the event and helping propel the Bulldogs to their first NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship.
 
Throughout the season, the junior dominated the Southeastern Conference, sweeping both the indoor and outdoor 400-meter titles.  Her consistent excellence earned her five NCAA First Team All-America honors in 2025 alone, bringing her career total to 11 All-America accolades.  A fixture on the Bowerman Watch List with seven appearances, she also excelled academically as a member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
 
A 2024 Olympic gold medalist as part of Team USA’s 4×400-meter relay squad, Butler continues to affirm her place among the elite in collegiate and international track and field.
 
The CWSA, now in its 49th year, celebrates the nation’s top NCAA women athletes for their excellence in athletics, leadership, academics, and community service. Since its partnership began in 1986, Honda has provided more than $3.4 million in institutional grants to the universities of award winners and nominees, supporting the growth and success of women’s athletics programs.
 
About Honda Corporate Social Responsibility and the Honda USA Foundation 
For more than 65 years in the U.S., Honda has been committed to making positive contributions to the communities where its associates live and work. The company’s mission is to create products and services that help people fulfill their life’s potential, while conducting business in a sustainable manner and fostering an inclusive workplace. Advancing its corporate social responsibility, Honda and the Honda USA Foundation support this direction through giving focused on education, the environment, mobility, traffic safety, and community.  
 
Learn more at http://csr.honda.com/.  
 
 

BOCA RATON, Fla. – Florida Atlantic volleyball alumna Valeria Rosado signed her first professional volleyball contract with Club Voleibol Melilla (C.V. Melilla) on Wednesday.
 
C.V. Melilla competes in the Spanish secondary league within the Royal Spanish Volleyball Federation. The volleyball club was founded in 2002, but the women’s team competed in its inaugural season in 2022-23.
 
Rosado closed out a decorated career at Florida Atlantic in the fall of 2024. Throughout her career, Rosado received numerous honors, including 2023 AAC Second Team All-Conference, 2024 AAC All-Tournament Team, 2024 AAC Preseason All-Conference, and 2021 All-WAC Freshman Team. As a dominant six-rotation player for the Owls, Rosado closed out her career seventh all-time at Florida Atlantic in career attacks (2,776), in addition to recording 1,146 career kills, averaging 2.87 kills per set, and 959 career digs, averaging 2.4 digs per set. She was also a strong presence at the net and at the service line, posting 137 blocks and 105 service aces over her four-year career.
 
C.V. Melilla enters its fourth season in 2025-26, with play beginning in the fall of 2025.
 
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UC Santa Barbara has officially appointed Emma Myall as the head coach of its Women’s Water Polo team. Myall stepped into the interim role just before the 2025 season, leading the team to a successful 16-13 record, highlighted by wins over ranked opponents. Under her guidance, three players achieved All-Big West honors, with two becoming the first Gauchos duo since 2013 to score over 50 goals in a season. Myall has been credited for fostering a resilient team culture, achieving significant momentum through close games, including four overtime matches.

By the Numbers

• 16-13 overall record during the 2025 season.
• Two players scored over 50 goals, with one reaching 60 goals for the first time in six years.

Yes, But

Myall’s appointment marks a shift in coaching leadership, and some may question the transition after a relatively short interim period. Concerns could arise about continuity and whether the team’s recent successes will translate into sustained performance under her permanent leadership.

State of Play

• Myall led the Gauchos to The Big West’s second-best defense this past season.
• Notable matches included comebacks against ranked teams, solidifying her team’s resilience.

What’s Next

Going forward, expectations for Myall will focus on building upon last season’s success and further developing the team’s infrastructure. Her leadership style, centered on connection and culture, will be crucial in navigating the team’s growth and competitiveness in upcoming seasons.

Bottom Line

Emma Myall’s promotion is a strategic move aimed at leveraging her successful interim season and solidifying a culture of resilience and success within the UC Santa Barbara Women’s Water Polo program. Her emphasis on teamwork and dedication will be pivotal as the program seeks to establish itself among the top teams in the region.

Have you been spending the last five weeks or so wondering when exactly we would get the 2025 Big East schedule for Marquette volleyball? After all, MU and new head coach Tom Mendoza announced the non-conference schedule back on May 9th, but the calendar clicked over into June and kept on going without word about the conference slate.

WORRY NO LONGER!

Marquette announced their 2025 Big East schedule on Wednesday, and with it came some pretty notable pieces of information.

ITEM THE FIRST: Marquette is hosting the 2025 Big East tournament….. although that’s not completely news, as the league has been going with a “regular season champ hosts next year, unless they hosted this year, then next year is 2nd place” model for a while now. Creighton won the league and hosted the tourney last year, so yep, second place Marquette and Milwaukee will be the host this fall.

ITEM THE SECOND: That Big East tournament? It’s not on Thanksgiving weekend any more. Nope, it’s one week earlier, November 22nd and 23rd. Yes, it’s two days because…….

ITEM THE THIRD: So long, First Round/Quarterfinals! The Big East tournament is back to a four team semifinals then championship match format. Given that both soccer tournaments are doing that this season, we probably shouldn’t be surprised here.

ITEM THE FOURTH: Guess what happens when you move the tournament back a week? That’s right, you lose a week of regular season competition, and sure enough, Marquette is playing a 16 game Big East schedule this year. They will host both Providence and UConn and visit both Georgetown and Villanova for the only meetings of the season against those four teams. The other 12 games on the slate are home-and-home dates with the other six teams in the Big East.

Yes, that means that the home-and-home schedule for Creighton remains intact, which is great news for Marquette’s RPI. The home date against the Bluejays will be the third Big East game of the year and is set for Thursday, October 2nd, while the road contest will be almost one month later on Saturday, November 1st. Those two matches are particularly interesting this year, as both Marquette and Creighton have new head coaches. The fact that the Big East could be as wide open as it has been in a decade does make it slightly weird that the league is reducing the number of regular season games AND eliminating two teams from the conference tournament at the same time.

By the way: As far as I can tell, Selection Sunday is still the Sunday after Thanksgiving. This means that the teams that advance to the Big East tournament will be sitting idle for a week…. Or at the very least, Marquette will be if that’s what’s in their future, as MU does not have any matches scheduled after the regular season finale on November 16th.

By the way: Since Marquette is starting Big East play with four home matches, that means that the Golden Eagles will play 13 straight contests at home…. As long as you consider the Wisconsin match at Fiserv a home game for Marquette. It also means that they’ll close the season with eight of their final 12 games on the road. That feels not ideal.

Here’s the full 2025 schedule!

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ALL-ORANGE COUNTY GIRLS BEACH VOLLEYBALL 2025

PLAYERS OF THE YEAR

Emma Champagne and Sara Moynihan, JSerra

No Orange County beach volleyball team advanced further than they did in the CIF Southern Section pairs championships.

The JSerra duo of Emma Champagne and Sara Moynihan made it to the CIF-SS pairs semifinals. That was one of many highlights for Champagne and Moynihan.

Champagne and Moynihan, both juniors, went 3-0 in pool play in the CIF-SS pairs tournament. In the bracketed playoffs, they defeated the Huntington Beach team of Olivia Foye and Molly Serafin in the first round and Keile Belkin and Makenzie Holden of Newbury Park in the second round.

Their quarterfinal opponents were their teammates, the JSerra team of Ruby Hill and Skylar Noble. Hill-Noble had defeated Champagne-Moynihan in the Trinity League championships.

Champagne-Moynihan lost to the Redondo team of twin sisters Addison and Avery Junk 21-19, 21-14 in the semifinals. The Junk twins went on to win the CIF-SS title.

The Champagne-Moynihan tandem also helped JSerra reach the semifinals of the CIF-SS Division 1 beach volleyball team championships. The second-seeded Lions lost to eventual champion Redondo 3-2 in the semifinals.

JSerra finished 17-2 overall and won the Trinity League championship with a 6-0 league record. The Lions losses were to Redondo inthe CIF-SS Division 1 team semis and to Mira Costa. Mira Costa was the team Redondo defeated in the CIF-SS Division 1 team finals.

Moynihan committed to USC for beach volleyball. Champagne committed to UCLA for beach volleyball.

Champagne and Moynihan became teammates last season as sophomores. JSerra coach Heidi Colapinto said the two are cohesive in every way.

“They really complement each other,” Colapinto said. “A lot of their success is from what’s going on inside their minds.

“They’re top-level competitors, physically gifted for sure, and they really don’t like to lose. They play well under pressure, they play together and they’re mentally strong.”

COACH OF THE YEAR

Heidi Colapinto, JSerra

Heidi Colapinto of JSerra is the Orange County beach volleyball coach of the year for the 2025 season.

Two JSerra teams won their pools in CIF Southern Section beach volleyball pairs championships. Lions teams were a collective 5-2 in the CIF-SS pairs playoffs. In the CIF-SS Division 1 beach volleyball team championships the Lions advanced to the semifinals.

JSerra teams finished in first, second, third and fourth place in the Trinity League championships.

ALL-COUNTY FIRST TEAM 

Emma Champagne, Jr. and Sara Moynihan, Jr., JSerra

The Orange County players of the year.

Gigi Green, Sr. and Macey Smith, Sr., Aliso Niguel

They were South Coast League champions.

Taylor Ponchak, Sr. and Zoe Znider, Jr., Huntington Beach

Their team, which reached the quarterfinals of the CIF Southern Section paris championships, was the Sunset League MVP team.

Olivia Foye, Sr. and Molly Serafin, Jr., Huntington Beach

They were selected All-Sunset League first team and were quarterfinalists in the CIF-SS pairs tournament.

Ruby Hill, Sr., Sr. and Skylar Noble, Jr., JSerra

Hill and Noble were All-Trinity League co-MVPs after winning the league tournament.

Jordyn Flynn, Fr. and Kyra Zaengle, Sr., Laguna Beach

Among their many victories was a three-set triumph over JSerra’s Champagne-Moynihan team.

Piper Coady, Fr. and Ella Olson, So., Newport Harbor

They were selected All-Sunset League first team.

ALL-COUNTY SECOND TEAM 

Aubree Marsden, Fr. and Elizabeth Park, Jr., Crean Lutheran

Madison Gillinger, Fr. and Isabella Millichap, Jr., Edison

Grace Fogel, Sr. and Nicole Thorp, Sr., JSerra

Kaitlyn Herweg, So. and Brynn Minter, Jr., Los Alamitos

Isabella Giarla, Sr. and Addison Uphoff, Fr., Sage Hill

Ella Dinnie, Sr. and Megan Hodges, So., San Juan Hills

Peyton Baro, Sr. and Dana Healy, Sr., Trabuco Hills

ALL-COUNTY THIRD TEAM

Shauna McDowell, Sr. and Bella Lee, Sr., Capistrano Valley Christian

Ava Champagne, Fr. and Presley Johnson, Jr., JSerra

Katy Foley, Sr. and Ashley Repetti, Sr., Los Alamitos

Ayva Ostovar, Sr. and Layli Ostovar, Jr., Mater Dei

Lydia LeVier, So. and Bella Turcios, Fr., San Juan Hills

Memphis Burnett, Jr. and Kate Jackson, So., Santa Margarita

Samantha Duran, Jr. and Sarah MacDonald, So., St. Margaret’s