University of Notre Dame All-American soccer player, Melissa Henderson -- was honored with the Honda Sports Award -- which signifies her as the top athlete in women's college soccer! The Honda Sports Award is awarded annually to the top student-athletes in 12 NCAA sanctioned sports. Melissa is the second Notre Dame athlete to ever receive this award for their sport -- and the previous winner was also a ND soccer player, Cindy Daws who took home the award in 1997. Here is the USA Today story:
LINK: HENDERSON NAMED TOP COLLEGE SOCCER PLAYER!