Megan Taylor Earns 2019 Honda Award
6/17/2019 9:47:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Goalkeeper Megan Taylor was named the Honda Sport Award winner for lacrosse, as announced Monday.
The Honda Award has been presented annually by the Collegiate Women Sports Awards for the past 43 years to the top women athletes in 12 NCAA-sanctioned sports and signifies "the best of the best in collegiate athletics." With this honor, Taylor becomes a finalist for the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year and the prestigious Class of 2019 Honda Cup which will be presented on a live telecast on CBS Sports Network on June 24, 2019, at 6 pm PT/9 pm ET, in downtown Los Angeles.
"I'm so honored to be selected as the Honda Award winner for lacrosse," said Taylor. "I was fortunate to play with the best teammates and for the most amazing coaches in the world and this wouldn't be possible without them and all their hard work. My time at Maryland was truly the best four years of my life and I'm so grateful to forever be a Terp."
Taylor became the first goalie ever to win the Tewaaraton Award a few weeks back after leading Maryland to the 2019 National Championship by sporting a .551 save percentage, the best of any power five goalie in the country. The goalie was also named the IWLCA National Player of the Year, a First Team All-American and was the NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player.
"We couldn't be more proud of Megan and all she has accomplished at Maryland," said head coach Cathy Reese. "She is such an amazing person, goalie, leader and teammate and is so deserving of all the recognition she has earned this year. This is an incredible honor for both Megan and our program."
Taylor becomes the fifth Terp to win the Honda Award and marks the eighth time a Maryland player has won it. Zoe Stukenberg won in 2017, Taylor Cummings earned the honor three years in a row from 2014-16. Current assistant coach Caitlyn Phipps won the honor in 2010 while Jen Adams was recognized in 2000 and 2001.
In her four years in College Park, Taylor helped Maryland put together an 87-4 record with two National Titles and seven Big Ten titles. Taylor never lost a regular season game or a game att home.
Taylor was chosen by a vote of administrators from over 1,000 NCAA member schools. Finalists included Sam Apuzzo (Boston College), Dempsey Arsenault (Boston College) and Selena Lasota (Northwestern).
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