CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – North Carolina sophomore Erin Matson has been named the Honda Sport Award winner for Field Hockey, as announced Monday by Chris Voelz, Executive Director of the Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA).
Matson, who also earned the National Field Hockey Coaches Association's National Player of the Year Award, is the fifth Tar Heel to earn the Honda Award for field hockey, on the sixth occasion. Previous UNC winners are Leslie Lyness (1989), Cindy Werley (1996, 1997), Rachel Dawson (2007) and Ashley Hoffman (2018).
"Winning the Honda Sport Award is such an honor, and I'm extremely grateful to have even been nominated," Matson said.