AUBURN, ALABAMA – JANUARY 24: Jade Carey of the Oregon State Beavers competes on the floor during a … More
The best female gymnasts in NCAA sports have entered the chat. Jordan Bowers (Oklahoma), Jade Carey (Oregon State), Audrey Davis (Oklahoma) and Aleah Finnegan (LSU) are their sport’s four Honda Sport Award nominees.
The Honda Sport Award is a prestigious achievement, recognizing the top female athletes from 12 NCAA-sanctioned sports. Each of these sports receives four nominees, and the 12 winners of the Honda Sport Award are automatically in the running for the Honda-Broderick Cup award, which represents the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year. The last gymnast to win the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year was the University of Alabama’s Kim Jacob in 2014.
Two 2025 National Champions, Two 2024 Olympians
Jade Carey (Oregon State) is a finalist for the Honda Sport Award for the fourth time in her career. Carey, the 2021 and 2024 Olympian, has had a jam-packed year following her Paris Games run. She jumped right back into the NCAA, where she was ranked No. 1 in the regular season for both balance beam and all-around while posting the highest all-around score in the NCAA in 2025 with a 39.925. During the season, Carey also earned four perfect tens and won the 2025 AAI Award–which is considered the Heisman Trophy of gymnastics.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS – APRIL 17: Jordan Bowers of the Oklahoma Sooners wins the all-around national … More
Jordan Bowers (Oklahoma) secured a finalist spot for the Honda Sport Award for the second time in her career. Additionally, this year, Bowers earned SEC Gymnast of the year in Oklahoma’s first year in the SEC, was named an AAI Award Finalist and was the NCAA National all-around champion, which helped her team win their seventh National Championship. Bowers also recorded the second highest all-around score in the NCAA in 2025, firing a 39.9 after three perfect tens on vault, uneven bars and floor.
Audrey Davis (Oklahoma) is a first-time finalist for the Honda Sport Award. She is a two-time AAI Award Finalist (2024, 2025), was ranked No. 1 in the regular season on uneven bars, averaging a 9.931 after scoring a 9.975 three times and a 9.95 six times this season. Davis also helped her team bring home the 2025 NCAA Championship.
Aleah Finnegan (LSU) is also a first-time finalist for the Honda Sport Award after competing back-to-back on the world and collegiate stages. She competed in the 2024 Paris Games representing the Philippines and then went straight back into training for the NCAA season. Finneagan was a finalist for this year’s AAI Award, earned a perfect 10 on balance beam, which is the same event where she secured the National Championship for LSU in 2024.
How To Watch the Honda Sport Award
The Honda Sport Award will be presented on June 30 at 7 p.m. ET on CBS Sports Network.
