Ryleigh Heck Wins Field Hockey Honda Award

Posted Jan 16, 2024
UNC sophomore Ryleigh Heck is the winner of the 2024 Honda Sport Award for field hockey, as announced on Tuesday by the Collegiate Women Sports Awards. She's the sixth Tar Heel to win the honor, following Leslie Lyness (1989), Cindy Werley (1996 and 1997), Rachel Dawson (2007), Ashley Hoffman (2018), and Erin Matson (2019, 2020, and 2022). (GoHeels.com)

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