June 4, 2001

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - University of Maryland women's lacrosse player Jen Adams has been named the recipient of the 2000-01 Honda Sports Award for lacrosse. Adams has been named the lacrosse award's winner in each of its two years of existence and she is now automatically a nominee for the Honda-Broderick Cup which is presented to the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year on June 11 in Salt Lake City.

Adams -- who was named an All-American by the IWLCA for the third straight year and is up for her third straight national player of the year award -- led the Terrapins in scoring with 88 goals and 60 assists en route to a perfect 23-0 season and the Terps' seventh straight national title. Her 148 points is the most ever in a single season in women's collegiate lacrosse and along the way, she broke the all-time points mark of 420 set by Delaware's Karen Emas (1981-84).

The Honda Awards program is in its 24th year of existence and recognizes the top collegiate women's athlete in each of 12 sports. The winners from the 12 sports, who will comprise the nominees for this year's Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year are as follows:

Student-Athlete	        Sport   	School
Jen Adams               Lacrosse	Maryland
Mohini Bhardwaj         Gymnastics	UCLA
Greichaly Cepero	Volleyball	Nebraska
Marina Digiacomo	Field Hockey	Old Dominion
Jennie Finch    	Softball	Arizona
Meredith Florance	Soccer  	North Carolina
Laura Granville  	Tennis  	Stanford
Kara Grgas-Wheeler	Cross Country	Colorado
Candy Hannemann  	Golf    	Duke
Misty Hyman     	Swimming	Stanford
Jackie Stiles   	Basketball	SW Missouri State
Brenda Taylor    	Track & Field	Harvard