South Carolina basketball star Aliyah Boston named Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year

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South Carolina basketball star Aliyah Boston was named the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year on Monday night.

She received the Honda Cup in a ceremony at Galen Center on the University of Southern California campus. Boston’s coach, Dawn Staley, won the award in 1991 as a basketball player at Virginia.

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Aliyah Boston #4 of the South Carolina Gamecocks reacts during the national championship trophy presentation after defeating the UConn Huskies 64-49 during the 2022 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament National Championship game at Target Center on April 03, 2022 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

The junior forward is the first basketball player to win the award since Breanna Stewart in 2016. Overall, 16 basketball players have won the Honda Cup — the most of any sport.

"It means a lot. A lot of these women are my role models," Boston said. "Coach Staley was a past winner. Candace Parker was my role model since I was nine years old."

Boston helped South Carolina to its second national championship this past spring and was the AP women's basketball Player of the Year.

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South Carolina forward Aliyah Boston dribbles during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Auburn, Feb. 17, 2022, in Columbia, S.C. Boston was named the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year on Monday, June 27, 2022.  (AP Photo/Sean Rayford, File)

"All these women on the stage help each sport they play," Boston said.

The top three were selected by voting of nearly 1,000 NCAA member schools, and the