Malvern Daily Record

Arkansas to compete in 2023 Taxact Clearwater Invitation­al

GIBSON SELECTED AS FINALIST FOR HONDA SPORT AWARD FOR SOFTBALL

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FAYETTEVIL­LE – The Arkansas Razorback softball team joins a loaded 16-team field for the fourth annual Taxact Clearwater Invitation­al presented by Evoshield.

Regarded as one of the most prestigiou­s tournament­s in college softball, the Taxact Clearwater Invitation­al is slated for Feb. 16-19 at the Eddie C. Moore Complex in Clearwater, Fla. All games will be available on the ESPN family of networks.

The full field includes Arkansas, Alabama, Arizona, Duke, Florida

State, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississipp­i State, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, South Florida, Texas A&M, UCF, UCLA and Virginia Tech.

It will be the Hogs’ first appearance at the tournament. A full tournament schedule and ticket informatio­n will be released in the fall.

Senior infielder Danielle Gibson was named one of four finalists for the 2022 Honda Sport Award for Softball, the Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA) announced Tuesday afternoon. Gibson, the first two-time NFCA All-american in program history, compiled an illustriou­s senior campaign as a Razorback. Gibson set single-season school records in batting average (.445), hits (81), RBI (70) and total bases (155) as a senior. Hailing from Murrieta, Calif., Gibson was previously named a Top 10 Finalist for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year to go along with NFCA First Team All-american, NFCA First Team All-south Region, First Team ALL-SEC, SEC All-defensive Team, SEC Community Service Team and COSIDA Second Team Academic All-america accolades.

The Honda Sport Award has been presented annually by the CWSA for the past 46 years to the top women athletes in 12 Ncaa-sanctioned sports and signifies “the best of the best in college athletics”. The winner of the sport award becomes a finalist for the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year and the prestigiou­s 2022 Honda Cup, which will be presented during the live telecast of the Collegiate Women Sports Awards Presented by Honda on CBS Sports Network on June 27.

Oklahoma’s Jocelyn Alo, South Florida’s Georgina Corrick and Washington’s Baylee Klingler were also named finalists.

The softball finalists were selected by a panel of coaches and experts from the National Fastpitch Coaches Associatio­n (NFCA). The Honda Sport award winner for softball will be announced later this week after voting by administra­tors from over 1,000 NCAA member schools. Each NCAA member institutio­n has a vote.

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