CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – After leading Florida State to its third national championship in the last five seasons, junior forward Jordynn Dudley has been named the Honda Sport Award winner for soccer for the Class of 2026, as announced today by Chris Voelz, Executive Director of The Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA).
Dudley closed the 2025 campaign with 11 goals and 14 assists, as her team-best 36 points ranked seventh in the ACC. The Milton, Georgia, native registered three multi-goal performances this season, including two goals and an assist to lead the Seminoles past Ohio State in the national quarterfinals to send FSU back to the Women’s College Cup.
The announcement comes during a landmark moment for the organization, as the CWSA celebrates its 50th anniversary during the 2025–26 collegiate athletics season. For five decades, the Honda Sport Award has honored the nation’s top women athletes in 12 NCAA-sanctioned sports, symbolizing “the best of the best in collegiate athletics.” Dudley is now a finalist for the prestigious Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year and Class of 2026 Honda Cup, to be presented live on Monday, July 27, at 7 p.m. ET on CBS Sports Network.
Dudley was selected via a nationwide vote of administrators from more than 1,000 NCAA member schools. The other finalists for this year’s award were Jasmine Aikey (Stanford), Seven Castain (TCU) and Izzy Engle (Notre Dame).
Dudley is the 16th Honda Sports Award winner for soccer from the ACC and the 21st among current ACC members. The 16 awards are the most among all conferences. Players from the ACC have won four of the last five honors, including Florida State’s Jaelin Howell and Onyi Echegini in 2021-22 and 2023-24, respectively, and North Carolina’s Kate Faasse a season ago. Dudley is the fifth Honda Sports Award winner for soccer in program history.
Previous Honda Sports Award Winners for Soccer from the ACC
1989-90: Shannon Higgins, North Carolina
1991-92: Kristine Lilly, North Carolina
1992-93: Mia Hamm, North Carolina
1993-94: Mia Hamm, North Carolina
1996-97: Cindy Daws, Notre Dame*
1999-00: Lorrie Fair, North Carolina
2000-01: Meredith Florance, North Carolina
2003-04: Catherine Reddick, North Carolina
2006-07: Heather O’Reilly, North Carolina
2008-09: Casey Nogueira, North Carolina
2009-10: Whitney Engen, North Carolina
2010-11: Melissa Henderson, Notre Dame*
2011-12: Teresa Noyola, Stanford**
2012-13: Crystal Dunn, North Carolina
2017-18: Andi Sullivan, Stanford**
2018-19: Natalia Kuikka, Florida State
2019-20: Catarina Macario, Stanford**
2021-22: Jaelin Howell, Florida State
2023-24: Onyi Echegini, Florida State
2024-25: Kate Faasse, North Carolina
2025-26: Jordynn Dudley, Florida State
* Notre Dame joined the ACC prior to the 2013 season
** Stanford joined the ACC prior to the 2024 season