SEATTLE – A pair of Washington student-athletes and the UW soccer workforce have been nominated for 2023 Seattle Sports Star awards.
 
Baylee Klingler is a nominee for Sports Star of the Year, Women’s Sports. A unanimous First-Team All-American, Klinger was named Pac-12 Player of the Year in 2022, main the league in house runs, RBI and batting common. She was additionally a top-three finalist for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year honor.
 
Michael Penix Jr. is a candidate for Sports Star of the Year, Men’s Sports. Penix completed eighth within the Heisman Trophy voting this yr and was named Most Outstanding Offensive Player after main the Huskies to victory within the Alamo Bowl. He set the Washington single-season file for passing yards with 4,641.
 
UW’s standout season is nominated for Sports Story of the Year, which is given to a person, group of people or group that positively captured the eye of and impressed the state of Washington. The Huskies (11-2, 7-2 Pac-12) received the Valero Alamo Bowl over No. 20 Texas, which was their fourth win over a ranked opponent in 2022. In his first season as head coach, Kalen DeBoer‘s workforce completed No. 8 within the closing AP ballot.
 
Past Seattle Sports Star Award recipients:

• Gabbie Plain, Sports Star of the Year, Women’s Sports (2022)
• Sis Bates, Sports Star of the Year, Women’s Sports (2019)
• Ali Aguilar, Sports Star of the Year, Women’s Sports (2018)
• Dante Pettis, Sports Star of the Year, Men’s Sports (2018)
• Kelsey Plum, Sports Star of the Year, Women’s Sports (2016)
• UW males’s rowing, Sports Star of the Year, Men’s Sports (2015)
• Krista Vansant, Sports Star of the Year, Women’s Sports (2013)
• Tim Lincecum, Sports Star of the Year, Men’s Sports (2010)
• Jake Locker, Sports Star of the Year, Men’s Sports (2009)
• UW softball, Sports Star of the Year, Women’s Sports (2009)
• Jon Brockman, Sports Star of the Year, Men’s Sports (2008)
• Danielle Lawire, Sports Star of the Year, Women’s Sports (2007)
• Brandon Roy, Sports Star of the Year, Men’s Sports  (2006)
• Courtney Thompson, Sports Star of the Year, Women’s Sports (2006)
• Christal Morrison, Sports Star of the Year, Women’s Sports (2005)
• Marques Tuiasosopo, Sports Star of the Year, Men’s Sports (1999)
• Rhonda Smith, Sports Star of the Year, Women’s Sports (1994)
• Don James, Sports Star of the Year, Men’s Sports (1981)
• Warren Moon, Sports Star of the Year, Men’s Sports (1977)
• Marv Harshman, Sports Star of the Year, Men’s Sports (1975)
• George Pocock, Sports Star of the Year, Men’s Sports (1948)
• Hec Edmudson, Sports Star of the Year, Men’s Sports (1943)
• Al Ulbrickson, Sports Star of the Year, Men’s Sports (1936)

 
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