The Women’s Sports Foundation is hosting the 2022 Sportswoman of the Year campaign and has had an open voting forum for fans to select their favorite athlete in Individual and Team Sports categories since August 12 based on the theme of “Honoring the Year’s Best in Women’s Sports.”
Today is the last day of voting and softball star Haylie McCleney is one of the finalists in the Team Sports category. The winner in each category will be the athlete who receives the highest combined share of a public vote (50% of composite) and the Awards Committee vote (50% of composite).
To vote, go to SportsWomanoftheYear.com (or simply click HERE) and scroll down to the team section where Haley’s photo and bio are presented along with a “VOTE” button.
Here’s what Haylie’s bio looks like:
According to the Women’s Sports Foundation:
“These 20 athletes have been selected based on their exceptional athletic performances over the past 12 months… Voting ends Monday, Aug. 22 at 11:59 p.m. EST.”
The winners in each category will be announced on Wednesday, October 12th at the 2021 Annual Salute to Women in Sports to be held at Pier Sixty in New York City at 6 pm EST and will be live broadcasted on Yahoo! Sports.
The event is being sponsored by Athleta, Delta, espn@, Gatorade, NBC Sports Group and Yahoo! Sports among others.
In 2021, the Annual was hosted by softball legend and MLB analyst Jessica Mendoza, and featuring guests including WSF Founder Billie Jean King, Phaidra Knight, Meghan Duggan, Jordan Larson, Kaleo Maclay, Joe Torre, Julie Foudy, Tara VanDerveer and Allyson Felix.
This year’s event focus will be to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Title IX and “celebrating the power of Title IX and the exceptional athletes, coaches and leaders who are fueling the movement for gender equity in sports.”
Click HERE to read more on Title IX, which celebrated it’s 50th anniversary on June 23, 2022.
USA Softball is also promoting the softball standout through its social media:
𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿: Cast your vote for the 2022 Sportswoman of the Year!
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲:
Click here → https://t.co/bO9FC5jV3P
Scroll down to 𝗛𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗠𝗰𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘆
Click 𝗩𝗢𝗧𝗘
Done ✅ pic.twitter.com/lgPUZUkdKh— USA Softball Women's National Team 🇺🇸 (@USASoftballWNT) August 16, 2022
