The Bowerman is given each year to the most outstanding male and female NCAA track & field athletes. Florida State’s Trey Cunningham won the 2022 men’s award and Kentucky’s Abby Steiner won the 2022 women’s award.
Here’s everything you need to know about the annual honor, presented by the USTFCCCA.
What is The Bowerman and who is it named after?
The Bowerman debuted in 2009 as an award to honor the most outstanding male and female NCAA track & field athletes.
The athlete of the year award’s namesake, Bill Bowerman, is a legend in track and field, coaching at Oregon from 1949-72. Bowerman’s Ducks won four national team titles and finished twice as runner-up. Individually, Bowerman coached 24 NCAA individual champs, 33 Olympians and 64 All-Americans. Bowerman also coached the 1972 Olympic Team.
Off the track, Bowerman was president of the USTFCCCA’s predecessor organization, the National Collegiate Track Coaches Association, and later co-founded Nike. Bowerman also was one of the primary leaders in the formation of the United States Track and Field Federation. For his contributions to the sport, Bowerman was an inaugural inductee into the USTFCCCA Hall of Fame in 1995.
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