LOS ANGELES (December 19, 2017) — Collegiate beach volleyball champions
Kelly Claes and Sara Hughes of USC have been selected 2017 Sportswomen of the
Year by the Los Angeles Sports Council.
Claes (pronounced CLAYS) and Hughes will be honored at the 13th Annual LA Sports
Awards, to be held on Tuesday, February 6 at The Beverly Hilton.
Last May, the elite student-athletes helped the Trojans capture a third consecutive
national team title by defeating Pepperdine in the final of the NCAA Beach Volleyball
Championship in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Claes and Hughes were honored as the No. 1
pair on the NCAA All-Tournament team.
A week later the unstoppable duo won the USA Volleyball Collegiate Beach Pairs
Championship at the Hermosa Beach Pier.
The most dominant duo in the history of college beach volleyball and with the potential
to be the future of American women’s beach teams, the pair finished their 2017 senior
seasons at USC with a 55-1 overall record.
The Orange County natives have since graduated college and now compete on the
professional circuit. In September, they became the youngest team ever to win an AVP
tournament when they captured the season-ending AVP Championships in Chicago, one
of four AVP Top 10 finishes they had in 2017. They also had 4 Top 10 finishes in
international FIVB events and Hughes was named the FIVB Rookie of the Year.
The LA Sports Awards are presented annually by the Sports Council to celebrate the
greatest moments of the year in sports in the Los Angeles/Orange County area.
The ceremony also will feature the presentation of the Lifetime Achievement award to
Bob Miller, plus presentations to the Sportsman Coach, and Sports Executive of the
Year, and a countdown of 2017’s Top Ten moments. The awards banquet will be
televised on Fox Sports West/Prime Ticket (air dates TBA).
Past Sportswoman award honorees include Allyson Felix, Gracie Gold, Candace Parker
and Kerri Walsh Jennings.
Media Contact: Mark Meyers (714) 318-2332
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