The 2015 ESPY Awards. (ABC/Image Group LA)
Missy Franklin, the dynamic swimming standout who graduated from Regis Jesuit in 2013, was named the Best Female College Athlete at the 2015 ESPY Awards on Wednesday night.
She was unable to attend the award ceremony, but posted a video thanking for her award on Twitter:
Wish more than anything I could have been at the ESPY's tonight. This is what was happening instead!😫🚘 Broken car! pic.twitter.com/yonQRlHVxq
— Missy Franklin (@missyfranklin) July 16, 2015
Franklin just finished her sophomore season at Cal, where she won three individual NCAA titles — the 200-yard individual medley, 200-yard freestle and 200-yard backstroke — and helped the Bears to the NCAA title. After the season, Franklin was named the Pac-12 Swimmer of the Year, NCAA Swimmer of the Year, and also won the Honda Cup as the top female collegiate athlete.
Franklin has since turned pro.
This is Franklin’s second ESPY. After her performance at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London — where she won four gold medals and a bronze as a junior in high school — she won the 2013 ESPY for Best Female Olympic Athlete.
At Regis, she led the Raiders to state titles as a sophomore and a senior, and runner-up finishes as a freshman and junior. She broke numerous state records, and still holds individual state records for the 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 500 free, 200 IM and 100 backstroke, as well as a team records in the 400 freestyle relay.