6-time 2013 World Championship gold medalist Missy Franklin has been nominated for a Laureus World Sports award, joining five other female superstars from various sports on the just-released nominee list.
Laureus is an organization dedicated to using sports to promote social change through the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation and the Laureus World Sports Academy. The organization also seeks to celebrate achievements and excellence within sport with their yearly Laureus World Sports Awards.
Franklin, who won more golds at a World Championships than any woman in history, will be up for the award alongside names like Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and U.S. tennis player Serena Williams. Also nominated are German soccer captain Nadine Angerer, Russian pole vault world champ Yelena Isinbayeva and Slovenian skiier Tina Maze.
You can find the nominees for all of the Laureus World Sports Awards on the Laureus website here.
The nomination comes on the day Franklin opens her collegiate post-season career with her California Golden Bears at the Pac-12 women’s championships. You can read the University of California’s press release on her nomination here.