Former UConn guard Renee Montgomery is one of 12 candidates for the Honda's Collegiate Female Athlete of the Year which will be announced at a press conference at Columbia University in New York on June 22.

Montgomery was the Honda Cup winner for women's basketball, making her eligible for the award along with the award winners from the other women's sports:

Jennifer Barringer, Colorado (women's track and field)
Mallory Cecil, Duke (women's tennis)
Nicole Fawcett, Penn State (volleyball)
Maria Fernandez, Purdue (golf)
Sally Kipyego, Texas Tech (cross country)
Courtney Kupets, Georgia (gymnastics)
Danielle Lawrie, Washington (softball)
Hannah Nielsen, Northwestern (lacrosse)
Casey Nogueira, North Carolina (soccer)
Susie Rowe, Maryland (field hockey)
Dana Fullmer, California (swimming)

Five finalists will be named on Monday with the winner being announced on June 22. It should be noted that Montgomery, now playing with the undefeated Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA, does not have a game that day so if she is a finalist, hopefully they will let her attend the press conference. She can be on a plane and be back in Minnesota later that afternoon or in the early evening to prepare for a home game against New York the next day.

Montgomery, the unquestioned leader of UConn's national championship team, is in some pretty select company. Here are some of the noteworthy achievements of the other finalists.

Barringer recent became the youngest American woman to break the 4-minute mark in the 1,500 meters. She is currently competing in the NCAA track and field championships.
Cecil was the women's NCAA singles champion as a freshman and helped Duke win the team title
Fawcett was a three-time first-team All-American and national player of the year as a senior and led Penn State to its second consecutive NCAA title and 38-0 season. The Lady Lions did not drop a set until the NCAA tournament.
Hernandez was the NCAA champion and is currently competing in the Futures Players Championship in Decatur, Ill.
Kipyego is the first woman to win the NCAA Division I cross country championship three times and won her sport's Honda Cup award three times as well. She headed into the NCAA track and field championships, currently being held, with eight NCAA titles.
Kupets won the all-around, bars, beam and floor exercise to lead Georgia to its fifth straight NCAA championship. Kupets graduates with 10 individual NCAA titles.
Lawrie led Washington to its first NCAA softball title and led Division I pitchers with 42 wins and 521 strikeouts. She was also a member of Canada's 2008 Olympic softball team.
Nielsen led Northwestern's lacrosse program to its fifth straight NCAA title while breaking her own Division I record with 83 assists en route to scoring a national-best 142 points.
Nogueira led the nation with 25 goals and 58 points and had seven game-winning goals.
Rowe broke school records with 28 goals and 74 points to lead Maryland to its third national title in the last four years.
Vollmer won the 100 and 200 freestyle titles and swam on the winning 400 and 800 freestyle relay squads at the NCAA championships to lead the Bears to the team title. She won a gold medal at the 2004 Olympics, swimming on the United States' 4 x 200 relay squad.

Of course Montgomery's resume isn't too bad either. She is only player in school history to rank in the top 10 in points, assists, steals and 3-pointers and she played in a school-record 150 games. She finished her career by leading UConn to a 39-0 season, the program's sixth national championship and the Huskies became the first team to win every game by at least 10 points. She was the No. 4 overall pick by the Minnesota Lynx in April's WNBA draft.