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Callahan a Honda Award finalist

A day after being named an All-American, Tennessee senior Tonya Callahan was picked as one of four finalists for the Honda Sports Award for Softball.

The third baseman led the SEC with a .465 batting average, an .864 slugging percentage and a .630 on-base percentage.

She becomes the fourth Lady Vol in three seasons named a finalist for the award. Sarah Fekete and Monica Abbott were finalists in 2006. Abbott won the award in 2007.

Callahan is also a finalist for the USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Year trophy.

She was named to the Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-American Team on Wednesday.

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