Serena voted Associated Press' Female Athlete of Year 2013
Sports Current Affairs: December 2013
>> Williams was honored as The
Associated Press' 2013 Female Athlete of the Year for her outstanding
performance throughout the year.
>> It's the third AP award for
Williams, following 2002 and 2009. Only two women have been chosen more often
as AP Athlete of the Year since the annual awards were first handed out in
1931.
>> Driven as ever, Williams won
plenty this year. She went 78-4 with 11 titles, including at the French Open
and US Open, raising her Grand Slam championship total to 17. She compiled a
34-match winning streak. She earned more than $12 million in prize money, a
record for women's tennis. In February, she became the oldest No. 1 in WTA
rankings history and never left that perch.
>> The vote by news organizations was
about as lopsided as many of Williams' matches this season. She received 55 of
96 votes, while Brittney Griner, a two-time AP Player of the Year in college
basketball and the No. 1 pick in April's WNBA draft, finished second with 14.
Swimmer Missy Franklin was next with 10.
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