Serena Williams has won the Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year for the fourth time.
In a vote by U.S. editors and news directors, Williams collected 50 first-place votes and 352 points.
Carli Lloyd,whose hat trick in the
final lifted the U.S. women’s soccer team to the World Cup title, was
next with 14 first-place votes and 243 points. UFC star Ronda Rousey
finished third,one spot ahead of the woman she lost to last month, Holly Holm.
Williams’ selection was announced
Friday. She also won the 2002, 2009 and 2013 AP awards. Williams nearly
became the first tennis player in more than a quarter-century to
complete the Grand Slam, winning the Australian Open, French Open and
Wimbledon, before losing in the U.S. Open semifinals.
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