Nancy Lopez, who had a record-setting season...
Nancy Lopez, who had a record-setting season on the women’s golf tour, was named the 1985 Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year with 48 votes to the 43 of tennis player Martina Navratilova. USC basketball player Cheryl Miller had 31 votes, and distance runner Mary Decker Slaney had 29.
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