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With every year that we select our IMPACT25 honorees, were consistently wowed by the accomplishments of the people who make up our list. And 2015 was a hard act to follow. Serena, the U.S. womens national team, Ronda Rousey, Jen Welter -- so many highs, firsts and truly impactful moments. Then 2016 came along. Rio, primetime TV, an election cycle to remember and activism center stage -- women in sports, and women in general, ruled this year.On Tuesday, Dec. 13, well announce the woman who captured our hearts (and votes) for IMPACT25 Woman of the Year, as well as roll out exclusive content and interviews around our entire list of honorees. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook for a sneak peek, and share who you would have picked for the top honor.2016 ATHLETESAngelique Kerber The new WTA No. 1 player won the Aussie and US Open this year, unseating Serena Williams from the top spot.Ashleigh Johnson The first African-American member of the U.S. womens water polo team, Johnson helped win gold in Rio after taking Top Goalkeeper at the 2015 FINA World Championships.Claressa Shields Shields won gold in womens middleweight boxing in Rio, becoming the first American boxer to win an Olympic title twice in a row. She is also an advocate for her hometown of Flint, Michigan.UConn Womens Basketball Led by Breanna Stewart, Geno Auriemmas squad dominated to win its fourth national title in four years.Tatyana McFadden McFadden won her fifth NYC Marathon title in November, earning her a fourth straight sweep of all four major marathons (Boston, London, Chicago and New York). She also took home four golds and two silver medals in Rio, making her a 17-time Paralympic Games medalist.Elizabeth Marks After winning her fourth swimming gold medal at this years Invictus Games, U.S. Army Sgt. Marks poignantly returned it to Prince Harry, asking him to deliver it to Englands Papworth Hospital as thanks for saving her life.Final Five The Olympic gymnasts dominated the field to win the team gold in Rio and became a cultural phenomenon afterward. They are the capper to Martha Karolyis storied career.Helen Maroulis Maroulis won Americas first-ever gold in womens wrestling at the Rio Olympics.Jessie Graff As a professional stuntwoman, Graff became the first woman to complete Stage 1 of the American Ninja Warrior finals course, and has inspired thousands of little girls to chase their ninja dreams.Katie Ledecky The long-distance swimmer took home four golds and one silver in Rio, and broke two world records along the way. She also just smoked her own NCAA record.Nneka Ogwumike As WNBA MVP, WNBA champion and newly elected WNBA players union president, Ogwumike had her best year ever.Simone Biles Biles won a record four gold medals at the Olympics in Rio, including all-around and team gold medals. In 2016, she also won her fourth-consecutive all-around national title -- a feat that hasnt been accomplished since 1974.U.S. Womens Rowing Eight The team took their 11th consecutive major title when they won in Rio -- the third Olympic gold medal in a row. In fact, the Americans have won every world championship and Olympic title since their last defeat in 2006.2016 INFLUENCERSBrenda Tracy Tracy met with Baylor football players in July to discuss sexual assault prevention, bravely sharing her personal story. Tracy has been speaking publicly to college football teams across the country since she met with Nebraska coach Mike Riley and his team in June.Hillary Clinton The first female presidential nominee of a major party started the Global Sports Mentoring Program while she was Secretary of State. She also swam and played baseball as a young woman.Ibtihaj Muhammad The sabre fencer, who won a team bronze medal at the Rio Olympics, is the first American Olympian to compete in hijab.Jessica Luther Luther has written extensively on the intersection of sports and violence off the field, especially college football and sexual assault. Her reporting helped expose the situation at Baylor, and she came out with a book on the topic in September 2016.Kathryn Smith Named the special teams quality-control coach for the Buffalo Bills, Smith became the first female full-time coach in the NFL.Kylie Bunbury Bunbury is recognized for her groundbreaking portrayal of Ginny Baker, a rookie pitcher and the first female to play in Major League Baseball, on the new show Pitch. ?Leslie Jones By taking over the Olympics with her spot-on Twitter feed, the SNL comedian brought attention to womens sports. Shes also been a strong voice against online bullying through sharing her personal experience.Minnesota Lynx Aside from a stellar season and Maya Moore being one of the best basketball players alive, the team was a pioneer of athlete activism by showing up to a July game in warm-up shirts printed with Black Lives Matter -- the first of any pro sports team to do so.Mira Nair Director of Queen of Katwe and champion for female leadership in Hollywood, Nair also founded a film school in Uganda.Monica Abbott The pro softball pitcher made history as the first female athlete to sign a million-dollar contract in an American womens professional league.Robin West The first head team doctor for both an NFL team and an MLB team, Dr. West leads the medical staffs for the Washington Redskins and Nationals.Simone Manuel The Olympic and American record-holder tied Penny Oleksiak of Canada in the 100-meter freestyle, becoming the first African-American woman to win an individual Olympic gold in swimming.Rick Macleish Jersey . 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The U.S. almost got a sweep, but Gerina Piller and Stacy Lewis each missed a birdie putt on 18 and had to settle for a single point against Moriya Jutanugarn and Pornanong Phatlum.Each of the four players were on the United States winning team in the 2015 Solheim Cup, and the victory in Germany helped convince them to stay with the same lineup after the opening session at Merit Club about 40 miles northwest of Chicago.I mean, we had so much success at Solheim Cup, and I just think we played so much together that why switch it up? It was never discussed, Lewis said.Lewis putt on 18 skirted the edge of the cup.I think if it was just a touch slower, 6 inches slower, it probably goes in, she said. But I thought it was perfect.With Charley Hull sidelined by a fever and complications from asthma, Reid was all alone for her four-ball match against Japans Haru Nomara and Mika Miyazato. Reid took it all the way to 18, where Nomura made a matching birdie to close out a 1-up win.For me, its a huge positive, Reid said. To get anywhere near the 18th was going to be a huge achievement, and I am just really, really pleased I gave the team a huge chance of even a point.Holly Clyburn and Jodi Ewart Shadoff halved their match against Ai Suzuki and Ayaka Watanabe, helping seventh-seeded England to the Pool B lead. Thailand and Japan were one back with four points apiece, and the U.S. was last after it finished sixth in the inaugural event in 2014.Taaiwan topped Pool A with six points after it split its two matches with top-seeded South Korea.dddddddddddd Candie Kung and Ssu-Chia Cheng beat Amy Yang and In Gee Chun 2 and 1, but Yani Tseng and Teresa Lu trailed all day long in a 4-and-2 loss to Sei Young Kim and So Yeon Ryu.South Korea was second with four points, and Australia and China were tied for third with three apiece. Australia also was shut out in the first session, but Karrie Webb and Rebecca Artis teamed for a 2-and-1 win over Chinas Jing Yan and Simin Feng, and Minjee Lee and Su Oh halved their match with Xi Yu Lin and Shanshan Feng.Lins birdie on 14 gave China a 2-up lead, but Lee birdied 18 to secure the point for Australia. Lee played with Artis on Thursday, and Webb was with Oh.I think if a few things had gone our way yesterday, we could have gotten points on the board, but it just turned out that these two pairings worked, Webb said.There are eight more four-ball matches Saturday. The top two teams in each pool and the winner of a wild-card playoff between the third-place teams advance to Sundays singles matches, with each player from the winning country taking home $100,000 apiece.The 20-year-old Hull, who helped England to a sweep of the United States on Thursday, sought medical attention when she arrived at the course. She is hoping to play on Saturday.I really wanted to join my partner Mel at some point during the match, but at the advice of the medical team, the best thing to do was to rest and get healthy for my team for tomorrow, she said in a statement released by the LPGA Tour.Reid holed out with a wedge from 70 yards on the par-4 13th, squaring the match. But Nomura birdied the final three holes to help Japan to the win.They finished birdie-birdie-birdie. I finished birdie-par-birdie, Reid said. Theres nothing you can really do. If you lose to a birdie, its fine. ' ' '