In 2019, Sánchez received the Castelao Medal, a recognition given by the Junta de Galicia and that in the 2019 edition was the first occasion in which all the awardees were women. Among them were the canoeist María Teresa Portela Rivas, the cardiologist and teacher Marisa Crespo Garrido, the delegate in Galicia of Stop Accidentes Jeanne Piccard and the Federation of Redeiras Artesás de Galicia O Peirao. That same year, she was one of the nominees for the CEC medal for best supporting actress, an award that Greta Fernández finally received. In addition, that same year it was announced that the day care center in O Corgo, the Galician town where Benedicta Sánchez lives, would be named in her honor.
