query: who won the espy for best male athlete

pos: Best Male Athlete ESPY Award players having received a total of eight awards since its inception. The award has been won by a non-American twice – in 2011 by German basketball player Dirk Nowitzki and in 2018 by Russian hockey player Alexander Ovechkin. The 2017 winner of the Best Male Athlete ESPY Award was basketball player Russell Westbrook who received his trophy at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. – includes award shared by Woods and Griffey Jr. in 1998 Best Male Athlete ESPY Award The Best Male Athlete ESPY Award, known alternatively as the Outstanding Male Athlete ESPY Award, has been presented annually at

pos: Best Male Athlete ESPY Award players having received a total of eight awards since its inception. The award has been won by a non-American twice – in 2011 by German basketball player Dirk Nowitzki and in 2018 by Russian hockey player Alexander Ovechkin. The 2017 winner of the Best Male Athlete ESPY Award was basketball player Russell Westbrook who received his trophy at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. – includes award shared by Woods and Griffey Jr. in 1998 Best Male Athlete ESPY Award The Best Male Athlete ESPY Award, known alternatively as the Outstanding Male Athlete ESPY Award, has been presented annually at

neg: Best Male College Athlete ESPY Award and have been nominated a further eighteen times. The 2017 winner of the Best Male College Athlete ESPY Award was Clemson Tigers quarterback Deshaun Watson who was announced as the winner at the Microsoft Theater. The accolade was combined with the Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award to create the Best College Athlete ESPY Award which was presented for the first time at the 2018 ceremony. Best Male College Athlete ESPY Award The Best Male College Athlete ESPY Award was an annual award honoring the achievements of a male individual from the world of collegiate sports. It was first presented

neg: Best Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award an ESPY Award. Americans won both times the accolade was given out with fellow snowboarder Shaun White being voted the only male winner of the award at the 2003 ceremony. The Best Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award was by gender in 2004, since which year Best Female Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award and the Best Male Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award have been presented. Best Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award The Best Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award was an annual award honoring the achievements of an athlete from the world of action sports. It was first awarded as part of

neg: Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award non-gender specific Best Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award was presented the previous three years (all won by sportsmen). Balloting for the award is undertaken by fans over the Internet from between three and five choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee, which is composed of a panel of experts. It is conferred in July to reflect performance and achievement over the preceding twelve months. The inaugural winner of the Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award in 2005 was track and field competitor Marlon Shirley, who won two medals at the 2004 Summer Paralympics and was the

neg: Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award won is Maya Moore who earned three consecutive awards between the 2009 and 2011 ceremonies. Basketball players dominate the winners list, with eleven awards, while softball competitors have won four times, and just one swimmer (the University of California, Berkeley Golden Bears' Missy Franklin at the 2015 awards) has been recognized in the accolade's history. The 2017 winner of the Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award is Kelly Barnhill of the University of Florida Gators softball squad. The accolade was combined with the Best Male College Athlete ESPY Award to create the Best College Athlete ESPY Award which was presented

neg: Best Male Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award sportspeople (with seven awards), followed by motocross riders (three). The 2018 holder of the award was American freestyle skier David Wise who took his second straight Olympic gold medal in the men's halfpipe contest. Best Male Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award The Best Male Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award is an annual award honoring the achievements of a male athlete from the world of action sports. It was first awarded as part of the ESPY Awards in 2004 after the non-gender-specific Best Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award was presented the previous two years (with American snowboarder Shaun White receiving the

neg: Best Male Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award Best Male Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award The Best Male Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award is an annual award honoring the achievements of a male athlete from the world of action sports. It was first awarded as part of the ESPY Awards in 2004 after the non-gender-specific Best Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award was presented the previous two years (with American snowboarder Shaun White receiving the 2003 award). The Best Male Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award trophy, created by sculptor Lawrence Nowlan, is presented to the male adjudged to be the best action sports athlete in a given calendar year.

neg: Best Male College Athlete ESPY Award Best Male College Athlete ESPY Award The Best Male College Athlete ESPY Award was an annual award honoring the achievements of a male individual from the world of collegiate sports. It was first presented as part of the ESPY Awards in 2002, following the subsumption of the Best College Football Player and Best Male College Basketball Player ESPY Awards, each of which Best Male College Basketball Player ESPY Award were presented annually between 1993 and 2001, inclusive. The Best Male College Athlete ESPY Award trophy, designed by sculptor Lawrence Nowlan, was awarded to the sportsman adjudged to be the best

neg: Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award The Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award was presented annually between 1993 and 2006 to the male track and field athlete, irrespective of nationality, adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year. Beginning in 2007, this award was combined with the parallel Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award into the single Best Track and Field Athlete ESPY Award. Between 1993 and 2004, the award voting panel comprised variously fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively "experts"; and ESPN personalities, but balloting thereafter was exclusively by fans over the

neg: Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award The Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award is an annual award honoring the achievements of a male individual from the world of disabled sports. Established with the aid of disability advocate and former United States Paralympic soccer player Eli Wolff, the accolade's trophy, designed by sculptor Lawrence Nowlan, is presented to the disabled sportsman adjudged to be the best at the annual ESPY Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. The Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award was first bestowed as part of the ESPY Awards in 2005 after the

neg: Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award was American snowboarder Mike Schultz. Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award The Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award is an annual award honoring the achievements of a male individual from the world of disabled sports. Established with the aid of disability advocate and former United States Paralympic soccer player Eli Wolff, the accolade's trophy, designed by sculptor Lawrence Nowlan, is presented to the disabled sportsman adjudged to be the best at the annual ESPY Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. The Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award was first bestowed as part of the ESPY

neg: Best Male Athlete ESPY Award Best Male Athlete ESPY Award The Best Male Athlete ESPY Award, known alternatively as the Outstanding Male Athlete ESPY Award, has been presented annually at the ESPY Awards since 1993 to the male voted irrespective of nationality or sport contested, adjudged to be the best athlete in a given calendar year. Between 1993 and 2004, the award voting panel comprised variously fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively "experts"; and ESPN personalities, but balloting thereafter has been exclusively by fans over the Internet from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee. Through the 2001

neg: Best International Athlete ESPY Award Best International Athlete ESPY Award The Best International Athlete ESPY Award is an award given to the sportsperson, irrespective of gender or sport contested, adjudged to have been the best or most outstanding of those born outside, or not possessing citizenship, of the United States who contest a major international individual sport primarily in the United States or a North American professional team sport in a given calendar year. From 2008 to 2009, the award was split into Best Female International Athlete ESPY Award and Best Male International Athlete ESPY Award. The award was discontinued after 2009, but was reinstated

neg: Best Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award of all his limbs. The Best Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award was discontinued and bifurcated by gender in 2005 to establish the Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award and the Best Female Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award. Best Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award The Best Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award (sometimes called the Outstanding Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award) was an annual award honoring the achievements of an athlete from the world of disabled sports. It was first presented as part of the ESPY Awards at the 2002 edition as part of the

neg: Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award Internet from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee. Through the 2001 iteration of the ESPY Awards, ceremonies were conducted in February of each year to honor achievements over the previous calendar year; awards presented thereafter were conferred in June and reflected performance from the June previous. Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award The Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award was presented annually between 1993 and 2006 to the male track and field athlete, irrespective of nationality, adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year. Beginning in 2007, this award was combined with the parallel Best

neg: Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award first para-athlete to go below eleven seconds in the men's 100 meter category with a time of 10.97 seconds. In 2015, South African wheelchair racer Krige Schabort was selected as the recipient of the award. , he is the only athlete born outside of the United States to have won the accolade, though three additional foreign sportsmen have earned nominations. Track and field athletes have won more awards than any other sport with four with two winners each coming in sledge hockey, mixed martial arts and wrestling. The 2018 winner of the Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award

neg: Best Male Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award the first to win, an ESPY Award. The 2006 winner of the Best Male Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award was Shaun White. He was nominated a further five consecutive times between the 2008 and 2012 ceremonies, all of which he won, making him the athlete with the most victories with six. The two other athletes to have earned successive awards are street skateboarder Nyjah Huston and motocross rider Ryan Dungey. Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris became the first non-American to win the accolade in 2017 by earning three medals at that year's X Games in Minneapolis. Snowboarders are the most successful

neg: Best Breakthrough Athlete ESPY Award thirteen nominations, followed by baseball players with eight wins and ten nominations. No athlete has ever won the accolade more than once. The 2017 winner of the Best Breakthrough Athlete ESPY Award was quarterback Dak Prescott of the Dallas Cowboys who led the No. 1 National Football Conference seed to a 13–3 record. Best Breakthrough Athlete ESPY Award The Best Breakthrough Athlete ESPY Award, known alternatively as the Breakthrough Athlete of the Year ESPY Award, is an annual award honoring the achievements of an individual in the world of sports. It was first awarded as part of the ESPY Awards

neg: Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award The Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award was presented annually between 1993 and 2006 to the female track and field athlete, irrespective of nationality, adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year. Beginning in 2007, this award was combined with the parallel Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award into the single Best Track and Field Athlete ESPY Award. Between 1993 and 2004, the award voting panel comprised variously fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively "experts"; and ESPN personalities, but balloting thereafter was exclusively by fans over the

neg: Best Male Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award Balloting for the award is undertaken by fans over the Internet from between three and five choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee, which is composed of a panel of experts. It is conferred in July to reflect performance and achievement over the preceding twelve months. The inaugural winner of the Best Male Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award at the 2004 awards was freestyle BMX rider Ryan Nyquist. During 1997 and 2003, Nyquist won eleven out of eighteen available freestyle BMX medals at the X Games. He became the first freestyle BMX rider to be nominated for, and thus

neg: Best Male College Basketball Player ESPY Award of the award's existence, an award presented in a given year is for performance and achievements in the one year theretofore. Best Male College Basketball Player ESPY Award The Best Male College Basketball Player ESPY Award was presented annually between 1993 and 2001 to the male collegiate basketball player adjudged to be the best in the United States in a given calendar year. The award was subsumed in 2002 by the Best Male College Athlete ESPY Award. The award voting panel comprised variously fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively "experts"; and ESPN personalities from amongst

neg: Best Male College Basketball Player ESPY Award Best Male College Basketball Player ESPY Award The Best Male College Basketball Player ESPY Award was presented annually between 1993 and 2001 to the male collegiate basketball player adjudged to be the best in the United States in a given calendar year. The award was subsumed in 2002 by the Best Male College Athlete ESPY Award. The award voting panel comprised variously fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively "experts"; and ESPN personalities from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee. Inasmuch as the ESPY Awards ceremonies were conducted in February during the pendency

neg: Best Female Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award non-gender specific Best Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award was presented the previous three years (all won by sportsmen). Balloting for the award is undertaken by fans over the Internet from between three and five choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee, which is composed of a panel of experts. It is conferred in July to reflect performance and achievement over the preceding twelve months. The inaugural winner of the Best Female Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award at the 2005 ceremony was American swimmer Erin Popovich, who is affected by achondroplasia. She won seven gold medals at the

neg: Best Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award Best Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award The Best Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award was an annual award honoring the achievements of an athlete from the world of action sports. It was first awarded as part of the ESPY Awards in the 2002 ceremony. The Best Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award trophy, created by sculptor Lawrence Nowlan, was presented to the action sports athlete adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year. Balloting for the award was undertaken by a panel of experts who composed the ESPN Select Nominating Committee. Through the 2001 iteration of the ESPY Awards, ceremonies

neg: Simone Biles Foundation. She was also one of the finalists for "Time magazine"'s 2016 Person of the Year. Biles was also nominated for a 2016 ESPY award for Best Female Athlete along with Elena Delle Donne, Katie Ledecky, and Breanna Stewart; Stewart won the award. In July 2017, Biles won the ESPY Award for Best Female Athlete. She is the second gymnast to win this award after Nastia Liukin won it in 2009. In 2017, Simone won the Shorty Awards for the best in sports. At the 2017 Teen Choice Awards, Simone won favorite female athlete, and won Laureus World Sports Award

neg: Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award of Connecticut Huskies basketball player Sue Bird. During her collegiate career, Bird won two NCAA championships, and was awarded a further eight accolades for her achievements. She became the first of two Basketball players to be nominated for, and hence to win, the Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award. The 2003 winner of the award was Diana Taurasi of the University of Connecticut Huskies basketball team. Taurasi won the accolade again the following year, and is one of three woman to have been given the Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award more than once: the most any one woman has

neg: Best Male College Athlete ESPY Award in a given calendar year of those contesting collegiate sport in the United States through the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Since 2004, the winner was chosen by online voting through choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee. Before that, determination of the winners was made by an panel of experts. Through the 2001 iteration of the ESPY Awards, ceremonies were conducted in February of each year to honor achievements over the previous calendar year; awards presented thereafter are conferred in July and reflect performance from the June previous. The inaugural winner of the Best Male College Athlete ESPY

neg: Best Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award Best Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award The Best Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award (sometimes called the Outstanding Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award) was an annual award honoring the achievements of an athlete from the world of disabled sports. It was first presented as part of the ESPY Awards at the 2002 edition as part of the ceremony's tenth anniversary of its establishment. The Best Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award trophy, designed by sculptor Lawrence Nowlan, was presented to the disabled sportsperson adjudged to be the best at the annual ESPY Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. For

neg: Best College Football Player ESPY Award award's existence, an award presented in a given year is for performance and achievements in the one year theretofore. Best College Football Player ESPY Award The Best College Football Player ESPY Award was presented annually between 1993 and 2001 to the collegiate American football player adjudged to be the best in the United States in a given calendar year. The award was subsumed in 2002 by the Best Male College Athlete ESPY Award. The award voting panel comprised variously fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively "experts"; and ESPN personalities from amongst choices selected by the

neg: Best College Football Player ESPY Award Best College Football Player ESPY Award The Best College Football Player ESPY Award was presented annually between 1993 and 2001 to the collegiate American football player adjudged to be the best in the United States in a given calendar year. The award was subsumed in 2002 by the Best Male College Athlete ESPY Award. The award voting panel comprised variously fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively "experts"; and ESPN personalities from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee. Inasmuch as the ESPY Awards ceremonies were conducted in February during the pendency of the

neg: Best Female Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award Best Female Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award The Best Female Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award is an annual award honoring the achievements of a female athlete from the world of action sports. It was first awarded as part of the ESPY Awards in 2004 after the non-gender-specific Best Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award was presented the previous two years (with the American snowboarder Kelly Clark receiving the 2002 award). It is given to the female, irrespective of nationality or sport contested, adjudged to be the best action sports athlete in a given calendar year. Balloting for the award is undertaken

neg: Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award for the first time at the 2018 ceremony. Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award The Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award was an annual award honoring the achievements of a female individual from the world of collegiate sports. It was first presented as part of the ESPY Awards in 2002, following the subsumption of the Best Female College Basketball Player ESPY Award, which was presented annually between the 1993 and 2001 ceremonies, inclusive. The Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award trophy, designed by sculptor Lawrence Nowlan, was awarded to the sportswoman adjudged to be the best in a given calendar

neg: Erin Popovich Athens, Popovich won seven gold medals in seven races (including two relays), and set three world records and four Paralympic Games records. In 2005, Popovich won the first ESPY Award for Best Female Athlete with a Disability and was named the Women's Sports Foundation Sportswoman of the Year. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, she won an additional four gold and two silver medals, breaking two world records (200m individual medley and 100m breaststroke) and two Paralympic records (100m and 400m freestyle). In 2009, she won the ESPY Award for Best Female Athlete with a Disability for the second

neg: Best Breakthrough Athlete ESPY Award Best Breakthrough Athlete ESPY Award The Best Breakthrough Athlete ESPY Award, known alternatively as the Breakthrough Athlete of the Year ESPY Award, is an annual award honoring the achievements of an individual in the world of sports. It was first awarded as part of the ESPY Awards in 1993. The Best Breakthrough Athlete ESPY Award trophy, created by sculptor Lawrence Nowlan, is awarded to the sportsperson adjudged to have made the greatest breakthrough in a major international individual sport or North American professional team sport. The award is typically given to a sportsperson in his or her rookie season at

neg: Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award The Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award was an annual award honoring the achievements of a female individual from the world of collegiate sports. It was first presented as part of the ESPY Awards in 2002, following the subsumption of the Best Female College Basketball Player ESPY Award, which was presented annually between the 1993 and 2001 ceremonies, inclusive. The Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award trophy, designed by sculptor Lawrence Nowlan, was awarded to the sportswoman adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year of those contesting collegiate sport in the

neg: Larry Walker streak of four consecutive National League batting championships. Walker won the Lou Marsh Trophy in 1998 as Canadian athlete of the year after finishing runner-up the previous year to Formula One champion Jacques Villeneuve. Further, Walker won that year's Lionel Conacher Award as the top male Canadian athlete, the ESPY Award for Best Major League Player, and a Tip O'Neill Award. He also received his fourth Gold Glove. Plagued by injuries for the last several years of his career, Walker nevertheless continued to produce. He missed the first week of the 1999 season with a strained rib cage. On April

neg: Best Female Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award Best Female Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award The Best Female Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award is an annual award honoring the achievements of a female individual from the world of disabled sports. Established with the aid of disability advocate and former United States Paralympic soccer player Eli Wolff, the accolade's trophy, designed by sculptor Lawrence Nowlan, is presented to the disabled sportswoman adjudged to be the best at the annual ESPY Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. The Best Female Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award was first bestowed as part of the ESPY Awards in 2005 after the

neg: Amy Palmiero-Winters of 41:26:42. Palmario-Winters won her classification at the International Triathlon Union Paratriathlon World Championships in 2005 and 2006. In 2007, Palmiero-Winters was the first athlete was a physical disability invited to race in the elite able-bodied division of the NYC Triathlon. In 2014, Palmiero-Winters became the first amputee, male or female, to complete the Ultraman triathlon, a 3-day, 320 mile race. Palmiero-Winters was named USA Triathlon's Female Physically Challenged Athlete of the Year in 2006. She was awarded the 2009 AAU James E. Sullivan Award as the best amateur athlete in the country and also won ESPN's 2010 ESPY award

neg: Best Female Athlete ESPY Award are the only honorees not to represent the United States at the time of their win. Of the winners, six have played basketball, the most of any sport; the only other sports with multiple individuals awarded are tennis and gymnastics. Best Female Athlete ESPY Award The Best Female Athlete ESPY Award, known alternatively as the Outstanding Female Athlete ESPY Award, has been presented annually at the ESPY Awards since 1993 to the female voted to be, irrespective of nationality or sport contested, the best athlete in a given calendar year. Between 1993 and 2004, the award voting panel comprised variously

neg: Best Female Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award nationality with seven (three times to snowboarder Jamie Anderson), followed by Australians with three, two of which went to the surfer Stephanie Gilmore. Snowboarders are most successful sportspeople (with eight awards), followed by surfers (four). The 2017 winner of the Best Female Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award was the Austrian snowboarder Anna Gasser. Best Female Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award The Best Female Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award is an annual award honoring the achievements of a female athlete from the world of action sports. It was first awarded as part of the ESPY Awards in 2004 after the non-gender-specific

neg: Best Female Athlete ESPY Award Best Female Athlete ESPY Award The Best Female Athlete ESPY Award, known alternatively as the Outstanding Female Athlete ESPY Award, has been presented annually at the ESPY Awards since 1993 to the female voted to be, irrespective of nationality or sport contested, the best athlete in a given calendar year. Between 1993 and 2004, the award voting panel comprised variously of fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively "experts"; and ESPN personalities, but balloting thereafter has been exclusively by fans over the Internet from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee. Through the 2001

neg: LaDainian Tomlinson Peyton Manning received two votes. Tomlinson was also one of nine Chargers players selected for the 2007 Pro Bowl and also a starting running back of the American Football Conference. He was also recognized by the Associated Press as they awarded him their Offensive Player of the Year Award. He was later named co-holder of the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award alongside his aforementioned former teammate Drew Brees. On July 11, 2007, Tomlinson won the ESPY Awards for Male Athlete of the Year, Best Record-Breaking Performance and Best NFL Athlete, as well as the Hummer Like Nothing Else

neg: Garrett Wittels Garrett Wittels Garrett Nicholas Wittels (born May 11, 1990) is an American professional baseball infielder who played for the St. Louis Cardinals organization, and is a free agent. Wittels played college baseball for the Florida International University Golden Panthers in Miami, Florida. He finished the 2010 season with a 56-game hitting streak, two hits shy of the Division I record. He also set the FIU season record for hits. He was nominated for the Best Male College Athlete ESPY Award for his 2010 performance, won Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year honors, and was named a NCBWA and Louisville

neg: Best Male Soccer Player ESPY Award Best Male Soccer Player ESPY Award The Best Male Soccer Player ESPY Award was presented annually to the male soccer (association football) player adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year amongst those contesting the sport on the professional or international level. The award, along with the Best Female Soccer Player ESPY Award, evolved from the Best Soccer Player ESPY Award, which was awarded in 2000 and 2001, and the latter once more absorbed the gender-specific awards in 2005. During the award's three years, the voting panel comprised variously fans, who participated through Internet balloting; sportswriters and broadcasters,

neg: Best Male Athlete ESPY Award iteration of the ESPY Awards, ceremonies were conducted in February of each year to honor achievements over the previous calendar year; awards presented thereafter are conferred in June and reflect performance from the June previous. Three American athletes, golfer Tiger Woods, road cyclist Lance Armstrong, and basketball player LeBron James, have won the award multiple times. Woods was honored five times: in 1998 (jointly with Ken Griffey Jr.), 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2008. Armstrong was honored four times from 2003 to 2006 inclusive while James received the trophy in 2012, 2013 and 2016. Basketball is the most successful sport, its

neg: Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award Internet from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee. Through the 2001 iteration of the ESPY Awards, ceremonies were conducted in February of each year to honor achievements over the previous calendar year; awards presented thereafter were conferred in June and reflected performance from the June previous. Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award The Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award was presented annually between 1993 and 2006 to the female track and field athlete, irrespective of nationality, adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year. Beginning in 2007, this award was combined with the parallel Best

neg: Best International Athlete ESPY Award in 2012. Balloting for the award was conducted over the Internet by fans from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee. The ESPY Awards ceremony has been conducted in June or July since the 2002 ceremony; all awards conferred in that period reflect performance and achievement over the twelve months previous to presentation, which may span one or two seasons depending upon the recipient's particular sport. Best International Athlete ESPY Award The Best International Athlete ESPY Award is an award given to the sportsperson, irrespective of gender or sport contested, adjudged to have been the best or most

neg: Best Female Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award The 2017 winner of the Best Female Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award is swimmer Rebecca Meyers. She achieved her second win after receiving the accolade at the 2015 ceremony. Currently, the accolade is held by American snowboarder Brenna Huckaby after being announced as the winner at the 2018 ceremony. Best Female Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award The Best Female Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award is an annual award honoring the achievements of a female individual from the world of disabled sports. Established with the aid of disability advocate and former United States Paralympic soccer player Eli Wolff,

neg: FIU Panthers MVP. Garrett Wittels finished the 2010 season with a 56-game hitting streak, two hits shy of the Division I record, set the FIU season record for hits, was nominated for the Best Male College Athlete ESPY Award for his 2010 performance, won Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year honors, and was named a NCBWA and Louisville Slugger/TPX Preseason All-American. The current head coach of the FIU men's basketball team is Anthony Evans, who was hired on April 15, 2013. FIU men's basketball team had its lone NCAA Tournament appearance in the 1995 tournament under then Head Coach Bob Weltlich.

neg: Jamie Bestwick he decided to quit his job and become a professional BMX rider. Jamie competed in his first X Games in 1996. He ended Dave Mirra’s BMX three-year Vert reign in 2000, taking home the gold. He gradually became unbeatable. He won every single competition he entered in 2005. He won silver at X Games 2015, losing after winning 9 years in a row Bestwick has also won a Laureus World Sports Award for Action Sportsperson of the Year and been nominated for a Best Male Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award. In 2014, Bestwick spoke at Yale University alongside Ken Hill,

neg: Best Male College Athlete ESPY Award Award in 2002 was Iowa State Cyclones wrestler Cael Sanderson who ended his collegiate career that year. In that period, he surpassed numerous NCAA records, clinched four NCAA wrestling championships, and went 159–0 undefeated in his final season. Florida Gators quarterback Tim Tebow received the trophy in 2008, and won it again the following year, becoming the only sportsman in the history of the award to have earned it more than once. American footballers have been the most successful at the awards with eight victories and thirteen nominations, closely followed by Basketball players who have been recognised on seven occasions

neg: Best Male Golfer ESPY Award Best Male Golfer ESPY Award The Best Male Golfer ESPY Award has been presented annually in two different periods to the professional male golfer adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year. It was originally presented between 1993 and 2004, but was, along with the parallel Best Female Golfer ESPY Award, subsumed in 2005 by the Best Golfer ESPY Award. The Best Male and Female Golfer Awards returned to the ESPY list in 2009. Between 1993 and 2004, the award voting panel comprised variously fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively "experts"; and ESPN

neg: Matt Scott (basketball) Matt Scott (basketball) Matt Scott (born March 27, 1985) is an American wheelchair basketball player. Matt Scott was born in Detroit, Michigan. He was on the gold medal winning US team at the 2007 Parapan American Games in Brazil and 2011 as well. He also won a silver medal at IWBF World Championship in 2006 and then won a bronze one at the same place in 2010. He was nominated for the Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award for this. He has spina bifida and competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics and 2008 Summer Paralympics. He was the

neg: Jack Hoffman they created the trading card: "Jack is the type of inspirational athlete who absolutely deserves an Upper Deck rookie card." The sale of the cards has brought in $50,000 for the Team Jack Foundation. After attending the May 16, 2014, 19th Annual Dick Vitale Gala, where Hoffman signed a trading card for Dick Vitale, the "Sarasota Herald-Tribune" wrote: "Yes, he may be an 8-year-old celebrity, but really, he’d much rather be a regular kid." Hoffman won an ESPY Award for Best Moment ESPY Award in 2013. Hoffman's touchdown run was listed fifth in The Best Emotional Moment in sports for

neg: Annika Sörenstam Sörenstam as the Captain of the victorious International Team. These events resulted in her receiving numerous awards. The Golf Writers Association of America named Sörenstam Female Player of the Year for the eighth time (1995,1997, 2000–2005), Associated Press voted her Female Athlete of the Year for the third consecutive year and she became the first woman to win the Golf Writers' Trophy twice in the 55-year history of European golf's most prestigious award. Having previously won six Best Female Golfer ESPY Awards (1996, 1998–99, 2002–04), Sörenstam also received the 2005 ESPY Award as Best Female Athlete When the first-ever official

neg: Best Breakthrough Athlete ESPY Award a given level but may be won by any athlete who in a given year improves his or her performance dramatically or otherwise becomes well-recognized. Since 2004, the winner has been chosen by online voting through choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee. Before that, determination of the winners was made by an panel of experts. Through the 2001 iteration of the ESPY Awards, ceremonies were conducted in February of each year to honor achievements over the previous calendar year; awards presented thereafter are conferred in July and reflect performance from the June previous. The inaugural winner of the

neg: Best U.S. Male Olympian ESPY Award Best U.S. Male Olympian ESPY Award The Best U.S. Male Olympian ESPY Award has been presented annually since 2009 to the sportsman or team affiliated with the United States Olympic Committee and contesting sport internationally adjudged to be the best. The award serves in practice to replace the Best Male Olympic Performance ESPY Award, which was presented in 2005, and the Best U.S. Olympian ESPY Award presented in 2006. Balloting for the award is undertaken by fans over the Internet from amongst between three and five choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee, and the award is conferred in

neg: Best U.S. Male Olympian ESPY Award June to reflect performance and achievement over the twelve months previous. Best U.S. Male Olympian ESPY Award The Best U.S. Male Olympian ESPY Award has been presented annually since 2009 to the sportsman or team affiliated with the United States Olympic Committee and contesting sport internationally adjudged to be the best. The award serves in practice to replace the Best Male Olympic Performance ESPY Award, which was presented in 2005, and the Best U.S. Olympian ESPY Award presented in 2006. Balloting for the award is undertaken by fans over the Internet from amongst between three and five choices selected by

neg: Best Comeback Athlete ESPY Award fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively "experts"; and ESPN personalities, but balloting thereafter has been exclusively by fans over the Internet from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee. Through the 2001 iteration of the ESPY Awards, ceremonies were conducted in February of each year to honor achievements over the previous calendar year; awards presented thereafter are conferred in June and reflect performance from the June previous. Best Comeback Athlete ESPY Award The Best Comeback Athlete ESPY Award has been presented annually since 1993 to the sportsperson, irrespective of gender, contesting a team

neg: Dave Mirra Games in every year from 1995 through 2009, with the exception of 2006. He won 24 medals at the X Games which stood as a record until 2013. He tied Tony Hawk and Joe Parsons as the fastest to reach 14 X Games medals. In 2005, Mirra won the Best Male Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award. His 14 gold medals are second-most to Shaun White. He retired from BMX riding in 2011. From 2008 through 2013, Mirra competed in rallying and rallycross as a member of Subaru Rally Team USA. He had a career-best fourth-place finish during the 2013 Global

neg: Best Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award were conducted in February of each year to honor achievements over the previous calendar year; awards presented thereafter are conferred in July and reflect performance from the June previous. The inaugural winner of the Best Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award was American snowboarder Kelly Clark at the 2002 edition. During 2001 and 2002, she won seven major worldwide snowboarding competitions, which included the gold medal in the women's halfpipe at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and first place at the Winter X Games. Clark became the first female snowboarder to be nominated for, and hence to win,

neg: Serena Williams the 2013 ITF World Champion, the fourth time that she has been given the World Champion's crown. Williams received two prizes at the 2013 ESPY Awards. Williams won Best Female Athlete and Best Female Tennis Player. Williams is just the fourth person to win Best Female Athlete on two occasions and she won Best Female Tennis player for a record sixth time. In late December 2013, Williams capped off her year by receiving the Associated Press 2013 Female Athlete of the Year award, her third AP award after 2002 and 2009. Only two women, Chris Evert and Babe Didrikson, have

neg: Best Male Soccer Player ESPY Award sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively "experts"; and ESPN personalities. The ESPY Awards ceremony was conducted in June and awards conferred reflected performance and achievement over the twelve months previous to presentation. Best Male Soccer Player ESPY Award The Best Male Soccer Player ESPY Award was presented annually to the male soccer (association football) player adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year amongst those contesting the sport on the professional or international level. The award, along with the Best Female Soccer Player ESPY Award, evolved from the Best Soccer Player ESPY Award, which was awarded in

neg: Best U.S. Olympian ESPY Award Best U.S. Olympian ESPY Award The Best U.S. Olympian ESPY Award was presented in 2002 and 2006 to the sportsperson or team, irrespective of gender, affiliated with the United States Olympic Committee and contesting sport internationally adjudged to be the best. The award serves in practice to replace the gender-specific Best Male and Best Female Olympic Performance ESPY Awards, which were presented in 2005. The Best U.S. Male Olympian ESPY Award and Best U.S. Female Olympian ESPY Award superseded this award. Balloting for the award is undertaken by fans over the Internet from amongst between three and five choices selected

neg: Best Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award the 2004 ceremony, the winner was chosen by online voting through choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee. Before that, determination of the winners was made by an panel of experts. Through the 2001 iteration of the ESPY Awards, ceremonies were conducted in February of each year to honor achievements over the previous calendar year; awards presented thereafter are conferred in July and reflect performance from the June previous. The inaugural winner of the Best Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award at the 2002 edition was mountain climber Erik Weihenmayer who suffers from a total visual impairment and he

neg: Best Female Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens. She is one of three people to have won the Best Female Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award more than once, winning again at the 2009 awards. Fellow swimmer Jessica Long has the most victories of any other sportswoman, collecting the award three times at the 2007, 2012 and 2013 awards with one further nomination at the 2009 ceremony, while cross-country skiier Oksana Masters has been nominated the most times (four) without winning. Swimmers have been successful at the awards with eight victories and three nominations, followed by paratriathles with two wins and six nominations.

neg: Rob Pannell Year by the coaches of the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association and presented with the Lt. Raymond Enners Award as the NCAA’s Most Outstanding Player in men's college lacrosse. He was nominated for a 2011 ESPY for Best Male College Athlete. He was one of five finalists in the category for 2011 and the only Lacrosse player to ever be nominated. BYU basketball player Jimmer Fredette won the award that year. Before the start of his senior season at Cornell, the New York Lizards selected Pannell with the first overall pick in the 2012 Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft. Pannell

neg: Garrett Wittels of Robin Ventura's 58-game streak in 1987 (then, as a sophomore with Oklahoma State University), the Division I record. During the streak, he wore the same items of clothing for each game (though he washed them), and did not cut his hair. He chewed the same brand of Bubblicious Watermelon bubble gum every game. Before each game he got down on one knee in the outfield to say the "shema", a Jewish prayer. Wittels was nominated for the Best Male College Athlete ESPY Award for his 2010 performance, won Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year honors, was named to

neg: Best Comeback Athlete ESPY Award Best Comeback Athlete ESPY Award The Best Comeback Athlete ESPY Award has been presented annually since 1993 to the sportsperson, irrespective of gender, contesting a team sport professionally under the auspices of one of the four North American leagues or an individual sport on either an amateur or professional basis primarily in the United States or internationally under the auspices of an sport governing body adjudged to have made the most significant, profound, or impressive comeback from serious illness, injury, personal or familial hardship, retirement, or significant loss of form. Between 1993 and 2004, the award voting panel comprised variously

neg: Philip Scholz has also briefly held the world record in the 200 meter butterfly. In 2008 he was nominated for an ESPY Award, for Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award. Philip Scholz retired from competitive swimming in August 2012. Philip Scholz Philip Scholz (born April 12, 1988) is a former American Paralympic swimmer. Being completely blind, he is classified in the S11 category of blind swimmers. Originally from Munich, Germany, Scholz came on to the international stage in December 2007 in College Park, Maryland. Philip Scholz was born in Munich, Germany, to parents Thomas and Ariane Scholz. At a young

neg: Ryan Kocer has been a mentor to other amputees. Ryan Kocer Ryan Kocer is a family nurse and former wrestler from Wagner Community School in Wagner, South Dakota. His left leg was amputated below the knee following an accident in 2007. In 2008, Kocer won the Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award. Ryan Kocer is the oldest of three boys (Tom and Alex) and one sister (Kayli), parents are Jody and Don Kocer. Ryan started wrestling at the age of 4 in an AAU youth wrestling program. Kocer was also a three year starter for the Wagner Community School football

neg: Ryan Kocer Ryan Kocer Ryan Kocer is a family nurse and former wrestler from Wagner Community School in Wagner, South Dakota. His left leg was amputated below the knee following an accident in 2007. In 2008, Kocer won the Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award. Ryan Kocer is the oldest of three boys (Tom and Alex) and one sister (Kayli), parents are Jody and Don Kocer. Ryan started wrestling at the age of 4 in an AAU youth wrestling program. Kocer was also a three year starter for the Wagner Community School football team. Kocer started and ended his high

neg: Best U.S. Olympian ESPY Award by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee, and the award is conferred in June to reflect performance and achievement over the twelve months previous. Best U.S. Olympian ESPY Award The Best U.S. Olympian ESPY Award was presented in 2002 and 2006 to the sportsperson or team, irrespective of gender, affiliated with the United States Olympic Committee and contesting sport internationally adjudged to be the best. The award serves in practice to replace the gender-specific Best Male and Best Female Olympic Performance ESPY Awards, which were presented in 2005. The Best U.S. Male Olympian ESPY Award and Best U.S. Female Olympian ESPY

neg: Best Outdoor Sportsman ESPY Award The winner of the Best Outdoor Sportsman ESPY Award in 2005 was lumberjacker J. R. Salzman after winning 14 medals at the Great Outdoor Games and claimed five logrolling titles at the Lumberjack World Championship between 1998 and 2005. After that, the accolade was partially replaced by the Best Angler ESPY Award for the 2006 edition before returning the next year. It was permanently discontinued after the 2008 ceremony. Best Outdoor Sportsman ESPY Award The Best Outdoor Sportsman ESPY Award was an annual award honoring the achievements of an athlete from the world of outdoor sports —understood as those related

neg: Bobby Martin (American football) a practice. Martin ended up getting involved in some of the action when he saw Dennis Northcutt evade player after player. Martin approached Northcutt and claimed that he could tackle him. At the goading of teammate Braylon Edwards, Northcutt allowed Martin to challenge him. Martin hung with Northcutt for 20 yards before forcing him out at the one-yard line. On July 12, 2006, Martin won the ESPY award for Best Male Athlete with a Disability. Bobby Martin (American football) Bobby Martin (born November 3, 1987) is a former high school American football defensive lineman. He has no legs as he

neg: Jason P. Lester Jason P. Lester Jason P. Lester (born 1974, Arizona) is an endurance athlete, the author of "Running on Faith", and the 2009 ESPY Award winner for Best Male Athlete with a Disability. He is the first disabled athlete to complete the Ultraman World Championships. He is the Founder of the EP1C, INC. brand and is the Chairman of The NEVER STOP Foundation. Lester has completed endurance challenges such as the EPIC5 Challenge (5 Iron distance triathlons on 5 Hawaiian islands in 5 consecutive days), and a run and bike across the United States. On May 5, 2013 Lester ran across

neg: Best Female Soccer Player ESPY Award Best Female Soccer Player ESPY Award The Best Female Soccer Player ESPY Award was presented annually between 2002 and 2004 to the female soccer (association football) player adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year among those contesting the sport on the professional or international level. The award—and the Best Male Soccer Player ESPY Award—evolved from the Best Soccer Player ESPY Award, which was awarded in 2000 and 2001, and the latter once more absorbed the gender-specific awards in 2005. During the award's three years, the voting panel comprised variously fans, who participated through Internet balloting; sportswriters and

neg: Paul Martin (amputee athlete) 10:09:17, which is the current Ironman world record for leg amputees. He was then named the Challenged Athletes Foundation "Most Inspirational Athlete" of the year and was nominated for an ESPN ESPY award in the Best Male Athlete with a Disability category. Paul has since remained active, participating in numerous triathlon, running, and cycling events. He has finished a total of ten Ironman triathlons over his career and has written two books, "One Man's Leg" and "Drinking out of My Leg," both of which detail his life and athletic accomplishments as an amputee. He is supplied with custom prosthetic legs

neg: Best Male Tennis Player ESPY Award Best Male Tennis Player ESPY Award The Best Male Tennis Player ESPY Award has been presented annually since 1993 to the professional male tennis player adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year. Between 1993 and 2004, the award voting panel comprised variously fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively "experts"; and ESPN personalities, but balloting thereafter has been exclusively by fans over the Internet from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee. Through the 2001 iteration of the ESPY Awards, ceremonies were conducted in February of each year to honor achievements

neg: Jeremy Wariner 400 m and 4 × 400 m relay gold medals at his first Olympics in Athens 2004. He followed this with two gold medals at the 2005 World Championships in the same events. He remained undefeated in the 400 m event during the 2006 ÅF Golden League, earning him the $250,000 jackpot. He remained World Champion in the 400 m individual and relay events at the 2007 Osaka World Championships, earning him the 2007 Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award. He won the 4×400 m relay gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but took silver in the 400 m,

neg: Declan Farmer at the age of 14 in 2012. He is also the recipient of the best disabled male athlete at the 2014 ESPY awards. In the 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships, he finished first on the American team in scoring, with eight points. Declan Farmer Declan Farmer (born November 5, 1997) is an ice sledge hockey player and Paralympic gold medalist. Competing at the 2014 Winter Paralympics, he won a gold medal in the men's ice sledge hockey tournament. A bilateral amputee, he has played sledge hockey since the age of nine after first trying it out in Clearwater,

neg: Best Male Golfer ESPY Award personalities, but balloting thereafter has been exclusively by fans over the Internet from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee. Through the 2001 iteration of the ESPY Awards, ceremonies were conducted in February of each year to honor achievements over the previous calendar year; awards presented thereafter are conferred in July and reflect performance from the June previous. Because of the rescheduling of the ESPY Awards ceremony, the award presented in 2002 was given in consideration of performance betwixt February 2001 and June 2002. Best Male Golfer ESPY Award The Best Male Golfer ESPY Award has been presented

neg: Shawn Johnson East athletes to appear on AOL's 100 most searched females on the Internet for 2009, ranked 27th. A scientific poll commissioned by "Forbes" magazine concluded Johnson was "America's Most-Liked Sports Figure" in 2009. Johnson was also on the top of most appealing athletes on E-score Celebrity metric in 2010, and she was ranked seventh of America's Favorite Female Sports Stars on Harris Interactive in 2010. ESPN announced Johnson's nomination for the 2009 "Best Female U.S. Olympian" ESPY. Johnson won the ESPY for "Best Female U.S. Olympian" and the "Athlete – Female" Teen Choice Award, the latter for the second consecutive year.

neg: Best Female College Basketball Player ESPY Award of the award's existence, an award presented in a given year is for performance and achievements in the one year theretofore. Best Female College Basketball Player ESPY Award The Best Female College Basketball Player ESPY Award was presented annually between 1993 and 2001 to the female collegiate basketball player adjudged to be the best in the United States in a given calendar year. The award was subsumed in 2002 by the Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award. The award voting panel comprised variously fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively "experts"; and ESPN personalities from amongst

neg: Best Female College Basketball Player ESPY Award Best Female College Basketball Player ESPY Award The Best Female College Basketball Player ESPY Award was presented annually between 1993 and 2001 to the female collegiate basketball player adjudged to be the best in the United States in a given calendar year. The award was subsumed in 2002 by the Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award. The award voting panel comprised variously fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively "experts"; and ESPN personalities from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee. Inasmuch as the ESPY Awards ceremonies were conducted in February during the pendency

neg: Ryan Kocer right leg with the aid of crutches. Kocer's first match after the injury was at the Clash in Minnesota. Kocer finished the day with a 3–1 record. Kocer earned his 200th victory during his senior season. Ryan Kocer’s senior record was 16–7, finishing fourth at the state tournament helping Wagner win a team state title. Kocer won the Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award in 2008. Kocer attended college at South Dakota State University, where he studied and earned his degree in nursing. He has obtained his Family Nurse Practitioners license and is employed with Avera Health. Kocer

neg: Best Female Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award by fans over the Internet from between three and five choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee, which is composed of a panel of experts. It is conferred in July to reflect performance and achievement over the preceding twelve months. The inaugural winner of the award was the American wakeboarder Dallas Friday. During 2003 and 2004, Friday won 12 of the available 14 professional women's titles, including national and world championships. She became the first wakeboarder to be nominated for, and hence to win, an ESPY Award. Athletes from the United States have won more times than any other

neg: Maya Gabeira designer. Maya Gabeira Maya Reis Gabeira (born April 10, 1987) is a Brazilian big wave surfer. In 2009, Gabeira won the ESPY award for Best Female Action Sports Athlete. Later that year, Gabeira surfed the biggest wave ever by a female when she successfully rode a wave at Dungeons, a big-wave surf spot in South Africa. In 2010, she got the Teen Choice Award for best action sports athlete. She was awarded five times with the XXL Big Wave Awards, for Girls Best Overall Performance. On October 28, 2013, Gabeira lost consciousness and nearly drowned while surfing a massive wave

neg: Maya Gabeira Maya Gabeira Maya Reis Gabeira (born April 10, 1987) is a Brazilian big wave surfer. In 2009, Gabeira won the ESPY award for Best Female Action Sports Athlete. Later that year, Gabeira surfed the biggest wave ever by a female when she successfully rode a wave at Dungeons, a big-wave surf spot in South Africa. In 2010, she got the Teen Choice Award for best action sports athlete. She was awarded five times with the XXL Big Wave Awards, for Girls Best Overall Performance. On October 28, 2013, Gabeira lost consciousness and nearly drowned while surfing a massive wave at

neg: Steve Cash (sledge hockey) amputated when he was 3 years old as a result of a form of bone cancer called osteosarcoma. Cash was a 2007 graduate of Ritenour High School in Saint Louis, Missouri, where he played goalie for the full-sided ice hockey team. From 2004 to 2011, he was a member of the Disabled Athlete Sports Association Junior Blues Sled Hockey club. In 2010 he was awarded an ESPY for Best Male Athlete with a Disability. During the 2010 Winter Paralympic Games in Vancouver, Cash set a Paralympic record for registering five shutouts and not allowing a single goal. Steve Cash (sledge

neg: Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award United States through the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Since the 2004 awards, the winner was chosen by online voting through three to five nominees selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee. Before that, determination of the winners was made by an panel of experts. Through the 2001 iteration of the ESPY Awards, ceremonies were conducted in February of each year to honor achievements over the previous calendar year; awards presented thereafter are conferred in July and reflect performance from the June previous. The inaugural winner of the Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award at the 2002 awards was University

neg: Best Male Tennis Player ESPY Award over the previous calendar year; awards presented thereafter are conferred in June and reflect performance from the June previous. Best Male Tennis Player ESPY Award The Best Male Tennis Player ESPY Award has been presented annually since 1993 to the professional male tennis player adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year. Between 1993 and 2004, the award voting panel comprised variously fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively "experts"; and ESPN personalities, but balloting thereafter has been exclusively by fans over the Internet from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee.

neg: Best Outdoor Sportsman ESPY Award Best Outdoor Sportsman ESPY Award The Best Outdoor Sportsman ESPY Award was an annual award honoring the achievements of an athlete from the world of outdoor sports —understood as those related to outdoor recreation and nature-based occupation, including sport fishing, most especially of bass, and lumberjacking, most especially the logrolling, wood chopping, and high-climbing disciplines thereof—on an amateur or professional level primarily in the United States or Canada. It was first presented as part of the ESPY Awards at the 2002 edition after broadcaster ESPN purchased the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society in the summer of 2001. The Best Outdoor Sportsman

neg: Jessica Galli for an ESPY Award for "Best Female Athlete With A Disability". At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in September, she won five medals: 1 gold, 3 silver, and 1 bronze. Galli is a paraplegic as a result of a September 1991 car accident when she was 7 years old. Jessica Galli Jessica Galli (born December 1, 1983) is a female wheelchair racing athlete. Raised in Hillsborough Township, New Jersey, Galli has participated in the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Paralympic Games. At the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games she won the silver medal in the 800 meter T53 female wheelchair race. Galli set

neg: Best Female Soccer Player ESPY Award broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively "experts"; and ESPN personalities. The ESPY Awards ceremony was conducted in June and awards conferred reflected performance and achievement over the twelve months previous to presentation. Best Female Soccer Player ESPY Award The Best Female Soccer Player ESPY Award was presented annually between 2002 and 2004 to the female soccer (association football) player adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year among those contesting the sport on the professional or international level. The award—and the Best Male Soccer Player ESPY Award—evolved from the Best Soccer Player ESPY Award, which was

neg: Taryne Mowatt also honored All Pac-10 and Second Team All-American. For her 60-innings, 76 strikeouts, 4 shutouts performance at the 2007 Women's College World Series, she was named to the All-Tournament Team and earned the "Most Outstanding Player" Award in her victorious bid for the national title. She also set new WCWS records for wins (6) and strikeouts, the latter was previously held by former teammate and then assistant coach Alicia Hollowell. Later that year Mowatt also won two ESPY Awards; Best Female Athlete and Best Female College Athlete. In her senior season, Mowatt tied Hollowell's single game strikeout record at Arizona

neg: Best Soccer Player ESPY Award Best Soccer Player ESPY Award The Best Soccer Player category of the ESPY Award was presented in 2000, 2001, 2005, and 2006 to the soccer (association football) player adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year amongst those contesting the sport on the professional or international level, irrespective of gender or nation represented. The award was bifurcated in 2002, but the resulting Best Male and Best Female Soccer Player ESPY Awards were joined once more in 2005. The award was effectively discontinued in 2005 and replaced by the Best MLS Player ESPY Award (which was first awarded in

neg: Best Golfer ESPY Award reflect performance and achievement over the twelve previous months. Best Golfer ESPY Award The Best Golfer ESPY Award was presented annually between 2005 and 2008 to the professional golfer adjudged, irrespective of gender or nationality, to be the best in a given calendar year. The award subsumed the gender-specific Best Male and Best Female Golfer ESPY Awards, which were presented annually between 1993 and 2004, inclusive. Beginning in 2009, the awards were again bifurcated by sex. Balloting for the award was undertaken by fans over the Internet from amongst between three and five choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating

neg: Best Golfer ESPY Award Best Golfer ESPY Award The Best Golfer ESPY Award was presented annually between 2005 and 2008 to the professional golfer adjudged, irrespective of gender or nationality, to be the best in a given calendar year. The award subsumed the gender-specific Best Male and Best Female Golfer ESPY Awards, which were presented annually between 1993 and 2004, inclusive. Beginning in 2009, the awards were again bifurcated by sex. Balloting for the award was undertaken by fans over the Internet from amongst between three and five choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee, and the award was conferred in June to

neg: Mo'ne Davis "The 8 Greatest Moments for Women in Sports". In July 2015 Davis won the Best Breakthrough Athlete ESPY Award. In 2014, writing for CNN, Kelly Wallace suggested that Davis' accomplishments will affect both girls and boys, women and men. In Wallace's view, she will inspire girls who want to play baseball in the future. To support this view, Wallace cited the case of Stephanie Tuck, who, as a girl, played on a Little League team. Tuck, recounting the experience of Little league play, said "I was heckled by the dads: 'Get that girl off the field.' I used to literally