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2024 ESPYS nominations: Caitlin Clark up for three different awards. Check out full list.
View Date:2025-01-11 09:48:54
It's summertime, which means it's ESPYS season.
ESPN's yearly celebration of the sports world is on the horizon, with nominees for all categories revealed Wednesday morning by the network. Voting for fans is also now open until 5 p.m. ET on July 11. Later that night the ESPYS, hosted this year by tennis legend Serena Williams, will air live (8 p.m. ET) on ABC.
Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark leads the way with three different ESPY Award nominations — Best athlete, women's sports; Best record-breaking performance; Best college athlete, women's sports — in recognition of her record-setting career at Iowa.
Here are all the athletes and teams nominated for a 2024 ESPY Award:
Best athlete, men's sports
- Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs
- Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels/Dodgers
- Scottie Scheffler, Golf
- Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers
Best athlete, women's sports
- Caitlin Clark, Iowa women’s basketball
- Coco Gauff, Tennis
- Nelly Korda, Golf
- A'ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces
Best breakthrough athlete
- Haleigh Bryant, LSU gymnastics
- C.J. Stroud, Houston Texans
- Juju Watkins, USC women’s basketball
- Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio Spurs
Best record-breaking performance
- 49ers' Christian McCaffrey: TD in record 17 consecutive games
- Iowa's Caitlin Clark: Becomes NCAA’s all-time leading scorer
- Stanford's Tara VanDerveer: Gets win No. 1,203 to pass Mike Krzyzewski for most in NCAA history
- Max Verstappen: Wins record 10 consecutive F1 races
Best championship performance
- Michigan's Blake Corum and Will Johnson in football championship game
- Boston College's Kayla Martello, Most Outstanding Player in women's lacrosse tournament
- NJ/NY Gotham FC's Midge Purce, MVP of NWSL championship
- Boston Celtics' Jaylen Brown, NBA Finals MVP
Best comeback athlete
- Simone Biles, Gymnastics
- Paige Bueckers, UConn women's basketball
- Joe Flacco, Cleveland Browns
- Zion Williamson, New Orleans Pelicans
Best play
- Jayda Coleman: Walk-off home run sends Oklahoma to softball championship series
- Anthony Edwards: Timberwolves star posterizes Jazz's John Collins
- Alabama: Jalen Milroe's TD pass on fourth-and-31 to beat Auburn.
- Lamar Jackson: Catches own pass for first down in AFC title game
Best team
- South Carolina women's basketball team
- Kansas City Chiefs
- Michigan football team
- Las Vegas Aces
- UConn men's basketball team
- Oklahoma softball team
- Boston Celtics
- Florida Panthers
- Texas Rangers
Best college athlete, men's sports
- Jayden Daniels, LSU football
- Zach Edey, Purdue basketball
- Ousmane Sylla, Clemson soccer
- Pat Kavanagh, Notre Dame lacrosse
Best college athlete, women's sports
- Haleigh Bryant, LSU gymnastics
- Caitlin Clark, Iowa basketball
- Sarah Franklin, Wisconsin volleyball
- Izzy Scane, Northwestern lacrosse
Best athlete with a disability
- Jaydin Blackwell, World champion sprinter
- Ezra Frech, World champion high jumper
- Brenna Huckaby, Snowboarding champion
- Oksana Masters, Cross-country skier/hand cyclist
Best NFL player
- Myles Garrett, Cleveland Browns
- Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens
- Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs
- Christian McCaffrey, San Francisco 49ers
Best MLB player
- Ronald Acuña Jr., Atlanta Braves
- Gerrit Cole, New York Yankees
- Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels/Dodgers
- Corey Seager, Texas Rangers
Best NHL player
- Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning
- Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche
- Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs
- Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers
Best NBA player
- Luka Dončić, Dallas Mavericks
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City Thunder
- Nikola Jokić, Denver Nuggets
- Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics
Best WNBA player
- Napheesa Collier, Minnesota Lynx
- Breanna Stewart, New York Liberty
- Alyssa Thomas, Connecticut Sun
- A’ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces
Best driver
- Ryan Blaney, NASCAR
- Matt Hagan, NHRA
- Álex Palou, IndyCar
- Max Verstappen, F1
Best UFC fighter
- Islam Makhachev
- Sean O’Malley
- Alex Pereira
- Zhang Weili
Best boxer
- Terence Crawford
- Seniesa Estrada
- Naoya Inoue
- Oleksandr Usyk
Best soccer player
- Aitana Bonmatí, Spain
- Naomi Girma, USWNT
- Vinicius Junior, Brazil/Real Madrid
- Kylian Mbappé, France/Real Madrid
Best golfer
- Nelly Korda
- Xander Schauffele
- Scottie Scheffler
- Lilia Vu
Best tennis player
- Carlos Alcaraz
- Novak Djokovic
- Coco Gauff
- Iga Swiatek
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