2024 ESPY Awards

2024 ESPY Awards
2024 ESPY Awards
Date	July 11, 2024
Location	Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles
Country	United States
Hosted by	Serena Williams
Television/radio coverage
Network	ABC
Runtime	180 minutes

The 2024 ESPY Awards, the 32nd annual ceremony of the ESPY Awards, was held on July 11, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, and broadcast by ABC.

Ceremony

On May 14, 2024, it was announced that tennis player Serena Williams would host the ceremony, becoming the fourth woman to host the ESPY awards, following Danica Patrick, Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird, as well as the first African American female athlete to host.^[1]^[2] The nominees were announced on June 26, 2024.^[3] Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex was the recipient of the Pat Tillman Award in recognition of his service in the British Armed Forces and work with the Invictus Games.^[4]

Nominees

Best Athlete, Men's Sports Patrick Mahomes – Kansas City Chiefs, NFL Shohei Ohtani – Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB Scottie Scheffler – Golf Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers, NHL	Best Athlete, Women's Sports A'ja Wilson – Las Vegas Aces, WNBA Caitlin Clark – Iowa women's basketball Coco Gauff – Tennis Nelly Korda – Golf
Best Breakthrough Athlete JuJu Watkins – USC women's basketball Haleigh Bryant – LSU gymnastics C. J. Stroud – Houston Texans, NFL Victor Wembanyama – San Antonio Spurs, NBA	Best Comeback Athlete Simone Biles – Gymnastics Paige Bueckers – UConn women's basketball Joe Flacco – Cleveland Browns, NFL Zion Williamson – New Orleans Pelicans, NBA
Best College Athlete, Men's Sports Jayden Daniels – LSU football Ousmane Sylla – Clemson soccer Pat Kavanagh – Notre Dame lacrosse Zach Edey – Purdue basketball	Best College Athlete, Women's Sports Caitlin Clark – Iowa basketball Sarah Franklin – Wisconsin volleyball Izzy Scane – Northwestern lacrosse Haleigh Bryant – LSU gymnastics
Best Team South Carolina Gamecocks – College basketball Kansas City Chiefs – NFL Michigan Wolverines – College football Las Vegas Aces – WNBA UConn Huskies – College basketball Oklahoma Sooners – College softball Boston Celtics – NBA Florida Panthers – NHL Texas Rangers – MLB	Best Championship Performance Jaylen Brown – Boston Celtics Blake Corum and Will Johnson – Michigan Wolverines, 2024 College Football National Championship MVPs Kayla Martello – Boston College women's lacrosse Midge Purce – NJ/NY Gotham FC, NWSL Championship MVP
Best Athlete with a Disability Brenna Huckaby – Snowboarding champion Jaydin Blackwell – World champion sprinter Ezra Frech – World champion high jumper Oksana Masters – Paralympic cross-country skiing / para-cycling	Best Play Lamar Jackson catches his own pass for first down Jayda Coleman walk-off home run sends Oklahoma to 4th straight softball championship Anthony Edwards Dunk of the Year Alabama scores on 4th and 31 to beat Auburn
Best Record-Breaking Performance Caitlin Clark becomes the NCAA's all-time leading scorer in any sport 49ers Christian McCaffrey scores a TD for 17 straight games Tara VanDerveer, Stanford women's basketball – gets 1,203rd win for most by any coach in NCAA basketball history Max Verstappen wins record 10th consecutive race with victory at the 2023 Italian Grand Prix	Best NFL Player Patrick Mahomes – Kansas City Chiefs Myles Garrett – Cleveland Browns Lamar Jackson – Baltimore Ravens Christian McCaffrey – San Francisco 49ers
Best MLB Player Shohei Ohtani – Los Angeles Angels Ronald Acuña – Atlanta Braves Gerrit Cole – New York Yankees Corey Seager – Texas Rangers	Best NHL Player Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning Nathan MacKinnon – Colorado Avalanche Auston Matthews – Toronto Maple Leafs
Best NBA Player Luka Dončić – Dallas Mavericks Nikola Jokić – Denver Nuggets Shai Gilgeous-Alexander – Oklahoma City Thunder Jayson Tatum – Boston Celtics	Best WNBA Player A'ja Wilson – Las Vegas Aces Napheesa Collier – Minnesota Lynx Alyssa Thomas – Connecticut Sun Breanna Stewart – New York Liberty
Best Soccer Player Kylian Mbappé – France / Real Madrid Aitana Bonmatí – Spain Naomi Girma – USWNT Vinicius Junior – Brazil / Real Madrid	Best Driver Max Verstappen – Formula One Matt Hagan – NHRA Ryan Blaney – NASCAR Álex Palou – IndyCar
Best Golfer Scottie Scheffler Xander Schauffele Nelly Korda Lilia Vu	Best Boxer Terence Crawford Seniesa Estrada Naoya Inoue Oleksandr Usyk
Best UFC Fighter Sean O’Malley Alex Pereira Islam Makhachev Zhang Weili	Best Tennis Player Coco Gauff Novak Djokovic Carlos Alcaraz Iga Świątek

Honorary awards

Jimmy V Award

Dawn Staley

Arthur Ashe Courage Award

Steve Gleason

Pat Tillman Award for Service

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award

Maui surfing community^[a]

Sports Humanitarian Team of the Year

Angel City FC

Icon Award

Nick Saban

Stuart Scott ENSPIRE Award

Brice Christianson

Notes

^ Accepted by Kai Lenny and Archie Kalepa^[5]

References

^ "Serena Williams to become fourth woman to host ESPYS in July". ESPN.com. May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
^ Bumbaca, Chris (May 14, 2024). "Serena Williams will host 2024 ESPY awards in July: 'She'll bring elite star-power'". USA Today.com. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
^ Nordyke, Kimberly (June 26, 2024). "ESPY Awards: Simone Biles, Caitlin Clark, Patrick Mahomes Among 2024 Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
^ Weprin, Alex (June 27, 2024). "Prince Harry to Receive ESPN's Pat Tillman Award at 2024 ESPYs". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on July 2, 2024. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
^ Star-Advertiser staff (July 11, 2024). "Maui surfing community wins ESPY award". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Archived from the original on July 15, 2024. Retrieved July 15, 2024.

[6] Accepted by Kai Lenny and Archie Kalepa^[5]

[1] "Serena Williams to become fourth woman to host ESPYS in July". ESPN.com. May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 14, 2024.

[2] Bumbaca, Chris (May 14, 2024). "Serena Williams will host 2024 ESPY awards in July: 'She'll bring elite star-power'". USA Today.com. Retrieved May 14, 2024.

[3] Nordyke, Kimberly (June 26, 2024). "ESPY Awards: Simone Biles, Caitlin Clark, Patrick Mahomes Among 2024 Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 26, 2024.

[4] Weprin, Alex (June 27, 2024). "Prince Harry to Receive ESPN's Pat Tillman Award at 2024 ESPYs". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on July 2, 2024. Retrieved June 30, 2024.

[5] Star-Advertiser staff (July 11, 2024). "Maui surfing community wins ESPY award". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Archived from the original on July 15, 2024. Retrieved July 15, 2024.

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