Basketball star Caitlin Clark, whose stellar yr included breaking an NCAA scoring file and changing into the primary decide the WNBA draft, leads all athletes with three nominations for the 2024 Espy Awards that have been unveiled Wednesday.
Clark is nommed in three classes: Report-Breaking Efficiency for her NCAA feat, Greatest Faculty Athlete, Ladies’s Sports activities and within the marquee Greatest Athlete, Ladies’s Sports activities, the place she is joined by U.S. Open champion Coco Gauff, two-time main golf champion Nelly Korda and WNBA star A’ja Wilson.
Within the race for Greatest Athlete, Males’s Sports activities, Kansas Metropolis Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes returns to defend his 2023 Espy win within the class after main the Chiefs to their second Tremendous Bowl win in a row this yr. Different nominees embrace the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani, Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid and Masters winner Scottie Scheffler.
Mahomes and Ohtani are on the lookout for their second profession wins in that class, and an opportunity to affix LeBron James, Lance Armstrong and Tiger Woods as the one athletes to win there a number of instances.
Winners will probably be introduced July 11 in a ceremony hosted by Serena Williams on the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. It should air on ABC dwell at 8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT.
Right here is the entire listing of 2024 nominees.
BEST ATHLETE, MEN’S SPORTS
Patrick Mahomes, Kansas Metropolis Chiefs
Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels / Los Angeles Dodgers
Scottie Scheffler, Golf
Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers
BEST ATHLETE, WOMEN’S SPORTS
Caitlin Clark, Iowa Ladies’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 Ladies’s Basketball
Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio Spurs
BEST RECORD-BREAKING PERFORMANCE
49ers Christian McCaffrey scores a TD for a file breaking 17 straight video games
Caitlin Clark turns into NCAA’s All Time Scoring Chief breaking Pete Maravich’s Report
Tara VanDerveer, Stanford Ladies’s Basketball – will get 1,203rd win to cross Coach Okay for many by any coach in NCAA basketball historical past
Max Verstappen wins file tenth consecutive race with victory at Italian Grand Prix
BEST CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCE
Michigan’s Blake Corum and Will Johnson, 2024 Faculty Soccer Nationwide Championship MVPs
Kayla Martello, Boston Faculty Ladies’s Lacrosse
Midge Purce, NJ/NY Gotham FC – NWSL Championship MVP
Jaylen Brown, Boston Celtics
BEST COMEBACK ATHLETE
Simone Biles, Gymnast
Paige Bueckers, College of Connecticut Ladies’s Basketball
Joe Flacco, Cleveland Browns
Zion Williamson, New Orleans Pelicans
BEST PLAY
Jayda Coleman calls GAME sending Oklahoma to their 4th Straight Championship – NCAA Softball 6/4/2024
Anthony Edwards Dunk of the 12 months – 3/18/24 – NBA
Alabama scores on 4th & 31 to win vs. Auburn 11/25/23
Lamar Jackson Caught His Personal Cross & Ran With it – 1/28/24 – NFL
BEST TEAM
South Carolina Gamecocks, NCAA Ladies’s Basketball
Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, NFL
Michigan Wolverines, NCAA Soccer
Las Vegas Aces, WNBA
College of Connecticut Huskies, NCAA Males’s Basketball
Oklahoma Sooners, NCAA Softball
Boston Celtics, NBA
Florida Panthers, NHL
Texas Rangers, MLB
BEST COLLEGE ATHLETE, MEN’S SPORTS
Jayden Daniels, LSU Soccer
Zach Edey, Purdue Males’s 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 Excessive Jumper
Brenna Huckaby Snowboarding Champion
Oksana Masters, Cross-Nation Skier/Hand Bike owner
BEST NFL PLAYER
Myles Garrett, Cleveland Browns
Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens
Patrick Mahomes, Kansas Metropolis Chiefs
Christian McCaffrey, San Francisco 49ers
BEST MLB PLAYER
Ronald Acuña Jr., Atlanta Braves
Gerrit Cole, New York Yankees
Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels
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 Metropolis Thunder
Nikola Jokić, Denver Nuggets
Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics
BEST WNBA PLAYER
Napheesa Collier, Minnesota Lynx
Breanna Stewart, New York Liberty
Alyssa Thomas, Connecticut Solar
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/Actual Madrid
Kylian Mbappé, France/Actual Madrid
BEST GOLFER
Nelly Korda
Xander Schauffele
Scottie Scheffler
Lilia Vu
BEST TENNIS PLAYER
Carlos Alcaraz
Novak Djokovic
Coco Gauff
Iga Swiatek
