David Bridges
ESPYs season, which arrives every single summer season, has returned after much more to celebrate the planet of sports, especially honoring the athletes inside it.
With this morning’s announcement of nominees across all categories, Indiana Fever guard Caitlyn Clark, 22, finds herself prominently featured with 3 nominations: Finest Athlete, Women’s Sports Finest Record-Breaking Functionality and Finest College Athlete, Women’s Sports—reflecting her outstanding profession at Iowa.
Furthermore, 20-year-old Coco Gauff, an American tennis player with profession-higher rankings, earns her 1st ESPYs nomination.
Gauff, a resident of Delray Beach, is nominated in the ‘Best Athlete, Female Sports’ category alongside golf standout Nelly Korda and two-time nominee A’ja Wilson, center for the two-time WNBA champions, the Las Vegas Aces. Clark and Korda also acquire their 1st nominations.
Patrick Mahomes, final year’s winner for Finest Athlete, Men’s Sports and Finest NFL Player, after once more secures nominations in each categories. His Kansas City Chiefs are nominated for Finest Group, alongside the not too long ago crowned NBA champions, the Boston Celtics.
Finest ATHLETE, WOMEN’S SPORTS
- Caitlin Clark, Iowa Women’s Basketball
- Coco Gauff, Tennis
- Nelly Korda, Golf
- A’ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces
Finest ATHLETE, MEN’S SPORTS
- Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs
- Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels / Los Angeles Dodgers
- Scottie Scheffler, Golf
- Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers
Finest BREAKTHROUGH ATHLETE
- Haleigh Bryant, LSU Gymnastics
- J. Stroud, Houston Texans
- Juju Watkins, USC Women’s Basketball
- Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio Spurs
Finest RECORD-BREAKING Functionality
- 49ers Christian McCaffrey scores a TD for a record breaking 17 straight games
- Caitlin Clark becomes NCAA’s All Time Scoring Leader breaking Pete Maravich’s Record
- Tara VanDerveer, Stanford Women’s Basketball – gets 1,203rd win to pass Coach K for most by any coach in NCAA basketball history
- Max Verstappen wins record 10th consecutive race with victory at Italian Grand Prix
Finest CHAMPIONSHIP Functionality
- Michigan’s Blake Corum and Will Johnson, 2024 College Football National Championship MVPs
- Kayla Martello, Boston College Women’s Lacrosse
- Midge Purce, NJ/NY Gotham FC – NWSL Championship MVP
- Jaylen Brown, Boston Celtics
Finest COMEBACK ATHLETE
- Simone Biles, Gymnast
- Paige Bueckers, University of Connecticut Women’s Basketball
- Joe Flacco, Cleveland Browns
- Zion Williamson, New Orleans Pelicans
Finest PLAY
- Jayda Coleman calls GAME sending Oklahoma to their 4th Straight Championship (six/four/24)
- Anthony Edwards Dunk of the Year (three/18/24)
- Alabama scores on 4th & 31 to win Auburn (11/25/23)
- Lamar Jackson Caught His Personal Pass & Ran With it (1/28/24)
Finest Group
- South Carolina Gamecocks, NCAA Women’s Basketball
- Kansas City Chiefs, NFL
- Michigan Wolverines, NCAA Football
- Las Vegas Aces, WNBA
- University of Connecticut Huskies, NCAA Men’s Basketball
- Oklahoma Sooners, NCAA Softball
- Boston Celtics, NBA
- Florida Panthers, NHL
- Texas Rangers, MLB
Finest COLLEGE ATHLETE, MEN’S SPORTS
- Jayden Daniels, LSU Football
- Zach Edey, Purdue Men’s Basketball
- Ousmane Sylla, Clemson Soccer
- Pat Kavanagh, Notre Dame Lacrosse
Finest COLLEGE ATHLETE, WOMEN’S SPORTS
- Haleigh Bryant, LSU Gymnastics
- Caitlin Clark, Iowa Basketball
- Sarah Franklin, Wisconsin Volleyball
- Izzy Scane, Northwestern Lacrosse
Finest ATHLETE WITH A DISABILITY
- Jaydin Blackwell Globe Champion Sprinter
- Ezra Frech, Globe Champion Higher Jumper
- Brenna Huckaby Snowboarding Champion
- Oksana Masters, Cross-Nation Skier/Hand Cyclist
Finest NFL PLAYER
- Myles Garrett, Cleveland Browns
- Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens
- Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs
- Christian McCaffrey, San Francisco 49ers
Finest MLB PLAYER
- Ronald Acuña, Atlanta Braves
- Gerrit Cole, New York Yankees
- Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels
- Corey Seager, Texas Rangers
Finest NHL PLAYER
- Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning
- Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche
- Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs
- Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers
Finest NBA PLAYER
- Luka Dončić, Dallas Mavericks
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City Thunder
- Nikola Jokić, Denver Nuggets
- Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics
Finest WNBA PLAYER
- Napheesa Collier, Minnesota Lynx
- Breanna Stewart, New York Liberty
- Alyssa Thomas, Connecticut Sun
- A’ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces
Finest DRIVER
- Ryan Blaney, NASCAR
- Matt Hagan, NHRA
- Álex Palou, IndyCar
- Max Verstappen, F1
Finest UFC FIGHTER
- Islam Makhachev
- Sean O’Malley
- Alex Pereira
- Zhang Weili
Finest BOXER
- Terence Crawford
- Seniesa Estrada
- Naoya Inoue
- Oleksandr Usyk
Finest SOCCER PLAYER
- Aitana Bonmatí, Spain
- Naomi Girma, USWNT
- Vinicius Junior, Brazil/True Madrid
- Kylian Mbappé, France/True Madrid
- Nelly Korda
- Xander Schauffele
- Scottie Scheffler
- Lilia Vu
Finest TENNIS PLAYER
- Carlos Alcaraz
- Novak Djokovic
- Coco Gauff
- Iga Swiatek
Hosted by Serena Williams, “The 2024 ESPYS” will broadcast reside on Thursday, July 11, at eight p.m. EDT/PDT on ABC from Los Angeles.
Sophie Langley
