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Best Breakthrough Athlete ESPY Award

January 01, 1970

The Best Breakthrough Athlete ESPY Award, known alternatively as the Breakthrough Athlete of the Year ESPY Award,[1] is an annual award honoring the achievements of an individual in the world of sports.[2] It was first awarded as part of the ESPY Awards in 1993.[2] The Best Breakthrough Athlete ESPY Award trophy, created by sculptor Lawrence Nowlan,[3] 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 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.[2] Since 2004, the winner has been chosen by online voting through choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee.[4] Before that, determination of the winners was made by an panel of experts.[5] 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.[a][6]

Best Breakthrough Athlete ESPY Award
Awarded forbest national or international breakthrough in the world of individual and team sports
LocationDolby Theatre, Los Angeles (2023)
Presented byESPN
First awarded1993
Currently held byAngel Reese (USA)
Websitewww.espn.co.uk/espys/

The inaugural winner of the Best Breakthrough Athlete ESPY Award in 1993 was San Diego Pardres outfielder Gary Sheffield.[1][7] The Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Hideo Nomo of Japan received the trophy in 1996,[8] and is one of two sports persons born outside of the United States to have received the award, the other being Dominican Republican left fielder and second baseman Alfonso Soriano of the New York Yankees in 2003. Additionally, 2022 winner Eileen Gu was born in America, but competed for China.[9] Gu is one of two women to win the award, the other being Mo'ne Davis of the Little League Baseball team Anderson Monarchs in 2015.[10] American football players have been most successful at the awards with eleven victories and thirteen nominations, followed by baseball players with eight wins and ten nominations. No athlete has ever won the accolade more than once. The award was not awarded in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Winners and nominees edit

Best Breakthrough Athlete ESPY Award winners and nominees
Year Image Athlete Nationality Team Competition Sport Nominees Refs
1993   Gary Sheffield   USA San Diego Padres Major League Baseball Baseball Fred Couples (  USA) – Golf
Jim Courier (  USA) – Tennis
Barry Foster (  USA) – Pittsburgh Steelers 		[1][7]
1994   Mike Piazza   USA Los Angeles Dodgers Major League Baseball Baseball — [11]
1995   Jeff Bagwell   USA Houston Astros Major League Baseball Baseball Ernie Els (  RSA) – Golf
Tommy Moe (  USA) – Skiing 		[12][13]
1996   Hideo Nomo   JPN Los Angeles Dodgers Major League Baseball Baseball Jeff Blake (  USA) –Cincinnati Bengals
Martin Brodeur (  CAN) – New Jersey Devils 		[8][14]
1997   Tiger Woods   USA — PGA Tour Golf Mariano Rivera (  PAN) – New York Yankees
Alex Rodriguez (  USA) – Seattle Mariners 		[15][16]
1998   Nomar Garciaparra   USA Boston Red Sox Major League Baseball Baseball — [17]
1999   Randy Moss   USA Minnesota Vikings National Football League American football — [18]
2000   Kurt Warner   USA St. Louis Rams National Football League American football Sergio García (  SPA) – Golf
Serena Williams (  USA) – Tennis 		[19][20]
2001 Daunte Culpepper   USA Minnesota Vikings National Football League American football Rulon Gardner (  USA) – Wrestling
Josh Heupel (  USA) – Oklahoma Sooners
Marat Safin (  RUS) – Tennis 		[21][22]
2002   Tom Brady   USA New England Patriots National Football League American football Kevin Harvick (  USA) – NASCAR
Sarah Hughes (  USA) – Figure skating
Ichiro Suzuki (  JPN) – Seattle Mariners 		[23][24]
2003   Alfonso Soriano   DOM New York Yankees Major League Baseball Baseball LeBron James (  USA) – Cleveland Cavaliers
Jimmie Johnson (  USA) – NASCAR
Yao Ming (  CHN) – Houston Rockets
Clinton Portis (  USA) – Denver Broncos 		[9][25]
2004   LeBron James   USA Cleveland Cavaliers National Basketball Association Basketball Freddy Adu (  USA) – Soccer
Carmelo Anthony (  USA) – Denver Nuggets
Jake Delhomme (  USA) – Carolina Panthers
Michelle Wie (  USA) – Golf 		[26][27]
2005   Dwyane Wade   USA Miami Heat National Basketball Association Basketball Danica Patrick (  USA) – IndyCar Series
Ben Roethlisberger (  USA) – Pittsburgh Steelers
Maria Sharapova (  RUS) – Tennis 		[28][29]
2006   Chris Paul   USA New Orleans Hornets National Basketball Association Basketball Kimmie Meissner (  USA) – Figure skating
Alexander Ovechkin (  RUS) – Washington Capitals
Shaun White (  USA) – Snowboarding 		[30][31]
2007   Devin Hester   USA Chicago Bears National Football League American football Kevin Durant (  USA) – Texas Longhorns
Ryan Howard (  USA) – Philadelphia Phillies
Morgan Pressel (  USA) – Golf 		[32][33]
2008   Adrian Peterson   USA Minnesota Vikings National Football League American football Kyle Busch (  USA) – NASCAR
Stephen Curry (  USA) – Davidson Wildcats
Ana Ivanovic (  SER) – Tennis 		[34][35]
2009   Matt Ryan   USA Atlanta Falcons National Football League American football Shawn Johnson (  USA) – Gymnastics
Evan Longoria (  USA) – Tampa Bay Rays
Derrick Rose (  USA) – Chicago Bulls 		[36][37]
2010   Chris Johnson   USA Tennessee Titans National Football League American football Brittney Griner (  USA) – Baylor Bears
Stephen Strasburg (  USA) – Washington Nationals
John Wall (  USA) – Kentucky Wildcats 		[38][39]
2011   Blake Griffin   USA Los Angeles Clippers National Basketball Association Basketball José Bautista (  DOM) – Toronto Blue Jays
Arian Foster (  USA) – Houston Texans
Li Na (  CHN) – Tennis
Cam Newton (  USA) – Auburn Tigers 		[40][41]
2012   Jeremy Lin   USA New York Knicks National Basketball Association Basketball Anthony Davis (  USA) – Kentucky Wildcats
Robert Griffin III (  USA) – Baylor Bears
Rob Gronkowski (  USA) – New England Patriots
Alex Morgan (  USA) – Soccer 		[42][43]
2013   Colin Kaepernick   USA San Francisco 49ers National Football League American football Johnny Manziel (  USA) – Texas A&M Aggies
Yasiel Puig (  CUB) – Los Angeles Dodgers
Mike Trout (  USA) – Los Angeles Angels
Russell Wilson (  USA) – Seattle Seahawks 		[44][45]
2014   Richard Sherman   USA Seattle Seahawks National Football League American football Nick Foles (  USA) – Philadelphia Eagles
Damian Lillard (  USA) – Portland Trail Blazers
Masahiro Tanaka (  JPN) – New York Yankees 		[46][47]
2015   Mo'ne Davis   USA Anderson Monarchs Little League Baseball Baseball Odell Beckham Jr. (  USA) – New York Giants
Cardale Jones (  USA) – Ohio State Buckeyes
Jordan Spieth (  USA) – Golf 		[10][48]
2016   Jake Arrieta   USA Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball Baseball Karl-Anthony Towns (  USA) – Minnesota Timberwolves
Chloe Kim (  USA) – Snowboarding
Conor McGregor (  IRL) – MMA 		[49][50]
2017   Dak Prescott   USA Dallas Cowboys National Football League American football Giannis Antetokounmpo (  GRE) – Milwaukee Bucks
Laurie Hernandez (  USA) – Gymnastics
Aaron Judge (  USA) – New York Yankees
Christian Pulisic (  USA) – Soccer 		[51][52]
2018   Donovan Mitchell   USA Utah Jazz National Basketball Association Basketball Alvin Kamara (  USA) – New Orleans Saints
Ben Simmons (  AUS) – Philadelphia 76ers
Sloane Stephens (  USA) – Tennis 		[53][54]
2019   Saquon Barkley   USA New York Giants National Football League American football Naomi Osaka (  JPN) – Tennis
Christian Yelich (  USA) – Milwaukee Brewers
Trae Young (  USA) – Atlanta Hawks 		[55]
2020 Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021   LaMelo Ball   USA Charlotte Hornets National Basketball Association Basketball Justin Herbert (  USA) – Los Angeles Chargers
Chase Young (  USA) – Washington Football Team
Crystal Dangerfield (  USA) – Minnesota Lynx
 [56]
2022   Eileen Gu   CHN — — Skiing Ja Morant (  USA) – Memphis Grizzlies
Trinity Rodman (  USA) Washington Spirit
Jonathan Taylor (  USA) Indianapolis Colts 		[57]
2023   Angel Reese   USA LSU Women's Basketball NCAA Division I Basketball Caitlin Clark (  USA) – Iowa Women's Basketball
Brock Purdy (  USA) San Francisco 49ers
Julio Rodríguez (  DOM) Seattle Mariners 		[58]

See also edit

Notes and references edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ 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.[6]

References edit

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The Best Breakthrough Athlete ESPY Award known alternatively as the Breakthrough Athlete of the Year ESPY Award 1 is an annual award honoring the achievements of an individual in the world of sports 2 It was first awarded as part of the ESPY Awards in 1993 2 The Best Breakthrough Athlete ESPY Award trophy created by sculptor Lawrence Nowlan 3 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 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 2 Since 2004 the winner has been chosen by online voting through choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee 4 Before that determination of the winners was made by an panel of experts 5 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 a 6 Best Breakthrough Athlete ESPY AwardAwarded forbest national or international breakthrough in the world of individual and team sportsLocationDolby Theatre Los Angeles 2023 Presented byESPNFirst awarded1993Currently held byAngel Reese USA Websitewww wbr espn wbr co wbr uk wbr espys wbr The inaugural winner of the Best Breakthrough Athlete ESPY Award in 1993 was San Diego Pardres outfielder Gary Sheffield 1 7 The Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Hideo Nomo of Japan received the trophy in 1996 8 and is one of two sports persons born outside of the United States to have received the award the other being Dominican Republican left fielder and second baseman Alfonso Soriano of the New York Yankees in 2003 Additionally 2022 winner Eileen Gu was born in America but competed for China 9 Gu is one of two women to win the award the other being Mo ne Davis of the Little League Baseball team Anderson Monarchs in 2015 10 American football players have been most successful at the awards with eleven victories and thirteen nominations followed by baseball players with eight wins and ten nominations No athlete has ever won the accolade more than once The award was not awarded in 2020 due to the COVID 19 pandemic Contents 1 Winners and nominees 2 See also 3 Notes and references 3 1 Notes 3 2 References 4 External linksWinners and nominees editBest Breakthrough Athlete ESPY Award winners and nominees Year Image Athlete Nationality Team Competition Sport Nominees Refs 1993 nbsp Gary Sheffield nbsp USA San Diego Padres Major League Baseball Baseball Fred Couples nbsp USA GolfJim Courier nbsp USA TennisBarry Foster nbsp USA Pittsburgh Steelers 1 7 1994 nbsp Mike Piazza nbsp USA Los Angeles Dodgers Major League Baseball Baseball 11 1995 nbsp Jeff Bagwell nbsp USA Houston Astros Major League Baseball Baseball Ernie Els nbsp RSA GolfTommy Moe nbsp USA Skiing 12 13 1996 nbsp Hideo Nomo nbsp JPN Los Angeles Dodgers Major League Baseball Baseball Jeff Blake nbsp USA Cincinnati BengalsMartin Brodeur nbsp CAN New Jersey Devils 8 14 1997 nbsp Tiger Woods nbsp USA PGA Tour Golf Mariano Rivera nbsp PAN New York YankeesAlex Rodriguez nbsp USA Seattle Mariners 15 16 1998 nbsp Nomar Garciaparra nbsp USA Boston Red Sox Major League Baseball Baseball 17 1999 nbsp Randy Moss nbsp USA Minnesota Vikings National Football League American football 18 2000 nbsp Kurt Warner nbsp USA St Louis Rams National Football League American football Sergio Garcia nbsp SPA GolfSerena Williams nbsp USA Tennis 19 20 2001 Daunte Culpepper nbsp USA Minnesota Vikings National Football League American football Rulon Gardner nbsp USA WrestlingJosh Heupel nbsp USA Oklahoma SoonersMarat Safin nbsp RUS Tennis 21 22 2002 nbsp Tom Brady nbsp USA New England Patriots National Football League American football Kevin Harvick nbsp USA NASCARSarah Hughes nbsp USA Figure skatingIchiro Suzuki nbsp JPN Seattle Mariners 23 24 2003 nbsp Alfonso Soriano nbsp DOM New York Yankees Major League Baseball Baseball LeBron James nbsp USA Cleveland CavaliersJimmie Johnson nbsp USA NASCARYao Ming nbsp CHN Houston RocketsClinton Portis nbsp USA Denver Broncos 9 25 2004 nbsp LeBron James nbsp USA Cleveland Cavaliers National Basketball Association Basketball Freddy Adu nbsp USA SoccerCarmelo Anthony nbsp USA Denver NuggetsJake Delhomme nbsp USA Carolina PanthersMichelle Wie nbsp USA Golf 26 27 2005 nbsp Dwyane Wade nbsp USA Miami Heat National Basketball Association Basketball Danica Patrick nbsp USA IndyCar SeriesBen Roethlisberger nbsp USA Pittsburgh SteelersMaria Sharapova nbsp RUS Tennis 28 29 2006 nbsp Chris Paul nbsp USA New Orleans Hornets National Basketball Association Basketball Kimmie Meissner nbsp USA Figure skatingAlexander Ovechkin nbsp RUS Washington CapitalsShaun White nbsp USA Snowboarding 30 31 2007 nbsp Devin Hester nbsp USA Chicago Bears National Football League American football Kevin Durant nbsp USA Texas LonghornsRyan Howard nbsp USA Philadelphia PhilliesMorgan Pressel nbsp USA Golf 32 33 2008 nbsp Adrian Peterson nbsp USA Minnesota Vikings National Football League American football Kyle Busch nbsp USA NASCARStephen Curry nbsp USA Davidson WildcatsAna Ivanovic nbsp SER Tennis 34 35 2009 nbsp Matt Ryan nbsp USA Atlanta Falcons National Football League American football Shawn Johnson nbsp USA GymnasticsEvan Longoria nbsp USA Tampa Bay RaysDerrick Rose nbsp USA Chicago Bulls 36 37 2010 nbsp Chris Johnson nbsp USA Tennessee Titans National Football League American football Brittney Griner nbsp USA Baylor BearsStephen Strasburg nbsp USA Washington NationalsJohn Wall nbsp USA Kentucky Wildcats 38 39 2011 nbsp Blake Griffin nbsp USA Los Angeles Clippers National Basketball Association Basketball Jose Bautista nbsp DOM Toronto Blue JaysArian Foster nbsp USA Houston TexansLi Na nbsp CHN TennisCam Newton nbsp USA Auburn Tigers 40 41 2012 nbsp Jeremy Lin nbsp USA New York Knicks National Basketball Association Basketball Anthony Davis nbsp USA Kentucky WildcatsRobert Griffin III nbsp USA Baylor BearsRob Gronkowski nbsp USA New England PatriotsAlex Morgan nbsp USA Soccer 42 43 2013 nbsp Colin Kaepernick nbsp USA San Francisco 49ers National Football League American football Johnny Manziel nbsp USA Texas A amp M AggiesYasiel Puig nbsp CUB Los Angeles DodgersMike Trout nbsp USA Los Angeles AngelsRussell Wilson nbsp USA Seattle Seahawks 44 45 2014 nbsp Richard Sherman nbsp USA Seattle Seahawks National Football League American football Nick Foles nbsp USA Philadelphia EaglesDamian Lillard nbsp USA Portland Trail BlazersMasahiro Tanaka nbsp JPN New York Yankees 46 47 2015 nbsp Mo ne Davis nbsp USA Anderson Monarchs Little League Baseball Baseball Odell Beckham Jr nbsp USA New York GiantsCardale Jones nbsp USA Ohio State BuckeyesJordan Spieth nbsp USA Golf 10 48 2016 nbsp Jake Arrieta nbsp USA Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball Baseball Karl Anthony Towns nbsp USA Minnesota TimberwolvesChloe Kim nbsp USA SnowboardingConor McGregor nbsp IRL MMA 49 50 2017 nbsp Dak Prescott nbsp USA Dallas Cowboys National Football League American football Giannis Antetokounmpo nbsp GRE Milwaukee BucksLaurie Hernandez nbsp USA GymnasticsAaron Judge nbsp USA New York YankeesChristian Pulisic nbsp USA Soccer 51 52 2018 nbsp Donovan Mitchell nbsp USA Utah Jazz National Basketball Association Basketball Alvin Kamara nbsp USA New Orleans SaintsBen Simmons nbsp AUS Philadelphia 76ersSloane Stephens nbsp USA Tennis 53 54 2019 nbsp Saquon Barkley nbsp USA New York Giants National Football League American football Naomi Osaka nbsp JPN TennisChristian Yelich nbsp USA Milwaukee BrewersTrae Young nbsp USA Atlanta Hawks 55 2020 Not awarded due to the COVID 19 pandemic 2021 nbsp LaMelo Ball nbsp USA Charlotte Hornets National Basketball Association Basketball Justin Herbert nbsp USA Los Angeles ChargersChase Young nbsp USA Washington Football TeamCrystal Dangerfield nbsp USA Minnesota Lynx 56 2022 nbsp Eileen Gu nbsp CHN Skiing Ja Morant nbsp USA Memphis GrizzliesTrinity Rodman nbsp USA Washington SpiritJonathan Taylor nbsp USA Indianapolis Colts 57 2023 nbsp Angel Reese nbsp USA LSU Women s Basketball NCAA Division I Basketball Caitlin Clark nbsp USA Iowa Women s BasketballBrock Purdy nbsp USA San Francisco 49ersJulio Rodriguez nbsp DOM Seattle Mariners 58 See also editLaureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year ATP Newcomer of the Year Award Calder Memorial Trophy National Hockey League MLB Rookie of the Year Award MLS Rookie of the Year Award NASCAR Rookie of the Year Award NBA Rookie of the Year Award NFL Rookie of the Year Award PGA Tour Rookie of the Year AwardNotes and references editNotes edit 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 6 References edit a b c Sheffield gets pardon The Cincinnati Enquirer March 2 1993 p D5 Archived from the original on June 15 2018 Retrieved June 15 2018 via Newspapers com a b c Nelson Murry R 2013 American Sports A History of Icons Idols and Ideas Santa Barbara California ABC CLIO pp 399 401 ISBN 978 0 313 39753 0 Archived from the original on March 25 2018 Retrieved March 25 2018 Avard Christian August 2 2013 Sculptor commissioned to complete Joe Frazier statue has died Barre Montpelier Times Argus Archived from the original on February 21 2014 Retrieved January 21 2018 The 2004 ESPY Awards Fans to decide all 2004 ESPY Award winners ESPN Archived from the original on January 23 2018 Retrieved January 23 2018 Committee is newly found ESPN February 3 1999 Archived from the original on January 23 2018 Retrieved January 23 2018 a b New categories unveiled for The 2002 ESPY Awards Press release ESPN 2002 Archived from the original on December 22 2017 Retrieved December 20 2017 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