The 2024 ESPYS will take place July 11 at 8 p.m. EST/PST on ABC from Los Angeles. Hosted by Serena Williams, the ESPYS will look back at highlights from the past year and honor several athletes and performances. The nominees were announced earlier this week.
The ESPYS also includes the presentation of three distinctive pillar honors and those have now been announced. The Arthur Ashe Award for Courage will go to former NFL safety Steve Gleason, the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance will be given to University of South Carolina women’s basketball head coach Dawn Staley and the Pat Tillman Award for Service will be given to Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex.
“It’s our privilege to recognize three incredible individuals – Steve Gleason, Dawn Staley and Prince Harry,” said Kate Jackson, VP, Production, ESPN. “These honorees have used their platforms to change the world and make it more inclusive for marginalized and suffering communities, demonstrating incredible resilience, positivity and perseverance, and we’re thrilled to celebrate them at The 2024 ESPYS.”
The ESPYS helps raise awareness and funds for the V Foundation for Cancer Research, the charity founded by ESPN and the late basketball coach Jim Valvano at the first ESPYS in 1993. ESPN has helped raise more than $200 million for the V Foundation over the past 31 years.
Past recipients of the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage include the USA Gymnastics sexual abuse survivors (2018), Bill Russell (2019), Kevin Love (2020), Maya Moore (2021), Vitali Klitschko (2022) and the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team (2023).
Past recipients of the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance include Jim Kelly (2018), Rob Mendez (2019), Taquarius Wair (2020), Chris Nikic (2021), Dick Vitale (2022) and Liam Hendriks (2023).
Past recipients of the Pat Tillman Award for Service include Jake Wood (2018), Kirstie Ennis (2019), Kim Clavel (2020), Marcus Rashford (2021), Gretchen Evans (2022) and the Buffalo Bills Training Staff (2023).
