The ESPY Awards, which reward the best athletes of the year each year delivered their verdict. Victor Wembanyamawho was nominated in the “revelation of the year” category, ultimately did not win the trophy. It was basketball player Juju Watkins (a star of USC in the NCAA) who took home the prize.
For the “Best NBA Player,” Luka Doncic, finalist for the regular season MVP award and runner-up to the Celtics, is crowned. Jaylen Brown, MVP of the 2024 Finals, had the “best performance in a final.”
So if Victor Wembanyama didn't win anything, A'ja Wilson and Caitlin Clark did well. The former was crowned “best WNBA player” and “best female athlete” while the latter was “best college athlete” after her season ended in the NCAA final. The Fever rookie in the WNBA won a second trophy, that of “best record”, since she is the best scorer in the history of NCAA basketball.
Still in the basketball department, Dawn Staley, the coach of South Carolina in the NCAA, wins the “perseverance” trophy, while her team, which won the university championship against Caitlin Clark and Iowa, is considered “the best team” of the year, ahead of the Celtics and the Aces.
