Senior All-American Maya Moore won an ESPY Award for the Best Female College Athlete during the 18th annual awards ceremony Wednesday night in Los Angeles. It was the only victory of the night for the Huskies.
Moore had also been nominated for Best Female Athlete, which was won by Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn.
UConn coach Geno Auriemma was nominated for Best Coach/Manager, which was won by Phil Jackson of the Los Angeles Lakers. And the Huskies were collectively nominated for Best Record-Breaking Performance for setting the longest winning streak in NCAA women’s basketball history and for Best Team. The tennis match at Wimbledon between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut – longest match in tennis history (11 hours, 5 minutes) – and the Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints took home the ESPY’s in each of those categories, respectively.
Rich
ESPY’s are a joke to begin with, that is why they hire comedians to make jokes about LBJ etc.
Duke men’s basketball team would have won Best Team if they were 78-0.
Obviously we have a long way to go in acknowledging women’s sports.
ESPY award title is Best Team, which should go to the 78-0 (or 39-0 in 1 season) UConn Huskies.
ESPY award title is *Not* Best Emotional Win for a City previously Ravaged by Mother Nature.
Aints were lucky to even be in the Super Bowl. Referees and Brett Favre handed them the NFC Title for obvious reasons.
Comment by UConn Steve — July 15th, 2010 @ 2:52 pm