NCAA Inspiration Award

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The NCAA Inspiration Award is awarded to one of the following who is associated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association: a current or former varsity letter-winner, a coach, or an administrator. The award is given to an individual who "when confronted with a life-altering situation used perseverance, dedication and determination to overcome the event and now serves as a role model to give hope and inspiration to others in similar situations."[1]

The Inspiration Award was first awarded in 2002. The recipients of the award are:

Year Individual Sport College affiliation Ref
2002 Maggie Maloy Track & Cross country Defiance College [2]
Sam Paneno Football University of California, Davis [2]
2003 Diane Geppi-Aikens Lacrosse Loyola College in Maryland [3]
Amanda Walton Field hockey Yale University [4]
Todd Williams Football Florida State University [3]
2004 Heather Denison Volleyball University of Portland [5]
Emily Miller Soccer University of Tennessee at Martin [5]
Mike Nyeholt Swimming University of Southern California [6]
2005 Kaia Jergenson Basketball Lipscomb University [7]
Michelle Thomas Track and field University of Oklahoma [7]
Macharia Yuot Track and field Widener University [7]
2006 Raul Altreche Lacrosse Amherst College [8]
John Doar Basketball Princeton University [8]
Lois Taurman Basketball, volleyball, & softball Bellarmine University [8]
2007 David Denniston Swimming Auburn University [9]
2008 Jim MacLaren Football Yale University [10]
2009 Kelly Brush Skiing Middlebury College [11]
2010 Gregory Gadson Football West Point [12]
2007 Bluffton University Baseball Team Baseball Bluffton University [13]
2011 Merzudin Ibric Track and Field Wheaton College [14]
2012 Jill Costello[a] Rowing University of California, Berkeley [15]
Louis Zamperini Track and field University of Southern California [16]
2013 David Borden Football Kutztown University of Pennsylvania [17]
2014 Jason Church Football University of Wisconsin–La Crosse [18]
2015 April Holmes Track Norfolk State University [19]
2016 O. J. Brigance Football Rice University [20]
Lauren Hill[a] Basketball Mount St. Joseph University [20]
2017 Pete Frates Baseball Boston College [21]
2018 Jim Kelly Football University of Miami [22]
2019 Shaquem Griffin Football University of Central Florida [23]
Maggie Nichols Gymnastics University of Oklahoma [24]
2020 Trey Moses Basketball Ball State University [25]
Rocky Bleier Football Notre Dame [26]
2021 Chaunté Lowe Track and Field Georgia Tech [27]
2022 Bob Grant Football Wake Forest University [28]
Steve Gleason Football Washington State University [29]
2023 Gracie Phelps Basketball Western Washington University [30]
Black 14 Football University of Wyoming [31]
2024 Esera Tuaolo Football Oregon State University [32]
Roxanne Dunn Track and Field Slippery Rock University [33]
2025 Mike Hollins Football University of Virginia [34]
  1. ^ a b Posthumous award

See also

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References

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