2015 ESPY Awards

2015 ESPY Awards
Official ESPYs logo
Date	July 15, 2015 (2015-07-15)
Location	Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, California
Country	United States
Hosted by	Joel McHale
Television/radio coverage
Network	ABC

The 2015 ESPY Awards is the annual ESPY Awards held yearly with 32 awards in total being handed out. They will be presented on July 15, 2015 and hosted by actor and comedian Joel McHale from the Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles. For the first time in its 23 year history the ceremony will be broadcast on ABC. Britney Spears will reportedly attend the ceremony as a presenter.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Male Athlete Stephen Curry – Golden State Warriors, NBA LeBron James – Cleveland Cavaliers, NBA Aaron Rodgers – Green Bay Packers, NFL J. J. Watt – Houston Texans, NFL	Best Female Athlete Ronda Rousey – MMA Breanna Stewart – UConn Huskies basketball Lindsey Vonn – Skiing Serena Williams – Tennis
Best Championship Performance LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers – Record breaking performance during the 2015 NBA Finals American Pharoah, Race Horse – Won first Triple Crown since 1978 Madison Bumgarner, San Francisco Giants – 2014 World Series MVP Lauren Haeger, Florida Gators softball – Most Outstanding Player of the 2015 Women's College World Series	Best Breakthrough Athlete Mo'ne Davis, Little League Baseball – First girl to earn a win in the Little League World Series Odell Beckham, Jr., New York Giants – 2014 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Cardale Jones, Ohio State Buckeyes football – Won the College Football National Championship in just his 3rd start as the Buckeyes quarterback Jordan Spieth, PGA – Won the 2015 Masters and 2015 U.S. Open
Best Record-Breaking Performance Peyton Manning – threw record-509th touchdown pass Lauren Chamberlain – hit 91st home run in NCAA softball Devin Hester – took punt in for 20th touchdown return Klay Thompson – scored 37 points in a single quarter	Best Upset Georgia State over Baylor – NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Kansas City Royals – won American League Pennant Ole Miss over Alabama – College football Team WE over GE Tigers - IEM Katowice
Best Game A’s vs. Royals – 2014 American League Wild Card Game Spurs vs. Clippers – Game 7, NBA Western Conference Quarterfinals Patriots vs. Seahawks – Super Bowl XLIX	Best Team New England Patriots - NFL UConn Huskies - NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Golden State Warriors - NBA Chicago Blackhawks - NHL Ohio State Buckeyes - FBS U.S. Women's Soccer - FIFA
Best Coach/Manager Geno Auriemma - UConn Huskies basketball Bill Belichick - New England Patriots Steve Kerr - Golden State Warriors Mike Krzyzewski - Duke Blue Devils basketball Urban Meyer - Ohio State Buckeyes football	Best Comeback Athlete Rob Gronkowski - New England Patriots Alex Rodriguez - New York Yankees Derrick Rose - Chicago Bulls Lindsey Vonn - Skiing
Best International Athlete Novak Djokovic - Tennis Lewis Hamilton - Formula One Lydia Ko - LPGA Lionel Messi - F.C. Barcelona, Argentina Cristiano Ronaldo - Real Madrid, Portugal	Best NFL player Tom Brady, New England Patriots - MVP of his 4th Super Bowl Championship Antonio Brown, Pittsburgh Steelers - Led the league in receptions (129) and receiving yards (1,698) Demarco Murray, Dallas Cowboys - The 2014 leading rusher (1,845 yards) Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay Packers - NFL Most Valuable Player J. J. Watt, Houston Texans - NFL Defensive Player of the Year
Best MLB player Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers - 2014 MVP of the National League Mike Trout, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - 2014 MVP of the American League Madison Bumgarner, San Francisco Giants - 2014 World Series MVP Corey Kluber, Cleveland Indians - won 2014 AL Cy Young award Giancarlo Stanton, Miami Marlins - One of the top hitters in the league	Best NHL Player Carey Price, Montreal Canadiens - Winner of the 2014-15 Ted Lindsay (most outstanding player), Jennings (fewest goals allowed), Vezina (top goaltender) and Hart (most valuable player) trophies Alexander Ovechkin, Washington Capitals - Winner of 2014-15 Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy (most goals) John Tavares, New York Islanders - runner up for the Art Ross Trophy Jonathan Toews, Chicago Blackhawks - captain of the 2015 Stanley Cup champions Duncan Keith, Chicago Blackhawks - Winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy and a 2015 Stanley Cup champion
Best NBA player Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors - 2015 NBA MVP Anthony Davis, New Orleans Pelicans - Led NBA in blocks (200) James Harden, Houston Rockets - NBA MVP runnerup Lebron James, Cleveland Cavaliers - Led the NBA Finals in points (35.8), rebounds (13.3), and assists (8.8) Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City Thunder - NBA scoring champion (28.1 ppg)	Best WNBA Player Skylar Diggins, Tulsa Shock - 2014 WNBA Most Improved Player Brittney Griner, Phoenix Mercury - 2014 WNBA Defensive Player of the year Maya Moore, Minnesota Lynx - 2014 WNBA MVP Candace Parker, Los Angeles Sparks - 3rd in the league in scoring (19.4 ppg) Diana Taurasi, Phoenix Mercury - 2014 WNBA Finals MVP
Best Driver Erica Enders-Stevens, NHRA - Won the 2014 NHRA Pro Stock Championship Lewis Hamilton, Formula One - 2014 Formula One World Champion Kevin Harvick, NASCAR - 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion Juan Pablo Montoya, IndyCar - 2015 Indy 500 winner Will Power, IndyCar - 2014 IndyCar Series Champion	Best Fighter Ronda Rousey, MMA - Defended the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Title with two record-speed wins Donald Cerrone, MMA - Current 8-fight UFC winning streak is the longest in the lightweight division Terence Crawford, Boxing - Current WBO Light Welterweight champion Gennady Golovkin, Boxing - Improved record to 33-0 with 30 KOs Floyd Mayweather Jr, Boxing - Defeated Manny Pacquiao in a unanimous decision to bring his record to 48-0
Best Male Golfer Rory McIlroy - 2014 PGA Player of the year, 2014 PGA Tour Player of the Year, and winner of the 2014 British Open and the 2014 PGA Championship Jordan Spieth - Won the 2015 Masters and 2015 US Open Billy Horschel - 2014 FedEx Cup Champion	Best Female Golfer Lydia Ko - 2014 LPGA Rookie of the Year Stacy Lewis - 2014 LPGA Player of the Year Inbee Park - Won the 2014 LPGA Championship
Best Male Tennis Player Marin Cilic - 2014 US Open Champion Novak Djokovic - Won the 2015 Australian Open, the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2014 ATP World Tour Finals and 2014 ATP Player of the Year Roger Federer - Joined Jimmy Connor and Ivan Lendl in the 1000-win club Stan Wawrinka - 2015 French Open Champion	Best Female Tennis Player Simona Halep - Finished world #3 on 2014 WTA Tour and placed as runner-up in the 2014 WTA Tour Finals Petra Kvitova - 2014 Wimbledon Champion Maria Sharapova - Finished world #2 on 2014 WTA Tour Serena Williams - Won the 2014 US Open, 2015 Australian Open, and 2015 French Open
Best Male College Athlete Jack Eichel, Boston Terriers men’s ice hockey - 2015 Hobey Baker Award winner for best college hockey player Frank Kaminsky, Wisconsin Badgers basketball - 2015 Naismith Player of the Year and 2015 Wooden Award Marcus Mariota, Oregon Ducks football - 2015 Heisman trophy winner Logan Stieber, Ohio State Buckeyes wrestling - Led Ohio State to their first-ever team National Title and 2015 NCAA tournament Most Outstanding Player Dansby Swanson, Vanderbilt Commodores baseball  Led SEC in hits (91), runs scored (75), total bases (171), and doubles (23)	Best Female College Athlete Taylor Cummings, Maryland Terrapins women's lacrosse - Won her 2nd-straight Tewaaraton Award as the best player in women’s college lacrosse Missy Franklin, California Golden Bears swimming and diving - NCAA Champion in 200 IM, 200 Freestyle, and 200 Backstroke and 2015 NCAA Swimmer of the Year Lauren Haeger, Florida Gators softball - 2015 USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Year Micha Hancock, Penn State volleyball - 2014 AVCA DI National Player of the Year Breanna Stewart, UConn Huskies basketball - 2015 AP Player of the year and 2015 Naismith Player of the Year
Best Male Action Sports Athlete Ryan Dungey, Motocross - Won 8 of 17 rounds on the 2015 AMA Supercross series, claiming the overall title by a large margin Tucker Hibbert, SnoCross - Won 8th-straight X Games SnoCross gold, now the longest active streak at X Games Nyjah Huston, Skateboarding - Decisively won 2015 X Games Skateboard Street gold Mark McMorris, Snowboarding - Won 2015 X Games gold in both Slopestyle and Big Air Josh Sheehan, Freestyle Motocross - Landed first-ever FMX triple backflip	Best Female Action Sports Athlete Paige Alms, Surfing - Won the Women’s Best Performance at the 2015 Big Wave Awards Kelly Clark, Snowboarding - Won 5 of the 6 major women’s halfpipe events in 2014-15, including silver at X Games Aspen 2015 Stephanie Gilmore, Surfing - Won another World Surf League title in 2014 Laia Sanz, Enduro/motorbike - Claimed her 4th Enduro X gold at X Games Austin 2015
Best Jockey Victor Espinoza - Won the 2015 Triple Crown — Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes Javier Castellano - Won 2014 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey of the year Joel Rosario - In April 2015 he surpassed 2,000 career wins	Best Bowler Jason Belmonte - 2014 PBA Player of the Year and won 2015 USBC Masters and PBA Tournament of Champions Parker Bohn III - Won the 2015 PBA Players Championship; 5th on the all-time titles won list Mike Fagan - Won the 2014 PBA World Championship

Honorary awards

Jimmy V Award

• Leah Still

Arthur Ashe Courage Award

• Caitlyn Jenner

Pat Tillman Award for Service

• Danielle Green

Presenters

The following are a list of presenters in order of appearance:

• Kiefer Sutherland
• Rachel McAdams
• Richard Sherman
• Lindsey Vonn
• Halle Berry
• Mike Epps
• Alex Morgan
• Stephen Curry

External links

• Official website
• Complete list of nominees