The 2023 ESPY award nominations were announced last week with one member of the Florida gymnastics team in line for the annual honor bestowed by ESPN.
This year, Gator [autotag]Trinity Thomas[/autotag] made the cut for the ESPY, which will be given out along with the Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award and Billie Jean King Youth Leadership Award on Wednesday, July 12, at 8 p.m. EDT broadcast on ABC from Los Angeles, California.
Thomas, the only Florida athlete represented, is nominated for Best Play as a result of her perfect 10 which tied the all-time NCAA record at 28. She competes for the award against UCLA Bruins soccer player Ally Lemos, who nailed a perfect corner shot to tie the national championship game, as well as a pair of other professional athletes.
Also included among the nominations are the LSU Tigers‘ Angel Reese and Iowa Hawkeyes‘ Caitlin Clark, who are up against Brock Purdy of the San Francisco 49ers and Julio Rodríguez of the Seattle Mariners for the Best Breakthrough Athlete award.
Oklahoma Sooners softball and LSU women’s basketball were also nominated for Best Team.
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