Nominations are now being accepted for the prestigious 2013 Disney Sports Spirit Award. Since 1996, the Disney Sports Spirit Award has been presented annually to college football’s most inspirational student-athlete, team or figure. The award will be presented for the 18th consecutive year Thursday, Dec...
Football program lauded for its inspirational “Kinnick Wave’’ to patients at nearby children’s hospital LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Nov. 20, 2017) – The 2017 Disney Sports Spirit Award will be presented to the University of Iowa this year. Disney Sports announced the selection on Nov. 20 and will present the award to th...
Junior running back overcomes cancer to make “miracle’’ return to football and regain ACC rushing stardom LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Nov. 21, 2016) – University of Pittsburgh running back James Conner shook off the most formidable would-be tackler he’s ever encountered – cancer – and ran back into the college fo...
Senior defensive lineman and veteran Marine credits football with helping him cope with life after combat Concordia University-St. Paul defensive lineman Hank Goff, who is using football to help him overcome post-traumatic stress disorder stemming from an Afghanistan combat tour in the U.S. Marines, is this year’s D...
Coach and player developed inspirational bond from tragic death of former Sooners receiver Derrick Shepard 15 years ago LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Nov. 17, 2014) – Oklahoma Sooners coach Bob Stoops and junior wide receiver Sterling Shepard will receive this year’s Disney Sports Spirit Award – an honor given annua...
University of North Carolina’s Tylee Craft Selected for 2022 Disney Spirit Award UNC Wide Receiver Lifting Others After Nearly Losing His Life to Lung Cancer Earlier This Year LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Nov. 29, 2022): University of North Carolina wide receiver Tylee Craft has been named the recipient of the 2022 Dis...
Junior running back overcomes cancer to make “miracle’’ return to football and regain ACC rushing stardom LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Dec. 9, 2016) — In a moving and emotional ceremony, University of Pittsburgh running back James Conner accepted the 2016 Disney Sports Spirit Award, an honor he received for returni...
The 2021 Disney Spirit Award nomination window has closed. With so many nominees worthy of recognition, our team is now faced with making the incredibly difficult decision of selecting just one award recipient. Disney Sports will be announcing the winner later this month. Since 1996, the Disney Spirit Award has been...
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Dec. 11, 2014) – Oklahoma Sooner receiver Sterling Shepard poses with Disney Sports executive Faron Kelley and the Disney Spirit Award trophy Thursday night during the Home Depot College Football Awards at Walt Disney World Resort. Sterling and Sooners coach Bob Stoops were given the award du...
University of Minnesota Football Player Overcomes Cancer Four Times to Earn 2019 Disney Spirit Award Growing up in St. Paul, MN., Casey O’Brien just wanted to play football and he wasn’t going to let anything stop him – not even four battles with cancer. His relentless pursuit of his athletic dreams and the up...
