Everything in ‘Disney Sports Spirit Award’
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University of North Carolina’s Tylee Craft Selected for 2022 Disney Spirit Award
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 Disney Spirit Award just eight […]
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University of Pittsburgh Wide Receiver Tre Tipton Overcomes Mental Health Hurdles to Receive 2021 Disney Spirit Award
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., (Nov. 24, 2021) – From childhood, University of Pittsburgh wide receiver Tre Tipton had it rough, growing up amid financial instability, food insecurity and family tragedies, which often left him depressed. But, thanks to a tenacious spirit, Tifton managed to pull himself out of “the darkness’’ and is now a vocal […]
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Disney Sports Nomination Window Has Closed for the 2021 Disney Spirit Award
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 presented annually to college football’s most […]
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Clemson University Football Player Uplifts His Community to Earn 2020 Disney Spirit Award
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., (Dec. 1, 2020) – There’s talk that Clemson University running back Darien Rencher will one day be the Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner. Or maybe the Governor of South Carolina. Perhaps, but for now this much is certain: Rencher will be the recipient of the 2020 Disney Spirit Award for his inspiring […]
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University of Minnesota Football Player Overcomes Cancer Four Times to Earn 2019 Disney Spirit Award
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 uplifting hope […]
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University of Iowa Football Program Named 2017 Disney Sports Spirit Award Winner
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 the school during […]
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James Conner Accepts Disney Sports Spirit Award in Moving Ceremony at College Football Awards
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 returning to the field this season […]
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University of Pittsburgh Running Back James Conner Honored with 2016 Disney Sports Spirit Award
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 football spotlight this season, […]
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Concordia University-St. Paul’s Hank Goff Named 2015 Disney Sports Spirit Award Winner
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 Disney Sports Spirit Award recipient. Goff will accept […]
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Marcus Mariota, Amari Cooper, Melvin Gordon and Scooby Wright III among Award Recipients at The Home Depot College Football Awards
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Dec. 11, 2014) – Marcus Mariota, Amari Cooper, Melvin Gordon and Scooby Wright III among Award Recipients at The Home Depot College Football Awards. Marcus Mariota of Oregon, Amari Cooper of Alabama, Melvin Gordon of Wisconsin and Scooby Wright III of Arizona each claimed top awards during the 24th annual The […]
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