NCAA Inspiration Award

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."

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
Sam Paneno Football University of California, Davis
2003 Diane Geppi-Aikens Lacrosse Loyola College in Maryland
Amanda Walton Field hockey Yale University
Todd Williams Football Florida State University
2004 Heather Denison Volleyball University of Portland
Emily Miller Soccer University of Tennessee at Martin
Mike Nyeholt Swimming University of Southern California
2005 Kaia Jergenson Basketball Lipscomb University
Michelle Thomas Track and field University of Oklahoma
Macharia Yuot Track and field Widener University
2006 Raul Altreche Lacrosse Amherst College
John Doar Basketball Princeton University
Lois Taurman Basketball, volleyball, & softball Bellarmine University
2007 David Denniston Swimming Auburn University
2008 Jim MacLaren Football Yale University
2009 Kelly Brush Skiing Middlebury College
2010 Gregory Gadson Football West Point
2007 Bluffton University Baseball Team Baseball Bluffton University
2011 Merzudin Ibric Track and Field Wheaton College
2012 Jill Costello Rowing University of California, Berkeley
Louis Zamperini Track and field University of Southern California
2013 David Borden Football Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
2014 Jason Church Football University of Wisconsin–La Crosse
2015 April Holmes Track Norfolk State University
2016 O. J. Brigance Football Rice University
Lauren Hill Basketball Mount St. Joseph University
2017 Pete Frates Baseball Boston College
2018 Jim Kelly Football University of Miami
2019 Shaquem Griffin Football University of Central Florida
Maggie Nichols Gymnastics University of Oklahoma
2020 Trey Moses Basketball Ball State University
Rocky Bleier Football Notre Dame
2021 Chaunté Lowe Track and Field Georgia Tech
2022 Bob Grant Football Wake Forest University
Steve Gleason Football Washington State University
2023 Gracie Phelps Basketball Western Washington University
Black 14 Football University of Wyoming
2024 Esera Tuaolo Football Oregon State University
Roxanne Dunn Track and Field Slippery Rock University
2025 Mike Hollins Football University of Virginia
2026 Francesca Loiseau Tennis Marymount University
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