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Wednesday • December 2 • 2015
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Emcees
Scott Pelley • CBS News
Kathryn Tappen • NBC Sports Group
Honorees
Eric Shanks • FOX Sports
Corporate Leadership Award Mike Slive • Southeastern Conference
Sports Leadership Award
Carli Lloyd • World Cup Champion • 2x Olympic Gold Medalist
Sportswoman of the Year Award
Bob Baffert • Triple Crown Winning Horse Trainer
Sportsman of the Year Award
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Corporate Leadership Award
ERIC SHANKS
President, COO & Executive Producer, FOX Sports
Eric Shanks oversees all entities within FOX Sports, including FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports 2,
the FOX Sports Regional Networks, FOX Deportes and all digital ventures. Shanks and FOX
Networks Group President & COO Randy Freer were the driving force behind the historic
and successful launch of America’s new sports networks, FOX Sports 1 and FOX Sports 2, on
Aug. 17, 2013.
Shanks also serves as Executive Producer of all FOX Sports productions and is responsible
for the look, sound, editorial content and superior quality of FOX Sports’ studio and game
broadcasts. Named to the position in June 2010 at age 38, he is believed to be the youngest
president of a broadcast network sports division ever.
Shanks is the third president of FOX Sports since its inception in December 1993, succeeding David Hill and Ed Goren. Initially
joining FOX Sports in 1994 as a broadcast associate, Shanks’ appointment is the very definition of the American corporate success
story. A six-time Emmy Award-winner and a member of the Sports Business Journal’s prestigious “40 Under 40” Hall of Fame, Shanks
assumes the day-to-day responsibilities of the FOX Sports broadcast network. He oversees programming, production, field and studio
operations, marketing, promotion, communications, business and legal affairs for America’s top-rated network sports division the
last 13 years. He also directs all aspects of FOX Sports’ television investments and partnerships. In addition, Shanks spearheads the
division’s strategy of pursuing major event programming to ensure FOX Sports’ position as a premier network sports broadcaster.
Shanks served as executive vice president for entertainment for DIRECTV from 2004-2010, overseeing business activities related to the
development of DIRECTV’s original entertainment, advanced products and advertising sales. In addition, he also was responsible for
the DIRECTV Sports Networks business unit comprised of regional sports networks in Seattle, Denver and Pittsburgh. In that role,
Shanks developed innovative content and services that were compelling and distinct. His advances include the launch of DIRECTV
on DEMAND; The 101 Network, which among other programs, features the Dan Patrick Show; DIRECTV’s exclusive NASCAR
package; the creation of the NFL RedZone feature to DIRECTV’s exclusive NFL SUNDAY TICKET package and its recently
announced 3D programming initiative; and created the partnership between DIRECTV and Augusta National for the multiscreen
coverage of The Masters.
In 2006, Shanks formed DIRECTV’s first in-house advertising sales team. He originally joined DIRECTV in 2004 from FOX as
senior vice president of Advanced Services and Content, responsible for business activities related to the development of DIRECTV
receivers and advanced services such as digital video recording, interactive television and high-definition television.
Prior to joining DIRECTV, Shanks served as a producer at FOX Sports and as vice president of Enhanced Programming for FOX
Television Networks. Shanks also served as Executive Producer of Sky Sports 1 & 2 where he launched Sky TV’s soccer coverage
in Italy. His accomplishments there include producing NFL Europe coverage and FSN’s THE BEST DAMN SPORTS SHOW
PERIOD, in addition to launching Sky Sports 1 and 2 for the Sky Italia platform in Italy.
Shanks originally joined FOX Sports in 1994, the network’s inaugural NFL season. He also served on production crews for FOX
Sports’ coverage of the NHL and MLB. Shanks helped develop the FOXTrax “glowing puck” and yellow first-down line that is a staple
of today’s televised football coverage. He began his sports television career as a broadcast associate at CBS Sports in 1993. Born Sept.
30, 1971, in Brazil, IN, Shanks lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Brenda, daughter Maisie, and sons, Jack and David.
Sports Leadership Award
MIKE SLIVE
Former Commissioner, Southeastern Conference
As the seventh commissioner of the Southeastern Conference, Mike Slive oversaw perhaps the
greatest era of success since the league was founded in 1933 while helping shape the landscape of
college sports as a national leader in intercollegiate athletics. Slive served as commissioner of the
SEC from 2002 until his retirement in 2015.
Named to the post on July 2, 2002, the SEC enjoyed unprecedented championship success under
Slive’s leadership. He led the adoption of a new and effective league-wide NCAA compliance
initiative, engineered landmark television contracts including the launch of a conference network,
and guided the conference through expansion, welcoming two new institutions.
The hallmark of this golden age of the SEC remains a remarkable seven consecutive Bowl
Championship Series national titles in football. In all, the SEC won 81 national championships in
17 of its 21 sponsored sports during Slive’s tenure as SEC Commissioner.
His impact was felt far beyond the footprint of the SEC. The founding commissioner of two conferences, he was also the founder of a law
firm which assisted NCAA institutions in compliance matters, a Director of Athletics and a member of numerous leadership committees
during the course of his career. Slive also helped craft the new College Football Playoff and was a leader in the historic effort to reorganize
the NCAA for the purpose of creating a governance structure that provides maximum opportunities for student-athletes.
With the SEC in the fifth year of landmark broadcast agreements with CBS and ESPN, the league launched the SEC Network in
August 2014, a national network bringing more than 1000 events into the homes and to the mobile devices of college sports fans across
the country. These agreements made the league the most widely distributed conference on television in the nation and also secured the
financial health of the SEC and its member institutions for years to come.
During Slive’s tenure at the SEC, he developed initiatives designed to maintain and improve the SEC’s preeminent position in
intercollegiate athletics, both on and off the fields of play. These include:
• The SEC Task Force on Compliance and Enforcement which developed policies and procedures to assist league schools in NCAA and
SEC matters. The task force issued its first report at the 2004 SEC Spring Meetings.
• SEC University (SECU), the conference’s academic initiative. SECU was created in 2005 to increase academic cooperation across the
league by linking the resources of the conference’s member institutions.
• The SEC Minority Coaches Database, an annual compilation of names and biographical information of every minority head and
assistant football coach on the Division I level which is distributed to every SEC school and every conference in Division I.
• An SEC Sportsmanship initiative consisting of policies and procedures designed to foster sportsmanship and prevent inappropriate fan
behavior.
Slive served as coordinator of the Bowl Championship Series (2006-08) and served as chair of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball
Committee (2008-09). In 2002-03, Slive served on the Commission of Athletics Opportunity, established by the United States Secretary
of Education to review the workings of Title IX.
Slive served as chair of the first NCAA Infractions Appeals Committee and was chair of the National Letter of Intent Steering Committee.
He served as president of the Collegiate Commissioners Association (CCA) from 2001-03, was also on the NCAA Management Council
from 1997-2004 and is the former chair of the Board of Directors of NCAA Football USA.
Slive previously was the first commissioner of Conference USA from 1995-2002 and was the first commissioner of the Great Midwest
Conference upon its founding in 1991.
A native of Utica, N.Y., Slive graduated from Dartmouth College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1962. He earned a Juris Doctor from
the University of Virginia Law School in 1965 and an LLM from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1966.
Slive and his wife of 47 years, Liz, have a daughter, Anna; son-in-law, Judd Harwood; and granddaughter, Abigail who is three years old.
MARCH OF DIMES
32ND ANNUAL SPORTS LUNCHEON
CONGRATULATIONS
CARLI LLOYD
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR
WORLD CUP CHAMPION, 2X OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST
ERIC SHANKS
CORPORATE LEADERSHIP AWARD
FOX SPORTS
AND THE OTHER
MARCH OF DIMES
HONOREES
Sportswoman of the Year Award
CARLI LLOYD
World Cup Champion
2x Olympic Gold Medalist
Carli Anne Lloyd, born July 16, 1982, is an American
professional soccer midfielder for the U.S. Women’s National
Soccer Team and the National Women’s Soccer League’s
Houston Dash.
A two-time Olympic Gold Medalist, Carli holds the unique
distinction of scoring the game-winning goals in the finals
at both the 2008 Games in Beijing and the 2012 Games in
London. She also represented the United States at the past three
Women’s World Cup tournaments.
At the 2015 Women’s World Cup, Carli led the U.S. team in
record-setting fashion, bringing the World Cup back to the U.S.
for the first time since 1999. During the final match against
Japan, Carli scored a historic hat trick, with all three goals
occurring within the first 16 minutes of the game. Her third and
final goal of the game was widely described as one of the greatest
shots of all time. For her performance in the tournament, Carli
received the Golden Ball Trophy, awarded to the best player
of the tournament, and the Silver Boot for her six tournament
goals and one assist. Following her extraordinary achievements,
noted media and soccer analysts around the world called Carli’s
performance among the best-ever on a world stage.
Carli was raised in Delran, N.J. and attended nearby Rutgers
University, where she set records as the Scarlet Knights’ all-time
leader in points, goals and shots. In 2013, Lloyd was inducted
into the Rutgers Hall of Distinguished Alumni.
Thank you, BOB BAFFERT.
You are not only our trainer but a great friend of the family.
Congratulations on winning the 2015 March of Dimes
Sportsman of the Year Award.
The Zayat Family
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Sportsman of the Year Award
BOB BAFFERT
Triple Crown Winning Horse Trainer
Bob Baffert is widely recognized as one of the most successful
trainers in horse racing. In 2015, he trained American Pharoah
to win the first Triple Crown in 37 years making him only the
12th horse in history to accomplish the feat and also guided
him to a Breeder’s Cup Classic victory in his final race last
month. A native of Nogales, Arizona, Bob began his career
training Quarter Horses, but transitioned to Thoroughbreds in
the early 1990s. Since that time, his horses have won 12 Classic
races, including the Kentucky Derby four times, the Preakness
Stakes six times and the Belmont Stakes twice. He has trained
14 champions and been named America’s outstanding trainer
three times. His horses have amassed over 225 million dollars in
earnings. Bob is a graduate of the University of Arizona. He was
inducted into the National Racing Hall of Fame in 2009 and
the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame in 2010. He has five children
and lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Jill.
Emcee
SCOTT PELLEY
Correspondent, 60 Minutes
Anchor & Managing Editor, The CBS Evening News
Scott Pelley, one of the most experienced reporters in broadcast
journalism, was named Anchor and Managing Editor of the
“CBS Evening News” in May 2011. In its first four years
Pelley’s broadcast added more than 1.25 million viewers, a
21 percent jump. The broadcast has seen audience growth for
five consecutive seasons, the first time any network evening
news broadcast has done that since 1987. Under Pelley’s
leadership, the CBS Evening News has been awarded an Alfred
I. duPont-Columbia Award, a George Foster Peabody Award,
numerous Emmy Awards and was honored as the nation’s best
newscast with an Edward R. Murrow Award.
Pelley is also a Correspondent for the CBS News magazine, “60 Minutes.” Half of all
major awards won by that broadcast have been won by Pelley’s team of producers, reporters,
photographers and editors.
Pelley was raised in Lubbock, TX, where he began his career at the age of 15 as a copyboy for
the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. His CBS career started in New York in 1989. He served as the
network’s Chief White House Correspondent from 1997 to 1999. In 2001, Pelley reported from
the scene of the collapsing World Trade Center towers. He has reported extensively from the
wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
All told, Pelley’s body of work has received two Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Awards, three
George Foster Peabody awards, 31 national Emmy awards, seven Edward R. Murrow awards
as well as honors from the Society of Professional Journalists, Investigative Reporters and
Editors and the Writers Guild of America.
Pelley lives in the New York City area with his wife of 32 years, Jane Boone Pelley.
The couple has a son and a daughter.
Emcee
KATHRYN TAPPEN
Host and Reporter, NBC Sports Group
Kathryn Tappen works as a reporter for NBC Sports Group’s
coverage of Notre Dame Football, Football Night in America, the
Summer and Winter Olympics, and more. She also served as a
reporter for NBC Sports’ coverage from Super Bowl XLIX, the
most-watched program in U.S. television history. In addition,
Tappen serves as co-host of NBC Sports Group’s coverage of the
NHL, including NHL Live and NHL Overtime.
With seven years of experience at the NHL Network and
NESN, Tappen brings her in-depth hockey knowledge and
award-winning reporting skills to the NBC Sports Group’s
NHL and football coverage.
Tappen joined the NHL Network in 2011 as the host of NHL Tonight, the network’s nightly
highlight show. Prior to that, Tappen spent five years with the New England Sports Network where
she was the lead studio host for Boston Bruins games. She was a weekend anchor as well as a weekday
sports reporter at NBC affiliate, WJAR in Providence, R.I., and she began her career in 2003 at
College Sports Television.
In 2006, Tappen earned an Associated Press award for her sports feature “Swim Meet.” Her sports
feature reporting has been nominated for two Boston/New England Emmy Awards by the National
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Tappen was Academic-All American at Rutgers University (N.J.) where she was a member of the
track and field and cross country team. During her career as a Scarlet Knight, she was a Big East
Academic All-Star and the former record holder in the women’s 3000-meter steeplechase.
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March of Dimes® Sports Luncheon
Past Honorees
2014
Kevin Plank
Howard Katz
Michelle Wie
2008 Ken Schanzer
Corporate Leadership Sports Leadership
Sportswoman of the Year
Mark Messier
Sports Achievement
Corporate Leadership
Sports Leadership
Lorena Ochoa
Sportswoman of the Year
Jon Miller
2007
Ted Forstmann
Brett Yormark
Arlen Kantarian
Corporate Leadership
Sports Leadership
Skylar Diggins
Sportswoman of the Year
Mariano Rivera
Sportsman of the Year
2012 Tony Petitti
2006
Corporate Leadership
Mary Wittenberg
Kerri Walsh Jennings & Misty May-Treanor Sports Leadership
Sportswomen of the Year
Curtis Martin
Sportsman of the Year
2011 Steve Bornstein
Corporate Leadership
Dr. Mark Emmert
Sports Leadership
Abby Wambach & Hope Solo
Sportswomen of the Year
Mark Teixeira
Sportswoman of the Year
Cal Ripken, Jr.
Sportsman of the Year
Ross Greenburg
Corporate Leadership
Donna Orender
Sports Leadership
Danica Patrick
Sportswoman of the Year
Andre Agassi
2005
Barry Frank
Sportsman of the Year
Corporate Leadership
Brian France
Sports Leadership
Brandi Chastain
Joy Fawcett
Julie Foudy
Mia Hamm Kristine Lilly
Kyle Petty
Sportsman of the Year
Preston Robert Tisch
Corporate Leadership
Gary B. Bettman
Jennifer Capriati
Roger Clemens
2000
Dick Ebersol
Allan H. (Bud) Selig
Jenny Thompson
1999
Sports Leadership
Sportswoman of the Year
Sportsman of the Year
Corporate Leadership
Sports Leadership
Corporate Leadership Sports Leadership
2004
1998
August A. Busch, IV
Mark H. Lazarus
Sports Leadership
Lisa Leslie
Sportswoman of the Year
Michael Strahan
Carly Patterson
Sportsman of the Year
Corporate Leadership
Joe Steranka
Sports Leadership
Sports Leadership
Sportswomen of the Year Michael Phelps
Joe Torre
Sportsman of the Year
Joe Namath
Lifetime Achievement
Venus Williams
David J. Stern
Joe Girardi
Annika Sorenstam
Chuck Fruit
Sportswoman of the Year
Sportsman of the Year
Sports Leadership
Sportswoman of the Year
Al Leiter
Sportsman of the Year
Riddick Bowe
1992
Tom Seaver
Pat Riley
1991
Fred Lebow
Lifetime Achievement
Sports Achievement
Lifetime Achievement
Sports Achievement
Lifetime Achievement
Ottis Anderson
Lifetime Achievement
1989
Mickey Mantle
Phil Esposito
1988
Arthur Ashe
Sports Achievement
1987
Lifetime Achievement
Sports Achievement
Lifetime Achievement
Rick Pitino
Sony Werblin
New York Giants
Corporate Leadership
Chris Evert
Sportswoman of the Year 1993
Sports Achievement
Paul Tagliabue
Sports Leadership
1997
Boomer Esiason
Lifetime Achievement
Sportswoman of the Year
2003 George Bodenheimer
Lifetime Achievement
Sheryl Swoopes
Billie Jean King
Corporate Leadership
Sportsman of the Year
1994
Phil Guarascio
Steve Sabol
Dr. Myles Brand
Sports Achievement
Chris Drury
Sports Achievement
Carla Overbeck & the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team
New York Rangers
Frank Gifford
Sportsman of the Year
Corporate Leadership
Lifetime Achievement
1990
Lifetime Achievement
1995
Marv Albert
Phil Simms
Sportsman of the Year
Sports Achievement
Sportswoman of the Year
Bill France
1996
Willie Randolph
2009 David Levy
Lindsay Davenport
2001
Sportswoman of the Year
Corporate Leadership
Sports Leadership
Sarah Hughes
David Cone
Corporate Leadership
Sports Leadership
Sportswomen of the Year
Sportsman of the Year
2010 Ed Goren
Corporate Leadership
Tim Finchem
Jimmie Johnson
Sportsman of the Year
David Hill
Don Garber
2013
2002
Val Ackerman
Sports Leadership
Sports Industry Achievement
Sports Achievement
New York Mets
Sports Achievement
1986
Patrick Ewing
1985
Sports Achievement
Lou Carnesecca
Sports Achievement
1984
Scott Hamilton
Sports Achievement
MARC MELLON
SCULPTOR
An artist’s vision helps the March of Dimes honor
extraordinary achievements in the world of sports.
“My original inspiration in creating these awards is as timely today as in 1988 when I first
sculpted the Father and Child…to express the joy we experience in the birth and growth of
our children.”
—Marc Mellon, sculptor of the iconic “Father and Child” and “Mother and Child”
bronzes annually awarded to March of Dimes Sports Luncheon Honorees
Since 1988, Marc Mellon’s bronzes have been presented at the Annual March
of Dimes Sports Luncheon. Marc is one of America’s premier figurative
sculptors, well known for his bronze figures depicting athletes and dancers,
and for his bronze portrait busts, medallions, and commemorative statues.
Marc’s iconic works in bronze for the world of sports include the NBA MVP
Trophy (The Maurice Podoloff Trophy), the WNBA MVP Trophy, the Dave Rimington Trophy (College Football
Center of the Year) and the NCAA Centennial Sculpture. In 2013 Marc created a new annual award for the NBA, the
Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year Award. In 2014 his Tom Seaver sculpture, capturing the former March of Dimes
Sports Luncheon Award recipient’ in the “drop and drive” pose, was unveiled on the Boomer and Carton show. Marc
has also been busy honoring some of America’s most storied coaches, creating a bronze bust of three time NCAA Men’s
Championship Coach Jim Calhoun for UConn, and a bronze bust of Hobie Billingsley, who coached five Olympic
Medalists in diving while at Indiana University.
Marc spends much of his time creating large-scale public sculptures. Working from life sittings in his New York studio
he has sculpted busts of legendary recording artist Tony Bennett, Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel, and most
recently iconic writer and journalist Tom Wolfe.
The artist’s multiple works in the Smithsonian Institution’s collections include his portrait relief of Barack Obama for
the Official 2009 Presidential Inaugural Medal, an over life-sized bust of President George H.W. Bush, and his 2011
bust of major Smithsonian donor Kenneth H. Behring, commissioned by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of
American History.
The sculptor’s work is primarily done at his Redding, CT studio, where numerous works are in process. Marc is
currently exhibiting a retrospective of his dance bronzes at the Walsh Art Gallery at Fairfield University, Fairfield CT.
New York Division Board of Directors
CHAIRMAN
Joseph R. Siegelbaum, Esq.
Goodwin Procter LLP
BOARD MEMBERS
Joseph M. Cohen
President
The Switch, Sports
Eli Manning
Quarterback
New York Football Giants
Jeffrey Gural
Chairman
Newmark Grubb Knight Frank
Sandra McCalla, MD
Vice Chair of Obstetrics
& Gynecology
Maimonides Medical Center
John Halley
EVP & COO Ad Sales
Viacom Media Networks
Iffath A. Hoskins, MD
Vice Chair,
Patient Safety and Quality
Dept. of Obstetrics and
Gynecology
NYU School of Medicine
Robert Kindler
Vice Chairman & Global Head of
Mergers & Acquisitions
Morgan Stanley
Sean McManus
Chairman
CBS Sports
Sheila Rosenblum
Owner
Lady Sheila Stable
Mitchell Rosendorf, CPA
Partner
Ernst & Young LLP
Faiza J. Saeed, Esq.
Partner
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Eric Sills
Vice President
Engine Management Division
Standard Motor Products, Inc.
Kurt Simon
Global Chairman of Mergers &
Acquisitions Investment Banking
J.P. Morgan
Michelle Smith
Founder and Designer
Milly
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LUNCHEON CHAIR
Sean McManus
CBS Sports
LUNCHEON CO-CHAIRS
Ken Hershman
HBO Sports
Mark Lazarus
NBC Sports Group
David Levy
Turner Broadcasting Systems, Inc.
Eric Shanks
FOX Sports
John Skipper
ESPN
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Charles Baker
DLA Piper
Jared F. Bartie
Herrick Feinstein LLP
Robert C. Basche
Connect Sports & Entertainment
David Berson
CBS Sports
Peter Bevacqua
PGA of America
Onnie Bose
National Football League
Joseph Cohen
The Switch, Sports
Karen Cowen
Cowen Media
Janis Delson
Tracy Dolgin
YES Network, LLC
Jeff Filippi
MSG Networks at MSG Media
Tony Ponturo
Ponturo Management Group, LLC
Don Garber
Major League Soccer
Michael J. Principe
TLA Worldwide plc
Michael Glantz
Headline Media Management
Steve Raab
SportsNet New York
Joshua Greenberg
U.S. Trust, Bank of America
Jay Rosenstein
Headline Media Management
Bryan Harris
Taylor
Steve Rosner
16W Marketing, LLC
Steven G. Horowitz
Inner Circle Sports LLC
Kurt Schneider
Harlem Globetrotters
Howard Katz
National Football League
Alec Shapiro
SONY Professional Solutions
America
Michael Levine
CAA Sports
Jon Litner
NBC Sports Group
Hillary Mandel
IMG Media
Steve Margosian
NBC Sports Group
Darren Marshall
REvolution
Bernadette McDonald
Major League Baseball
Jon Miller
NBC Sports Group
Jim O’Connell
NASCAR
Scott O’Neil
New Jersey Devils, Prudential
Center, Philadelphia 76ers
Neal Pilson
Pilson Communications, Inc.
Jon Podany
LPGA
Lew Sherr
United States Tennis Association
Adam Silver
National Basketball Association
Dennis Spencer
Lagardère Sports
Peter Stern
The Strategic Agency
Suzanne Taddei
Tiffany & Co.
Steve Ulrich
National Academy of Television
Arts & Sciences
LeslieAnne Wade
Faldo Enterprises
Richard Weiss
SportsBusiness Journal
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BOB BAFFERT
Sportsman of the Year
and salutes
CARLI LLOYD
ERIC SHANKS
MIKE SLIVE
Sportswoman of the Year
Corporate Leadership Award
Sports Leadership Award
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CORPORATE LEADERSHIP AWARD
ERIC SHANKS
SPORTS LEADERSHIP AWARD
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SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
BOB BAFFERT
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
CARLI LLOYD
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MARCH OF DIMES
HONOREES
Corporate Leadership Award
ERIC SHANKS, FOX Sports
Sports Leadership Award
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Sportswoman of the Year
CARLI LLOYD, World Cup Champion, 2x Olympic Gold Medalist
Sportsman of the Year
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CONGRATUL ATIONS TO THE HONOREES OF THE
32 ND ANNIVERSARY SPORTS LUNCHEON
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CORPORATE LEADERSHIP AWARD
MIKE SLIVE
(SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE)
SPORTS LEADERSHIP AWARD
BOB BAFFERT
(TRIPLE CROWN WINNING HORSE TRAINER)
SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR
CARLI LLOYD
(WORLD CUP CHAMPION 2X OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST)
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR
W E P ROU DLY C ONG R AT U L AT E
BOB BAFFERT
2015 SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR
CARLI LLOYD
ERIC SHANKS
MIKE SLIVE
2015 SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR
2 0 1 5 C ORP OR AT E L E A DE RS H I P AWA RD
2015 SPORTS LEADERSHIP AWARD
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Carli Lloyd
Triple Crown Winning
Horse Trainer
Sportsman of the Year
World Cup Champion
2x Olympic Gold Medalist
Sportswoman of the Year
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THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
SALUTES THE MARCH OF DIMES AND CONGRATULATES
Eric Shanks
FOX Sports
CORPORATE LEADERSHIP AWARD
Mike Slive
Southeastern Conference
SPORTS LEADERSHIP AWARD
Carli Lloyd
World Cup Champion,
Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
Bob Baffert
Triple Crown Winning Horse Trainer
SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
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THERE’S A CHAMPION IN EVERY CHILD....
The USTA congratulates today’s honorees–a group of dedicated individuals
who generously embrace the mission of the March of Dimes.
Eric Shanks, Fox Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corporate Leadership Award
Mike Slive, Southeastern Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sports Leadership Award
Carli Lloyd, World Cup Champion,
Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sportswoman of the Year
Bob Baffert, Triple Crown Winning Horse Trainer. . . . . . . . Sportsman of the Year
…ALL THEY NEED IS A CHANCE
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The USTA is proud to support the March of Dimes and its mission.
Through its good work, more kids have the chance
to grow up to be champions–inside and outside the lines.
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in life that
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Taylor, the leader in sports,
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Congratulations to the 2015 Honorees
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LITTLE GIRLS, BIG DREAMS
At the LPGA we believe in dreaming big, and so does the
March of Dimes. We are proud to support the March of
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BOB, CONGRATULATIONS ON TRAINING
AMERICAN PHAROAH ON HIS ROAD TO IMMORTALITY.
The Breeders’ Cup and the New York Racing Association congratulate Bob Baffert on being
selected the March of Dimes Sportsman of the Year. His tireless devotion to the sport of horse
racing was never more evident than in 2015. Guiding American Pharoah to a Triple Crown,
then a victory in the Breeders’ Cup Classic to become our sport’s first Grand Slam winner.
Congratulations to BoB Baffert
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