Best Breakthrough Athlete ESPY Award

The Best Breakthrough Athlete ESPY Award has been presented annually since 1993 to the sportsperson, irrespective of nationality, gender, or sport contested, adjudged to have made the greatest in a major international individual sport or North American professional team sport. The award is typically given to a sportsperson in his or her rookie season at a given level but may be won by any athlete who in a given year improves his or her performance dramatically or otherwise becomes well-recognized.

Between 1993 and 2004, the award voting panel comprised variously fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively "experts"; and ESPN personalities, but balloting thereafter has been exclusively by fans over the Internet from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee.

Through the 2001 iteration of the ESPY Awards, ceremonies were conducted in February of each year to honor achievements over the previous calendar year; awards presented thereafter are conferred in June and reflect performance from the June previous [Because of the rescheduling of the ESPY Awards ceremony, the award presented in 2002 was given in consideration of performance betwixt February 2001 and June 2002.] .

List of winners

ee also

*ATP Newcomer of the Year Award
*Calder Memorial Trophy (National Hockey League)
*MLB Rookie of the Year Award
*MLS Rookie of the Year Award
*NASCAR Rookie of the Year Award
*NBA Rookie of the Year Award
*NFL Rookie of the Year Award
*PGA Tour Rookie of the Year Award

Notes

References

* [http://www.hickoksports.com/history/espyawrd.shtml#breakthru Enumeration of past winners from HickokSports.com]