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Summitt, Lady Vols are big winners at ESPY's Save Email Print
Posted: 12:34 AM Jul 17, 2008
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Los Angeles, CA (WVLT/AP) It was another big night for the Lady Vols at the annual ESPY awards. Head coach Pat Summitt was named Coach/Manager of the year while Candace Parker was a double winner, earning female athlete of the year and female college athlete honors. She led Tennessee to its second consecutive NCAA national championship before becoming the WNBA's Number-1 draft pick and going to the Los Angeles Sparks.

Candace's Lady Vols were also named best women's collegiate team after defeating Stanford for the 2008 crown. The title was the 8th overall for the Lady Vols and Pat Summitt, who could very well surpass the 1000 win plateau for her career this coming season. The ESPY's, hosted by Justin Timberlake were taped Wednesday night for rebroadcast Sunday night at 9:00PM ET. on ESPN. The folllowing is a list of the winners in their respective categories:

Male Athlete: Tiger Woods, golf

Female Athlete: Candace Parker, Tennessee and Los Angeles Sparks

Team: Boston Celtics

Coach-Manager: Pat Summitt, Tennessee women's basketball

Comeback: Josh Hamilton, Texas Rangers

Breakthrough Athlete: Adrian Peterson, Minnesota Vikings

Game: New York Giants defeat New England Patriots, Super Bowl

Record-breaking Performance: Brett Favre, Green Bay Packers

Championship Performance: Tiger Woods, U.S. Open

Play: New York Giants QB Eli Manning's pass to David Tyree, Super Bowl

Moment: Central Washington's Mallory Holtman and Liz Wallace, Western Oregon's Sara Tucholsky for sportsmanship

Finish: Western Kentucky's Ty Rogers hitting buzzer beater to defeat Drake in first round of NCAA men's basketball tournament

Upset: New York Giants defeat New England Patriots, Super Bowl

Sports Movie: "Semi-Pro"

Male College Athlete: Tim Tebow, Florida football

Female College Athlete: Candace Parker, Tennessee basketball

Women's Collegiate Team: Tennessee basketball

Male Action Sport Athlete: Shaun White, skateboarding/snowboarding

Female Action Sport Athlete: Gretchen Bleiler, snowboarding

Male Athlete With A Disability: Ryan Kocer, wrestling

Female Athlete With a Disability: Shay Oberg, softball

Male International Athlete: Rafael Nadal, tennis

Female International Athlete: Lorena Ochoa, golf

Baseball Player: Alex Rodriguez, New York Yankees

NBA Player: Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers

WNBA Player: Lauren Jackson, Seattle Storm

NFL Player: Tom Brady, New England Patriots

NHL Player: Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins

Bowler: Norm Duke

Driver: Jimmie Johnson

Fighter: Floyd Mayweather, boxing

Golfer: Tiger Woods

Jockey: Kent Desormeaux

MLS Player: David Beckham, Los Angeles Galaxy

Male Tennis Player: Roger Federer

Female Tennis Player: Maria Sharapova

Track and Field Athlete: Tyson Gay

Outdoor Athlete: Scott Smiley, mountain climber

Arthur Ashe Courage Award: John Carlos and Tommie Smith, 1968 Olympic medalists

Jimmy V ESPY for Perseverance: Kevin Everett, former Buffalo Bills tight end

Like Nothing Else Award: George Martin walks across America

Undeniable Moment: Warner Robins, Ga., defeats Tokyo to win Little League World Series on Dalton Carriker's walk-off homer in extra innings

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2008-09 Vols Basketball Schedule
Date Opponent Time/TV
11/03/08 Indianapolis (Exh.) TBA
11/07/08 Tusculum (Exh.) TBA
11/15/08 UTC TBA
11/18/08 UT-Martin TBA
11/21/08 at MTSU TBA
11/27/08 Old Spice Classic TBA
11/28/08 Old Spice Classic TBA
11/30/08 Old Spice Classic TBA
12/03/08 UNC Asheville TBA
12/13/08 at Temple TBA
12/16/08 Marquette, In Nashville TBA
12/20/08 Belmont TBA
12/29/08 LA-Lafayette TBA
1/03/09 at Kansas TBA
1/07/09 Gonzaga TBA
1/10/09 at Georgia TBA
1/13/09 Kentucky TBA
1/17/09 South Carolina TBA
1/20/09 at Vanderbilt TBA
1/24/09 Memphis TBA
1/28/09 LSU TBA
1/31/09 Florida TBA
2/04/09 at Arkansas TBA
2/07/09 at Auburn TBA
2/11/09 Georgia TBA
2/14/09 Vanderbilt TBA
2/18/09 at Ole' Miss TBA
2/21/09 at Kentucky TBA
2/25/09 MS-State TBA
3/01/09 at Florida TBA
3/05/09 at South Carolina TBA
3/08/09 Alabama TBA
3/12-3/15/09 SEC Tournament Raycom/VolunteerTV & MyVLT2
3/17-4/06/09 NCAA March Madness CBS/VolunteerTV
All Times Eastern


 

 

 

 

 

 

2008-09 Lady Vols Basketball Schedule
Date Opponent Time/TV
11/06/08 CN (Exh.) 7:00p
11/09/08 Love & BBall (Exh.) 3:00p
11/15/08 San Francisco 2:00p
11/17/08 Virginia 7:00p
11/21/2008 at Chattanooga 7:00p
11/23/08 LA Tech 3:00p
11/25/08 W. Carolina 7:00p
11/30/08 DePaul 3:00p
12/02/08 at GW 7:00p
12/11/08 MTSU 7:00p
12/14/08 at Texas TBD FSN
12/18/08 at Old Dominion 7:00p
12/21/08 Stanford 7:00p ESPN2
12/30/08 at Gonzaga 10:00p et
1/03/09 at Rutgers 12:00p CBS/VolunteerTV
1/08/09 Kentucky 7:00p
1/11/09 at Vanderbilt 3:00p et
1/15/09 at MS-State 8:00p et
1/18/09 South Carolina 3:00p
1/22/09 at Arkansas 8:00p et
1/25/09 at Auburn 3:00p et
1/29/09 Mississippi 7:00p
2/02/09 at Oklahoma 7:30p et ESPN2
2/05/09 Georgia 7:00p
2/08/09 at Florida 2:00p
2/12/09 Alabama 7:00p
2/16/09 Duke 7:30p ESPN2
2/19/09 at Kentucky 7:00p
2/22/09 MS-State 3:00p
2/26/09 at LSU 8:00p et
3/01/09 Vanderbilt 7:00p ESPN2
3/05-3/08/09 Women's SEC Tourney FSN & ESPN2
3/21-4/07/09 Women's NCAA Tourney ESPN & ESPN2
All Times Eastern