Best Outdoor Sportsman ESPY Award

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Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Best Outdoor Sportsman ESPY Award was an annual award honoring the achievements of an athlete from the world of outdoor sports —understood as those related to outdoor recreation and nature-based occupation, including sport fishing, most especially of bass, and lumberjacking, most especially the logrolling, wood chopping, and high-climbing disciplines thereof—on an amateur or professional level primarily in the United States or Canada.[1] It was first presented as part of the ESPY Awards at the 2002 edition after broadcaster ESPN purchased the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society in mid-2001.[2] The Best Outdoor Sportsman ESPY Award trophy, designed by sculptor Lawrence Nowlan,[3] was given to the outdoor sportsperson adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year.[1] From the 2004 to 2008 ceremonies, the winner was chosen by online voting through choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee.[4] Before that, determination of the winners was made by an panel of experts.[5] 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 July and reflect performance from the June previous.Template:Efn[6]

The inaugural winner of the Best Outdoor Sportsman ESPY Award in 2002 was American bass angler Kevin VanDam.[2] During 2001 and 2002, he won the Bassmaster Classic XXXI, the 2001 Wal-Mart FLW Championship, and attained the rank of the top-ranked angler worldwide during that period.[7] VanDam became the first of two bass anglers to be nominated, and hence to win, an ESPY Award.[2] Bass anglers have been the most successful sportspeople (with two victories and eight nominations) with the win of Jay Yelas at the 2003 iteration.[8] It was presented to one woman in its history, logroller Tina Bosworth, in the 2004 edition.[9] The winner of the Best Outdoor Sportsman ESPY Award in 2005 was lumberjacker J. R. Salzman after winning 14 medals at the Great Outdoor Games and claimed five logrolling titles at the Lumberjack World Championship between 1998 and 2005.[10] After that, the accolade was partially replaced by the Best Angler ESPY Award for the 2006 edition before returning the next year. It was permanently discontinued after the 2008 ceremony.[11]

Winners and nominees

Best Outdoor Sportsman ESPY Award winners and nominees
Year Image Athlete Nationality Sport Nominees Refs
2002 Kevin VanDam in 2012 Template:Sort name File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Bass angling Rick Clunn (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – Bass angling
Jerry "the big air dog" (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – Dock jumping
Mel Lentz (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – Lumberjacking 		[2][12]
2003 Template:Sort name File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Bass angling Jerry Day/Super Sue (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – Field trial
Jerry Miculek (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – Shooting
Mike Jackson/Little Morgan (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – Dock jumping
Sheree Taylor (File:Flag of New Zealand.svg NZL) – Timber endurance 		[8][13]
2004 Template:Sort name File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Log rolling Denny Brauer (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – Bass angling
Michael Iaconelli (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – Bass angling
Gerald Swindle (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – Bass angling 		[9][14]
2005 J.R. Salzman learning to dive with the help of an instructor in 2007 Template:Sort name File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Lumberjacking Aaron Martens (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – Bass angling
Takahiro Omori (File:Flag of Japan.svg JPN) – Bass angling
Sheree Taylor (File:Flag of New Zealand.svg NZL) – Timber endurance 		[10][15]
2007 Dean Karnazes signing books before a marathon event in 2008 Template:Sort name File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Ultramarathon Michael Iaconelli (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – Bass angling
Samantha Larson (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – Mountaineering
Lance Mackey (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – Mushing
Ian McKeever (File:Flag of Ireland.svg IRL) – Mountaineering 		[16][17]
2008 Template:Sort name File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Mountaineering Dave Hahn (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – Mountaineering
Lance Mackey (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – Mushing
Skeet Reese (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – Bass angling
Skip Storch (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – Swimming 		[18][19]

See also

Notes and references

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