LOS ANGELES, CALIF. – South Carolina girls’s basketball’s 2023-24 staff and head coach Daybreak Staley had been acknowledged at The 2024 ESPYS in Los Angeles tonight. The Gamecocks claimed the ESPY for Greatest Crew, whereas Staley obtained the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance within the ceremony on the Dolby Theatre, which was broadcast reside on ABC.
The Gamecocks turned the tenth staff in NCAA historical past to finish an undefeated Nationwide Championship season in 2023-24, including this system’s eighth SEC Common-Season Championship and eighth SEC Event title as nicely. South Carolina, which misplaced all 5 starters from its 2023 NCAA Remaining 4 staff that went 36-1, led the nation in scoring protection, scoring margin and blocked photographs per recreation, setting program information for scoring common, scoring margin, discipline targets made, 3-point discipline targets made, defensive rebounds and assists.
Staley was acknowledged for her resilience not solely on the court docket in main a younger staff to an ideal 38-0 championship season in elevating girls’s sports activities and equality within the sports activities world, but additionally for her energetic function within the combat towards most cancers. With each her sister, Tracey Underwood, and her good friend and former assistant coach Nikki McCray-Penson each recognized with most cancers lately, Staley turned a distinguished determine advocating for most cancers analysis. She partnered with organizations to mobilize potential bone marrow donors – particularly these within the Black group – to register with the Nationwide Marrow Donor Program (previously Be the Match). She has used her platform to advocate for affected person care, analysis and sources. By way of her partnership with Aflac, she visited and supported these present process remedy. Past that, Staley has been outspoken about gender equality and variety in sports activities, significantly basketball.
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