March of Dimes 32nd Annual Sports Luncheon
Honoring Bob Baffert with Sports Achievement Award, Carli Lloyd with Sportswoman of the Year,
Eric Shanks with Corporate Leadership Award, and Mike Slive with Sports Leadership Award

This year's emcees were Scott Pelley and Kathryn Tappen

Waldorf-Astoria
Presentation of Awards by Marc Mellon
December 2, 2015

Past Honorees

2015
ERIC SHANKS
CORPORATE LEADERSHIP

MIKE SLIVE
SPORTS LEADERSHIP

CARLI LLOYD
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

BOB BAFFERT
SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR

2014
KEVIN PLANK
CORPORATE LEADERSHIP

HOWARD KATZ
SPORTS LEADERSHIP

MICHELLE WIE
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

MARK MESSIER
SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR

2013
JON MILLER
CORPORATE LEADERSHIP

BRET YORMARK
SPORTS LEADERSHIP

SKYLAR DIGGINS
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

MARIANO RIVERA
SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR

2012
TONY PETITTI
CORPORATE LEADERSHIP

MARY WITTENBERG
SPORTS LEADERSHIP

KERRIE WALSH-JENNINGS & MISTY-MAY TREANOR
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

CURTIS MARTIN
SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR

2011
STEVE BORNSTEIN
CORPORATE LEADERSHIP

DR. MARK EMMERT
SPORTS LEADERSHIP

HOPE SOLO & ABBY WAMBACH
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

MARK TEIXEIR
SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR

2010
ED GOREN
CORPORATE LEADERSHIP

STEVE SABOL
SPORTS LEADERSHIP

LISA LESLIE
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

MICHAEL STRAHAN
SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR

2009
DAVID LEVY
CORPORATE LEADERSHIP

JOE STERANKA
SPORTS LEADERSHIP

VENUS WILLIAMS
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

JOE GIRARDI
SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR

2008
KEN SCHANZER
CORPORATE LEADERSHIP

DON GARBER
SPORTS LEADERSHIP

LORENA OCHOA
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

JIMMIE JOHNSON
SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR

2007
TED FORTSMANN
CORPORATE LEADERSHIP

2007 Continued
ARLEN KANTARIAN
SPORTS LEADERSHIP

LINDSAY DAVENPORT
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

CAL RIPKEN, JR.
CORPORATE LEADERSHIP

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR

2006
ROSS GREENBURG
CORPORATE LEADERSHIP

DONNA ORENDER
SPORTS LEADERSHIP

DANICA PATRICK
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

ANDRE AGASSI
SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR

2005
BARRY FRANK
CORPORATE LEADERSHIP

BRIAN Z. FRANCE
SPORTS LEADERSHIP

BRANDI CHASTAIN
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

JOY FAWCETT
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

JULIE FOUDY
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

MIA HAMM
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

KRISTINE LILLY
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

WILLIE RANDOLPH
SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR

BARRY FRANK
CORPORATE LEADERSHIP

BRIAN Z. FRANCE
SPORTS LEADERSHIP

2004
MARK H. LAZARUS
DR. MYLES BRAND
SPORTS LEADERSHIP

CARLY PATTERSON
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

MICHAEL PHELPS
SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR

SEAN J. McMANUS
FOUNDER'S AWARD

2003
GEORGE BODENHEIMER
CORPORATE LEADERSHIP

DAVID J. STERN
SPORTS LEADERSHIP

ANNIKA SORENSTAM
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

AL LEITER
SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR

2002
DAVID HILL
CORPORATE LEADERSHIP

TIM FINCHEM
SPORTS LEADERSHIP

SARAH HUGHES
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

KYLE PETTY
SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR

2001
PRESTON ROBERT TISCH
CORPORATE LEADERSHIP

GARY B. BETTMAN
SPORTS LEADERSHIP

JENNIFER CAPRIATI
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

ROGER CLEMENS
SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR

2000
DICK EBERSOL
CORPORATE LEADERSHIP

2000 Continued
ALLAN H. (BUD) SELIG
SPORTS LEADERSHIP

JENNY THOMPSON
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

PHIL SIMMS
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

1999
PHIL GUARASCIO
CORPORATE LEADERSHIP

BILL FRANCE
SPORTS LEADERSHIP

CARLA OVERBECK &
THE U.S. WOMEN'S
NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

DAVID CONE
SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR

1998
AUGUST A. BUSCH, IV
CORPORATE LEADERSHIP

PAUL TAGLIABUE
SPORTS LEADERSHIP

SHERYL SWOOPES
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

JOE TORRE
SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR

1997
CHUCK FRUIT
CORPORATE LEADERSHIP

VAL ACKERMAN
SPORTS ACHIEVEMENT

JOE NAMATH
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

1996
MARV ALBERT
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

1995
NEW YORK RANGERS
SPORTS ACHIEVEMENT

1994
BILLIE JEAN KING
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

BOOMER ESIASON
SPORTS ACHIEVEMENT

1993
CHRIS EVERT
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

RIDDICK BOWE
SPORTS ACHIEVEMENT

1992
TOM SEAVER
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

PAT RILEY
SPORTS ACHIEVEMENT

BOB BRINER
FOUNDER'S AWARD

1991
FRED LEBOW
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

OTTIS ANDERSON
SPORTS ACHIEVEMENT

NEAL PILSON
FOUNDER'S AWARD

1990
FRANK GIFFORD
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

CHRIS DRURY
SPORTS ACHIEVEMENT

1989
MICKEY MANTLE
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

PHIL ESPOSITO
SPORTS ACHIEVEMENT

1988
ARTHUR ASHE
SPORTS ACHIEVEMENT

RICK PITINO
SPORTS ACHIEVEMENT

March of Dimes 31st Annual Sports Luncheon
Honoring Mark Messier with Sports Achievement Award, Michelle Wie with Sportswoman of the Year,
Kevin Plank with Corporate Leadership Award, and Howard Katz with Sports Leadership Award

Waldorf-Astoria
Presentation of Awards by Marc Mellon
December 3, 2014

March of Dimes 30th Annual Sports Luncheon
Honoring Mariano Rivera with Sportsman of the Year, Skylar Diggans with Sportswoman of the Year, Jon Miller with Corporate Leadership Award, and Bret Yormark with Sports Achievement Award

Waldorf-Astoria
Presentation of Awards by Marc Mellon
December 4, 2013

March of Dimes 29th Annual Sports Luncheon
Honoring Curtis Martin, Tony Petitti, Mary Wittenberg,
Kerrie Walsh-Jennings, and Misty-May Treanor

Waldorf-Astoria
Presentation of Awards by Marc Mellon
November 28, 2012

March of Dimes 28th Annual Sports Luncheon
Honoring Dr. Mark Emmert, Hope Solo and Abby Wambach,
Mark Teixeira, and Steve Bornstein

Waldorf-Astoria
Presentation of Awards by Marc Mellon
November 30, 2011

The March of Dimes 28th Annual Sports Luncheon, New York Division, honored Dr. Mark Emmert, President of the NCAA, who received the Sports Leadership Award; Hope Solo and Abby Wambach, who accepted the Sportswomen of the Year Award on behalf of the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team; and New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira, who was honored with the Sportsman of the Year Award. Steve Bornstein, President and CEO of the NFL Network, received the Corporate Leadership Award. The annual awards luncheon was held at the Waldorf-Astoria in Manhattan. The event raised over $775,000 for the March of Dimes.

The honorees received Mellon's well-known Father and Child and Mother and Child bronze sculptures, first created for the March of Dimes over twenty years ago. Past recipients have included Arthur Ashe, Mickey Mantle, Chris Evert and many other sport icons who have been listed below.

For more information on supporting March of Dimes: click here.

March of Dimes 27th Annual Sports Luncheon
Honoring Lisa Leslie, Michael Strahan,
Ed Goren, and Steve Sabol

Waldorf-Astoria
Presentation of Awards by Marc Mellon
December 1, 2010

Michael Strahan of the New York Giants with the 2010 Sportsman of the Year Award

Lisa Leslie of the Los Angeles Sparks with the 2010 Sportswoman of the Year Award

The 2010 March of Dimes Sports Awards

2010 Luncheon emcees Boomer Esiason and Craig Carton. Boomer received the Sportsman of the Year Award in 1994

Steve Sabol, President of NFL films, with the Sports Leadership Award

Ed Goren, President of Fox Sports, with the 2010 Corporate Leadership Award

March of Dimes 26th Annual Sports Luncheon
Honoring Venus Williams, Joe Girardi,
David Levy, and Joe Steranka

Waldorf-Astoria
Presentation of Awards by Marc Mellon
December 2, 2009

Recipients Joe Steranka, Venus Williams, David Levy and Joe Girardi with artist Marc Mellon.

David Levy, Sean McManus, Mellon, and Joe Steranka.

Greater New York March of Dimes Honors Lorena Ochoa, Ken Schanzer,
Don Garber, and Jimmie Johnson
25th Silver Anniversary Sports Luncheon

Waldorf-Astoria
Presentation of Awards by Marc Mellon
December 3, 2008

Greater New York March of Dimes Honors Cal Ripken, Jr, Lindsay Davenport, and Arlen Kantarian, CEO, Professional Tennis, USTA
24th Annual Sports Luncheon

Waldorf-Astoria
Presentation of Awards by Marc Mellon
November 28, 2007

11/29/2006: Last year's honorees were tennis great Andre Agassi, IndyCar® Series Driver Danica Patrick, WNBA President Donna Orender, and HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg

11/30/2005: This year's honorees were Brandi Chastain, Joy Fawcett, Julie Foudy, Mia Hamm, and Kristine Lilly, Olympic Gold and Silver Medallists, World Champion U.S. Women's National Soccer Team, Willie Randolph and Mary Carillo

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