January 28, 2026

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17th annual sports awards SHOW

The LA Sports Awards, in its 17th consecutive year celebrated the best of the year in sports in the greater Los Angeles Area.

20TH LA SPORTS AWARDs Nominees

Male Sportsperson of the Year:
— Shohei Ohtani, LA Dodgers
— Puka Nacua, LA Rams
— Ladd McConkey, LA Chargers
— Yoshinobu Yamamoto, LA Dodgers
— Khalil Mack, LA Chargers
— Son Heung-Min, LAFC

Female Sportsperson of the Year:
— Riley Tiernan, Angel City FC
— Kelsey Plum, LA Sparks
— Lauren Betts, UCLA Basketball
— JuJu Watkins, USC Basketball
— Dearica Hamby, LA Sparks

Coach of the Year:
— Steve Cherundolo, LAFC
— Dave Roberts, LA Dodgers
— Jim Harbaugh, LA Chargers
— Cori Close, UCLA Basketball
— Lindsay Gottlieb, USC Basketball
— Sean McVay, LA Rams

Executive of the Year:
— Mark Walter, LA Dodgers, Sparks & Lakers
— John Thorrington, LAFC
— Les Sneed, LA Rams
— Rob Pelinka, LA Lakers

Community Athlete of the Year:
— Cameron Dicker, LA Chargers
— Claire Emslie, Angel City FC
— Kyren Williams, LA Rams

Ready, Set, Gold! Athlete of the Year:
— Anita Alvarez, USA Artistic Swimming
— Samantha Bosco, USA Paralympics Cycling
— Cody Jones, USA Para Track & Field
— Ezra Frech, USA Para Track & Field

Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients:
— Alan Rothenberg
— Cheryl Miller
— Andrés Cantor
— John Naber

Top Ten Moments of the Year Nominees:
— Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitches his second consecutive complete game to lead the Dodgers to a Game 2 win in the World Series

— The Ram's Jared Verse wins Defensive Rookie of the Year

— Shohei Ohtani hits 3 home runs and strikes out 10 in Game 4 of the NLCS

— Lakers acquire Luka Dončić from the Dallas Mavericks

— Dodgers complete historic comeback to win Game 7 of the World Series vs the Toronto Blue Jays

— USC and UCLA Women's Basketball teams cap off dominant seasons with deep runs in the NCAA Tournament

— Clayton Kershaw's final regular season start at Dodger Stadium ends with emotional ovation from Dodgers fans

— LAFC acquire Son Hueng-Min from Tottenham Hotspur FC

— Chargers legend Antonio Gates inducted into Football Hall of Fame / Keenan Allen becomes Chargers franchise receptions leader

— LeBron James passes 50,000 points in the regular season and playoffs

FAN VOTING: Cast your vote to determine Sportspersons, Coach, and Top Moment of the Year!  Winners will be announced on January 28th at the 20th LA Sports Awards.

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19th annual sports awards premiere party

The 19th Annual LA Sports Awards featured a live in-person awards show and premiere party.

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ABOUT THE LA SPORTS AWARDs

OVERVIEW AND MISSION

The LA Sports Awards, in its 20th year, celebrates the best of the year in sports in the greater Los Angeles Area. Presented by the Los Angeles Sports Council Foundation 501(c)(3), the event recognizes the top sports moments and personalities of the year. A portion of the proceeds benefit the Council's most important program, Ready, Set, Gold!, a community health, fitness and social and emotional learning program that promotes healthy and active lifestyles to children in Southern California schools.

EVENT HISTORY

The show, presented in front of a live audience since its debut in 2005, has recognized some of the most hallowed figures in Los Angeles sports history, including Clayton Kershaw, Dave Roberts, Mike Scioscia, Peter O'Malley, Jerry West, Paul Gasol, Chris Paul, Phil Jackson, Doc Rivers, Jeanie Buss, Aaron Donald, Sean McVay, Landon Donovan, Cobi Jones, Luc Robitaille, and Olympic heroes including Allyson Felix, Kerri Walsh Jennings and Misty May-Treanor, Lisa Leslie, Adam Krikorian and Peter Ueberroth.

PREVIOUS WINNERS

18th ANNUAL AWARD WINNERS

Sportspersons of the Year

CHLOE KIM

Sportspersons of the Year

CHRISTIAN ARANGO

Coach of the Year

LINCOLN RILEY

Community Athlete of the Year

JUSTIN TURNER

RSG! Paralympian of the Year

Breanna Clark

Moment of the Year

Kobe Bryant's Induction, Naismith Hall of Fame

Executive of the Year

KEVIN DEMOFF

Lifetime Achievement Award

LISA LESLIE

RSG! Paralympian of the Year

NATÁLIA MAYARA

LA SPORTS AWARDS PREMIERE PARTY

The LA Sports Awards Premiere Party, an exclusive event at Hyde Sunset where LA’s sports and business leaders will celebrate the top moments and personalities of 2021, will be hosted on March 7th, 2022. The Honorees and Top Sports Moments will be announced before the program airs the following day, March 8th at 8pm on Spectrum SportsNet and Spectrum SportsNet LA.

READY, SET, GOLD!

Part of the proceeds will benefit Ready, Set, Gold!, a community health,fitness, and social and emotional learning initiative that promotes healthy andactive lifestyles to children. The program matches local Olympians and Paralympians withschools in Southern California to help inspire students to set and achievepersonal goals supporting them on a path to life-long well-being and improved academic achievement.

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