Mahomes to present top honors in Sports Awards
Super Bowl MVP quarterback Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs will be one of the featured presenters for the azcentral Sports Awards show presented by La-Z-Boy on June 18.
Mahomes will announce the male and female athletes of the year, which are the top awards of the program.
In February Mahomes, a native of Tyler, Texas, led the Chiefs to their first Super Bowl victory since the 1969 season. At age 24, he was the youngest player in
NFL history to be named the Super Bowl MVP.
Mahomes joins a wide list of professional athletes who will be announcing the Player of the Year awards for each state sanctioned sport covered during the show, including Venus Williams, Michael Phelps, Drew Brees, Wayne Gretzky, Gabby Douglas, Bode Miller, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Gary Woodland, Misty MayTreanor, Jordan Burroughs, Norm Duke, Rose Lavelle, Jessica Mendoza and Keli Smith Puzo.
Television sports broadcasters Jesse Palmer, Sage Steele, Dr. Jerry Punch and Courtney Cronin will host the awards show. Additional presenters will be an
nounced in the coming weeks.
annual high school sports awards show originally was scheduled for May 17 at ASU Gammage but was changed to an online format because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The streaming celebration will provide the community with an on-demand broadcast to maintain the annual tradition of honoring hundreds of high school student athletes for their hard work and dedication to their sport during the past school year.
The awards show will be available to watch at 6 p.m. on June 18, on any smart device through YouTube and the event website, sportsawards.azcentral.com.
View the full list of nominees on our website here. Sign up for email updates about the show here.
Not all state sanctioned sports will be included in the Player of the Year awards due to spring sport cancellations required by the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, there will be a recognition of seniors who missed their final sports seasons as part of a national tribute video that will be included in the broadcast.
The public can also show support of seniors who missed their final games and celebrations by joining in the national social media movement with support messages on Instagram and Twitter using the hashtag #DontStopNow. One person nationally who posted using #DontStopNow will win $1,000 for themselves and $1,000 for the charity of their choice. See details on the event website on the night of the show for additional information.