Prince Harry to Be Honored at 2024 ESPYS: Here is Why

Prince Harry‘s dedication to service and offering a contest for wounded veterans is being celebrated on the 2024 ESPYS.

On Thursday, it was introduced that the Duke of Sussex is ready to obtain one of many three highest honors of the night, the Pat Tillman Award for service. 

Based on a launch, the Duke of Sussex is being introduced with the award “in honor of his tireless work in making a optimistic affect for the veteran neighborhood by the ability of sport. Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, will obtain the Pat Tillman Award for Service, an award given to an individual with a robust connection to sports activities who has served others in a manner that echoes the legacy of the previous NFL participant and U.S. Military Ranger, Pat Tillman.”

The ESPYS is recognizing the work that Harry has accomplished for the last 10 years with his Invictus Games competition, which has allowed veterans with each seen and invisible accidents from numerous international locations to compete in Olympic-level athletic competitions. 

Like Tillman, Harry himself is a veteran, who served within the British Armed Forces as a ahead air controller and Apache helicopter pilot. Throughout his time within the navy, Harry additionally did two excursions of responsibility in Afghanistan.

It has not been introduced if Harry will attend the ceremony to obtain the award in particular person. In February, Harry shocked the group when he made an surprising cease in Las Vegas to participate in this year’s NFL Honors gala. Through the ceremony, Harry introduced the Walter Payton Man of the Yr Award to Pittsburgh Steelers defensive lineman Cameron Heyward.

Previous recipients of the Pat Tillman Award embrace the Buffalo Payments coaching workers (who labored to save lots of the lifetime of security Damar Hamlin after he suffered cardiac arrest), Gretchen Evans and Chris Wooden.

The ESPYS can even award Coach Daybreak Staley with the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance and Steve Gleason will obtain the Arthur Ashe Award for Braveness.

The 2024 ESPYS will likely be hosted by Serena Williams and air reside Thursday, July 11 at 8 p.m. EDT on ABC.

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