The Los Angeles Sports Council has announced the list of the area’s top professional athletes, coaches, managers and sports executives that will be honored at the 16th-annual LA Sports Awards show in March.
The LA Sports Awards annually honors those that have made great impact or contribution to one of the nation’s most sports-dense regions. Honorees are selected by the Los Angeles Sports Council’s board of directors based on merit, achievement and overall impact across the global sports landscape.
The 2020 Honorees Are:
Sportspersons of the Year:
Mookie Betts (Dodgers)
LeBron James (Lakers)
Nneka Ogwumike (Sparks)
One of the greatest players in the history of basketball, Lakers star forward LeBron James showed remarkable leadership on and off the court in 2020. In his second season with the Lakers, James led the franchise to its 17th NBA title, adding a fourth NBA championship and fourth Finals MVP Award to his career resume.
Touted as being one of the most powerful voices in American professional sports, James used his influence for good, advocating for social justice and equality throughout the team’s championship run.
Los Angeles Sparks Forward Nneka Ogwumike is regarded as one of the most powerful catalysts for change in the WNBA.
While still delivering a world class performance on the court, Ogwumike is now serving her second three-year term as President of the WNBA Players Association. In 2020, she spearheaded a joint movement between the WNBA and WNBAPA which brought social justice and equality issues to the forefront, a movement that was recognized and supported by some of the world’s top athletes across all sports, earning her the WNBA’s Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award for a second consecutive year.
