The 4th Annual Kids' Choice Sports was held on July 13, 2017, at the

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, and was broadcast three days later on July 16. Seattle Seahawks quarterback and Super Bowl Champion Russell Wilson returned as host for the third straight year.

Sports Council

A Kids' Choice Sports Council was formed to "lend their expertise and experience to help inform the awards show, consult on the nominee process and give feedback on categories."Amanda Kondolojy
Nickelodeon Introduces 'Kids Choice Sports 2014' Hosted by Michael Strahan
tvbythenumbers, March 13, 2014 Committee members are: *

Baron Davis Baron Walter Louis Davis (born April 13, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player who is a studio analyst for the '' NBA on TNT''. He was a two-time NBA All-Star, made the All-NBA Third Team in 2004, and twice led the NBA in ...

(former Hornets and two-time NBA All-Star) * Ken Griffey Jr. (former baseball outfielder and 13-time All-Star) * Lisa Leslie (former WNBA MVP and four-time Olympic gold medal winner) *

Cal Ripken Jr. Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr. (born August 24, 1960), nicknamed " The Iron Man", is an American former baseball shortstop and third baseman who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles (1981–2001). One of his posit ...

(former shortstop and third baseman for the Baltimore Orioles and 19-time All-Star) * Deion Sanders (NFL Pro Football Hall of Famer) *

Misty May-Treanor Misty Elizabeth May-Treanor (; née May; born July 30, 1977) is a retired American professional beach volleyball player. She is a three-time Olympic gold medalist, and , was the most successful female beach volleyball player having won 112 tour ...

(three-time Olympic beach volleyball gold medalist) * Andy Elkin (Agent, Creative Artists Agency) * Tracy Perlman (VP Entertainment Marketing and Promotions, NFL) * Jeff Schwartz (President and Founder, Excel Sports Management) *

Jill Smoller Jill Smoller (born September 4, 1964) is an American sports agent and former professional tennis player. Considered a pioneer for women sports agents, Smoller started her career in the late 1990s and counts Allyson Felix and Serena Williams as so ...

(SVP, William Morris Endeavor) * Leah Wilcox (VP, Talent Relations, NBA) * Alan Zucker (SVP, IMG Clients Group) *

Michael Phelps Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985) is an American former competitive swimmer. He is the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time with a total of 28 medals. Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold med ...

(most decorated Olympian of all time) *

Tony Hawk Anthony Frank Hawk (born May 12, 1968), nicknamed Birdman, is an American professional skateboarder, entrepreneur, and the owner of the skateboard company Birdhouse. A pioneer of modern vertical skateboarding, Hawk completed the first documen ...

(professional skateboarder) * Zane Stoddard (VP, Entertainment Marketing and Content Development, NASCAR)

Host

* Russell Wilson

Nominees

Winners are highlighted in bold

Best Male Athlete

Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains the Portugal national team. He is currently a free agent. Widely regarded as one of the greatest p ...

(Soccer, Real Madrid C.F. La Liga) *

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Ralph Dale Earnhardt Jr. (born October 10, 1974) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver, team owner, author, and an analyst for '' NASCAR on NBC''. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving ...

(NASCAR) *

Kris Bryant Kristopher Lee Bryant (born January 4, 1992), nicknamed "KB", is an American professional baseball third baseman and outfielder for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Chicago Cubs and San ...

(MLB, Chicago Cubs) *

LeBron James LeBron Raymone James Sr. (; born December 30, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "King James", he is widely considered one of the greatest p ...

(NBA, Cleveland Cavaliers) * Stephen Curry (NBA, Golden State Warriors) *

Tom Brady Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. (born August 3, 1977) is an American football quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He spent his first 20 seasons with the New England Patriots organization, with which ...

(NFL, New England Patriots)

Best Female Athlete

Alex Morgan Alexandra Morgan Carrasco (born Alexandra Patricia Morgan; July 2, 1989) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a striker and captains for San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the highest division o ...

(soccer, NWSL, Olympique Lyonnais) * Katie Ledecky (swimming) *

Mikaela Shiffrin Mikaela Pauline Shiffrin (born March 13, 1995) is an American two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and World Cup alpine skier. She is a four-time Overall World Cup champion, a four-time world champion in slalom, and a six-time winner of the World Cup ...

(skiing, US Ski Team) *

Nneka Ogwumike Nnemkadi Chinwe Victoria "Nneka" Ogwumike (; born July 2, 1990) is a Nigerian-American basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), after being drafted No. 1 overall in the 2012 WNBA Draft. S ...

(basketball, WNBA, Los Angeles Sparks) *

Serena Williams Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American inactive professional tennis player. Considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for ...

(tennis, WTA) *

Simone Biles Simone Arianne Biles (; born March 14, 1997) is an American artistic gymnast. Her seven Olympic medals tied with Shannon Miller for the most Olympic medals won by an American gymnast. Having won 25 World Championship medals, she is the most de ...

(artistic gymnastics)

Favorite Newcomer

Breanna Stewart Breanna Mackenzie Stewart (born Baldwin; born August 27, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). In high school, Stewart was the National Gatorade Player o ...

(WNBA, Seattle Storm) *

Corey Seager Corey Drew Seager (born April 27, 1994), nicknamed "Seags", is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Seager was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first round of the 2012 Ma ...

(MLB, Los Angeles Dodgers) *

Dak Prescott Rayne Dakota Prescott (born July 29, 1993) is an American football quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Mississippi State, where he twice received first-team All- SEC honors, a ...

(NFL, Dallas Cowboys) *

Dario Šarić Dario Šarić (; born 8 April 1994) is a Croatian professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected with the 12th overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft. He also represents the senior ...

(NBA, Philadelphia 76ers) *

Laurie Hernandez Lauren Zoe Hernandez (born June 9, 2000) is an American artistic gymnast. During her debut year as a senior gymnast, she competed as a member of the U.S. women's gymnastics team dubbed the " Final Five" at the 2016 Summer Olympics; Ultimately, ...

(artistic gymnastics) * Simone Manuel (swimming)

Hands of Gold

Adrián Beltré Adrián Beltré Pérez (born April 7, 1979) is a Dominican former professional baseball third baseman. During his career, Beltré played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, and Texas Rangers in Major League Baseball. ...

(MLB, Texas Rangers) *

Antonio Brown Antonio Tavaris Brown Sr. (born July 10, 1988), nicknamed "AB", is an American football wide receiver who is a free agent, and an American rapper. Raised in Liberty City, Miami, Brown attended Miami Norland High School. He played college ...

(NFL, Pittsburgh Steelers) *

Braden Holtby Braden Holtby (born September 16, 1989) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He previously played for the Washington Capitals, Vancouver Canucks and Dallas Stars of the National Hockey Lea ...

(NHL, Washington Capitals) *

Ian Kinsler Ian Michael Kinsler ( he, איאן קינסלר; born June 22, 1982) is an American-Israeli former professional baseball Professional baseball is organized baseball in which players are selected for their talents and are paid to play for ...

(MLB, Detroit Tigers) *

Julian Edelman Julian Francis Edelman (born May 22, 1986) is a former American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons with the New England Patriots. He played college football at Kent State as a Quarterback and ...

(NFL, New England Patriots) * Odell Beckham Jr. (NFL, New York Giants)

Clutch Player of the Year

*Alex Morgan (NWSL, Olympique Lyonnais) *Katie Ledecky (Competitive Swimmer) * Mike Trout (MLB, Los Angeles Angels) *

Russell Westbrook Russell Westbrook III (born November 12, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A member of the NBA 75th Anniversary Team, he is a nine-time NBA All-Star and ...

(NBA, Oklahoma City Thunder) *Sergio Garcia (Professional golfer) *

Sidney Crosby Sidney Patrick Crosby (born August 7, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "Sid the Kid" and dubbed " The Next One", he was selected first o ...

(NHL, Pittsburgh Penguins) *Stephen Curry (NBA, Golden State Warriors) *Tom Brady (NFL, New England Patriots)

Sickest Moves

* Carli Lloyd (NWSL, Manchester City) *James Harden (NBA, Houston Rockets) *Kevin Durant (NBA, Golden State Warriors) *Kyrie Irving (NBA, Cleveland Cavaliers) *

Le'Veon Bell Le'Veon Andrew Bell Sr. ( ; born February 18, 1992) is an American football running back who is a free agent. He played college football at Michigan State and was drafted 48th overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the second round of the 20 ...

(NFL, Pittsburgh Steelers) * Patrick Kane (NHL, Chicago Blackhawks)

Don't Try This at Home

Alise Post Alise Rose Willoughby''Moto Mag'' January/February 2004 Vol.3 No.1 pg.20 (née Post, born January 17, 1991) is an American professional "Current School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer who has been racing competitively since 2002. She uses the mo ...

(Professional BMX Racer) *

Connor Fields Connor Evan Fields (born September 14, 1992) is an Americans, American professional BMX racer. He represented the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's BMX, men's BMX event and finished 7 ...

(Professional BMX Racer) * Hailey Langland (Professional Snowboarder) *

Keala Kennelly Keala Kennelly (born August 13, 1978) is a professional surfer, DJ, and actress from Kauai, Hawaii. After spending a decade ranked in the top 10 on thASP World Championship Tour (WCT) Kennelly took a break from the tour in 2007 to explore her p ...

(Professional Surfer) * Lizzie Armanto (Professional Skateboarder) *

Mark McMorris Mark Lee McMorris (born December 9, 1993) is a Canadian professional snowboarder who specializes in slopestyle and big air events. A three-time Olympic bronze medallist, he placed third in each of the 2014 Winter Olympics, 2018 Winter Olympics, ...

(Professional Snowboarder) *

Nyjah Huston Nyjah Imani Huston (born November 30, 1994) is an American professional skateboarder. With numerous sponsorships and competition prize winnings, Huston is one of the highest paid skateboarders in the world. Huston won gold medals at the SLS Supe ...

(Professional Skateboarder)

King of Swag

Cam Newton Cameron Jerrell Newton (born May 11, 1989) is an American football quarterback who is a free agent. He has played for 11 seasons, primarily with the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). Nicknamed "Super Cam", he is the NF ...

(NFL, Carolina Panthers) *

(Soccer, Real Madrid C.F.) *

DeAndre Jordan Hyland DeAndre Jordan Jr. (born July 21, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season of college basketball for the Texas A&M Aggies. Jordan was se ...

(NBA, Los Angeles Clippers) * Rickie Fowler (Professional Golfer) * Russell Wilson (NFL, Seattle Seahawks) *

Von Miller Vonnie B'VSean Miller (born March 26, 1989) is an American football outside linebacker for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). Miller played college football at Texas A&M, where he earned consensus All-American honors and ...

(NFL, Denver Broncos)

Queen of Swag

Caroline Wozniacki Caroline Wozniacki (; born 11 July 1990) is a Danish former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 1 in singles for a total of 71 weeks, including at the end of 2010 and 2011. She achieved the top ranking for the first time on 11 ...

(WTA) * Danica Patrick (NASCAR) * Lizzie Armanto (Professional Skateboarder) *

(WTA) *

Skylar Diggins Skylar Kierra Diggins-Smith (born August 2, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Diggins was drafted third overall by the Tulsa Shock in the 2013 WNB ...

(WNBA, Dallas Wings) *

Torah Bright Torah Jane Bright (born 27 December 1986) is an Australian professional snowboarder. She is Australia's most successful Winter Olympian, former Olympic gold and silver medalist, two time X Games gold medalist, three time US Open winner, two t ...

(Professional Snowboarder)

Best Cannon

* Aaron Rodgers (NFL, Green Bay Packers) *Andy Murray (Professional Tennis Player) *

Justin Verlander Justin Brooks Verlander ( ; born February 20, 1983) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Detroit Tigers and Houston Astros. From Manakin-Sabot, ...

(MLB, Detroit Tigers) *Matt Ryan (NFL, Atlanta Falcons) *Max Scherzer (MLB, Washington Nationals) *Serena Williams (WTA)

Biggest Powerhouse

*Claressa Shields (Professional Boxer) *David Ortiz (MLB, Boston Red Sox) *DeMarcus Cousins (NBA, New Orleans Pelicans) *Mike Trout (MLB, Los Angeles Angels) *Von Miller (NFL, Denver Broncos)

Need for Speed

* Allyson Felix (track & field) *

(NASCAR) * Danica Patrick (NASCAR) *

Jimmie Johnson Jimmie Kenneth Johnson (born September 17, 1975) is an American professional auto racing driver. A seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion, he competes part-time in the series driving for Petty GMS Motorsports. Johnson's seven Cup championships, ...

(NASCAR) * Katie Ledecky (swimming) *

Lewis Hamilton Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton (born 7 January 1985) is a British racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Mercedes. In Formula One, Hamilton has won a joint-record seven World Drivers' Championship titles (tied with Mic ...

(Formula 1) *

Usain Bolt Usain St. Leo Bolt, , (; born 21 August 1986) is a retired Jamaican sprinter, widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time. He is the world record holder in the 100 metres, 200 metres, and 4 × 100 metres relay. An eight-ti ...

(track & field)

Legend Award

#SEEHER Award

* Simone Manuel

References

External links

* Nick.com'
Official Kids' Choice Sports website
* Nick.com'
Official Kids' Choice Awards website
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