July 12, 2005

WACO, Texas - Baylor women's basketball head coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson and former Baylor track star and reigning Olympic champion Jeremy Wariner will be attending the 13th annual ESPY Awards on Wed., July 13 in Hollywood. Mulkey-Robertson, who led the Lady Bears to the NCAA Championship, will be representing the Baylor women's basketball team, one of five teams competing for the Best Team Award, while Wariner is one of three vying for Best Male Olympic Performer honors.

Best Team nominees:
Baylor Women's Basketball
Credentials: Beat three No. 1 seeds en route to winning the 2005 national championship. After starting the year No. 8 in the preseason rankings, won 20 straight games to end the season.

Boston Red Sox
Credentials: Won the World Series for first time since 1918. The first team in league history to trail 0-3 and win a best-of-seven series, beating the Yankees in the ALCS. Won eight straight games, including sweeping the Cardinals for the title.

New England Patriots
Credentials: Won their third Super Bowl in four years. Won 21 straight games, dating back to the 2003 season, breaking the previous NFL record of 18 straight set by five teams.

San Antonio Spurs
Credentials: Beat the Pistons in seven games for the NBA Championship.

USC Football
Credentials: The Trojans won their second consecutive national championship by beating Oklahoma, 55-19.

Best Male Olympic Performer nominees:
Michael Phelps, Swimming
Credentials: Tied the record for most medals at a Summer Games with eight, including six gold.

Cael Sanderson, Wrestling
Credentials: He was the only American wrestler to win gold in Athens, coming from behind in four of the five matches he won. He beat South Korea's Moon Eui-jae 3-1 in the 185-pound freestyle finals.

Jeremy Wariner, Track & Field
Credentials: After winning gold as the U.S. swept the 400 meters, he powered Team USA to gold medal in the 4 x 400 relay.

Matthew Perry will serve as host at The 2005 ESPY Awards. ESPN will televise the 13th annual industry-wide sports celebration Sunday, July 17 at 9 p.m. ET from Hollywood's Kodak Theatre.

Best-known as an actor for the natural charm and quick-witted delivery he honed for 10 seasons on the smash hit television series Friends, Perry also is an avid tennis player with a lifelong love of sports. This will be his first time serving as host of The ESPY Awards, which will again be taped four days earlier (Wednesday, July 13).

A list of athletes and celebrities who will be attending The ESPYs (subject to change):
Destiny's Child will be appearing in one of its last televised performances at The ESPYs.
Host:
Matthew Perry
Arthur Ashe Award:
Oprah Winfrey (Presenter)
Jim MacLaren (Recipient)
Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah (Recipient)
Performers:
Destiny's Child
ESPY Cam:
Damon Jones, Miami Heat
Dave Mirra, X Games
Andy Roddick, Tennis Player
Amare Stoudemire, Phoenix Suns
Presenters:
Cast of 4 Brothers (Mark Wahlberg, Andre Benjamin, Tyrese and Garrett Hedlund)
Cast of HBO's Entourage (Jeremy Piven, Kevin Connolly, Adrian Grenier, Jerry Ferrara)
Chris Berman, ESPN anchor
Jessica Biel, Actress
Patrick Dempsey, Actor
James Denton, Actor
Dwayne Johnson (The Rock), Actor
Nick Lachey & Jessica Simpson, Entertainers
Josh Lucas, Actor
Peyton Manning, Indianapolis Colts (Nominee)
Donovan McNabb, Philadelphia Eagles (Nominee)
Eva Mendes, Actress
Terrell Owens, Philadelphia Eagles (Nominee)
Danica Patrick, Driver (Nominee)
Barry Pepper, Actor
Kelly Preston, Actress
Maria Sharapova, Tennis player (Nominee)
Nicollette Sheridan, Actress
Wilmer Valderrama, Actor
Michael Vartan, Actor
Serena Williams, Tennis player
Nominees:
Patrick Allen, Bowler
Seimone Augustus, LSU Women's Basketball
Chris Barnes, Bowler
Bill Belichick, New England Patriots
Cheri Blauwet, Paralympian
Bruce Bowen, San Antonio Spurs
Deion Branch, New England Patriots
Tom Brennan, Vermont Men's Basketball Coach
Matt Brown, Wichita State Baseball
Troy Brown, New England Patriots
Tedy Bruschi, New England Patriots
Kayla Burt, Univ. of Washington Women's Basketball
Kurt Busch, Driver
Reggie Bush, USC Football
Ricky Carmichael, Motorcycle Racer
Danica Patrick will be on hand -- minus the racing suit.
Chuck Carothers, X Games Biker
Katie Compton, Paralympian
Pete Carroll, USC Football
Rosevelt Colvin, New England Patriots
Diego Corrales, Boxer
Nicole Corriero, Harvard Hockey
Natalie Coughlin, Olympic Swimmer
Braylon Edwards, Michigan Football
Lisa Fernandez, USA Softball
Mark Fields, Carolina Panthers
Pat Flannery, Bucknell Men's Basketball
Rulon Gardner, Olympic Wrestler
David Givens, New England Patriots
Alex Gordon, University of Nebraska Baseball
Rodney Harrison, New England Patriots
Blake Hoffarber, Hopkins (Minn.) High School Basketball
Robert Horry, San Antonio Spurs
Karin Huttary, X Games Skier
Larry Izzo, New England Patriots
LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers
Eddie Johnson, Soccer
Liz Johnson, Bowler
Zab Judah, Boxer
Mika Koivuniemi, Bowler
Dan Koppen, New England Patriots
Bucky Lasek, X Games Skate Boarder
Matt Leinart, USC Football
Joe Lerro, Owner of Afleet Alex
Lisa Leslie, LA Sparks
Kristen Maloney, UCLA Gymnast
Aaron Martens, Bass Fisherman
Curtis Martin, NY Jets
Paul Martin, Paralympian
Sean May, UNC Men's Basketball
Willie McGinest, New England Patriots
Bode Miller, Olympic Skier
Dave Mirra, X Games
Steve Mocco, Oklahoma State University Wrestler
Sofia Mulanovich, Surfer
Kim Mulkey-Robertson, Baylor University Women's Basketball
Cat Osterman, USA Softball
Carly Patterson, Olympic Gymnast
Lonie Paxton, New England Patriots
David Pollack, University of Georgia/Cincinnati Bengals
Erin Popovich, Paralympian
Andy Roddick, Tennis player
Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh Steelers
Jeremy Rose, Jockey
JR Salzman, Lumberjack
Cael Sanderson, Olympic Wrester
Curt Schilling, Boston Red Sox
Marty Sertich, Colorado College Hockey
Richard Seymour, New England Patriots
Marlon Shirley, Paralympian
Jordan Sigalet, Bowling Green Hockey
Mike Smith, Jockey
Annika Sorenstam, Golfer
Hannah Teter, Snowboarder
Tina Thompson, Houston Comets
Katie Thorlakson, Notre Dame Soccer
Dwyane Wade, Miami Heat
Jeremy Wariner, Track & Field
Dan Wheldon, Driver
Karissa Whitsell, Paralympian
Walter Ray Williams, Bowler
Winky Wright, Boxer
Chuck Zacney, Owner of Horse Afleet Alex
Attending Athletes:
Carmelo Anthony, Denver Nuggets
Amanda Beard, Olympic Swimmer
Barron Davis, Golden State Warriors
Richard Hamilton, Detroit Pistons
Michael Irvin, Forme NFLer/Super Bowl Champion
Damon Jones, Miami Heat
Byron Leftwich, Jacksonville Jaguars
Alex Smith, San Francisco 49ers
Donte Stallworth, New Orleans Saints
Amare Stoudemire, Phoenix Suns
Bill Walton, NBA Hall of Famer