Kirani James Nominated

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Kirani James has been nominated for the US Sports Academy’s Male Athlete of the Year award, the winners of which will be announced on Dec. 25.

James, who is the reigning World 400m Champion, is one of 24 women and men nominated for the academy’s Athlete of the Year awards. The 27th consecutive male and female athletes of the year will be selected through online balloting hosted by the academy in Daphne, Alabama, in conjunction with USA Today and NBC Sports.

Online voting opened on Thursday and runs through midnight on Dec. 24. To cast a vote, visit http://ussa.edu/ballots/athlete-of-the-year#.

Last year’s athletes of the year were Spanish soccer star David Villa and South Korea’s No. 1 figure skater Kim Yu-na.


Contributed by Michael Bascombe

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