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Norman,
OK – 2007 Elite Series
Angler of the Year, Skeet Reese, is one of five nominees for the Best Outdoor Athlete award in the 2008 ESPYs.
"I'm stunned to be considered for something like this," said Reese. "I'm really looking forward to going to Los Angeles and hanging out with world-class athletes from other sports. It's really cool."
In 2002 Kevin VanDam was named Best Outdoors Athlete; in 2003 Jay Yelas won the same award; and in 2006 Tammy Richardson was named Best Angler.
"This is not about me. Sure, I'd like to win, but the benefits to our sport are more important than an ESPY trophy sitting on my mantle," says Reese.
Reese
will be going up against dog musher Lance Mackey, champion of the 2007 and 2008 Iditarod; 50-year-old marathon swimmer Skip
Storch, who circled the island of Manhattan in record time in August 2007; mountain climber Scott Smiley, who scaled Mount Rainier in 2007 despite having lost his sight in the war in Iraq; and mountain climber Dave Hahn, who has reached the summit of Mount Everest 10 times, a record among American climbers.
BZ viewers can vote for Reese online at the ESPY Web
site by CLICKING
HERE. Voting will end on July
12th. ESPY winners will be announced on July 20. The event will be carried live on ESPN at 9 p.m.
EST.
Skeet
Reese will be a guest on the BZ on XM this
Sunday at 6:00 and 8:00am EST on XM Sports
Nation, Channel 144.
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