ESPYS 2025 Live: Simone Biles, Trinity Rodman and Top Athletes Hit the Red Carpet

Cooper Flagg Wins Best College Athlete

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Cooper Flagg is taking home at least one award tonight!

The Dallas Mavericks rookie — who became the youngest No. 1 pick since LeBron James in 2003 when he was drafted last month — won best college athlete.

Flagg, 18, beat out Wyatt Hendrickson (Oklahoma State wrestler), Jacksonville Jaguars rookie Travis Hunter (Colorado) and CJ Kirst (Cornell lacrosse player).

The Maine Event could win another award later tonight: He’s also up for best breakthrough athlete, where he’s up against North Carolina lacrosse star Chloe Humphrey, rugby star Ilona Maher and Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes.

See the Stars Arriving at the 2025 ESPY Awards Red Carpet

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The stars are stepping out on the 2025 ESPY Awards red carpet!

Olympic gold medalist Gabby Thomas is sporting a white asymmetrical dress with a feathery hem. The first-time ESPY Awards attendee told ESPN’s red carpet reporter Will Reeve that she was excited to be at the intersection of “sports and fashion,” and that she hoped to meet WNBA star A’ja Wilson.

Another track and field athlete, Ezra French, also donned white, walking the carpet in a blazer-and-shorts combo with a bow tie.

Other early arrivals in attendance include Olympic gymnast Suni Lee — wearing a shimmery gold Oscar de la Renta — who told ESPN that she brought her doctor as her red carpet date.

“It’s her first time on a red carpet, so it’s really fun for the both of us,” Lee said. “She was the one person who actually believed in me whenever I was going through everything.”