ESPN has announced the nominees for the 2022 Sports Humanitarian awards and Austin FC goalkeeper Brad Stuver was nominated for the Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award.
The winner will be announced at the 2022 ESPYS on Wednesday, July 20.
Stuver is one of four nominees for the award, joining Anthony Barr of the Minnesota Vikings, Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals, and Karl-Anthony Towns of the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The Award will benefit the Stuart Scott Memorial Cancer Research Fund at the V Foundation for Cancer Research.
Stuver is actively involved with Current Initiatives’ The Laundry Project, an organization that holds events to provide free laundry services and materials to low-income families. He has led seven such events in just over a year since arriving in Austin and organized multiple supply drives to collect donations.
Stuver is a foundation board of trustees member for Equality Texas, the largest LGBTQIA+ advocacy nonprofit in Texas. He is also an ambassador for Athlete Ally, an organization that works to encourage athletes to be outspoken for LGBTQIA+ equality.
He was named one of three finalists for Major League Soccer’s MLS Works Humanitarian of the Year award in 2021 and was the inaugural winner of the 4ATX Foundation Legend of the Year Award for his outstanding commitment to helping build physically, socially, and emotionally healthy communities through soccer.
Stuver was a featured speaker at this year’s South by Southwest Conference in Austin, in a session titled “Athlete Activism: Using Sport for Social Good.”
It’s great to see Stuver getting noticed for the great things he does off the pitch.