At the 2025 ESPYS, Penn State women's volleyball head coach Katie Schumacher-Cawley was honored as The Jimmy V Award for Perseverance recipient after battling with stage 2 breast cancer while coaching the Nittany Lions to Big Ten and NCAA championship titles. She became the first female coach to win a women's volleyball national title along the way as well.
Upon receiving the award, she Schumacher-Cawley was met with a standing ovation.
"Let's give it up for the Penn State girls in the back there," Schumacher-Cawley said when first taking the stage to accept the award on Wednesday.