Professional gymnast Simone Biles has been named the Hickok Belt® Award winner for June 2024. Voting was conducted by a select panel of members of the National Sports Media Association (NSMA). The voters selected Biles for her historic performance at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships by winning the gold medal in all events. She became the most decorated gymnast in history, the first gymnast, man or woman, to win nine all-around national titles at the event. Biles earned gold medals on all four apparatuses and finished with a 119.750 all-around total. As a result of the U.S. Gymnastics Championships, she qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials.
Other finalists for the month of June in order of how the NSMA ranked them were: Aaron Judge (baseball), Jayson Tatum (basketball), Carlos Alcaraz (tennis), Iga Swiatek (tennis) and Scottie Scheffler (golf) – tie, Sergei Bobrovsky (hockey), Evan Rodrigues (hockey), Logan Gilbert (baseball) and Zhilei Zhang (boxing) – tie.
Biles’ selection as the Hickok Belt winner for June recognizes her as “the best of the best” in professional sports for the month. It also makes her the sixth candidate eligible to receive the 2024 overall award, joining Luka Doncic, Scottie Scheffler, Mikaela Shiffrin, Patrick Mahomes, Jannik Sinner and other finalists throughout the year based on NSMA voting.
To learn more about the Hickok Belt® Award and its history, visit http://www.hickokbelt.com.
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