Tennessee's Pat Summitt and Duke's Mike Krzyzewski have been named the 2011 Sports Illustrated Sportswoman and Sportsman of the Year, according to Time Inc. Sports Group editor Terry McDonell. Summitt and Krzyzewski are respectively the NCAA's all-time winningest women's and men's basketball coaches.
Sports Illustrated's Sportswoman and Sportsman of the year honors are awarded based not only on success on the field of play, but in the manner in which the honorees conduct themselves. Past winners include Muhammad Ali, Arthur Ashe, Derek Jeter, Michael Jordan, Billie Jean King, Jack Nicklaus, Sammy Sosa, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team.
McDonell said, "The voices of those who have been inspired by Pat Summitt and Mike Krzyzewski echo from everywhere and will continue for decades. What they have achieved through their coaching and, more importantly, their teaching places them among history's transcendent figures. It is an honor to now include them in the select group of Sportsmen and Sportswomen."
The pair of winners will be honored in New York City on Tuesday evening.
