Former Notre Dame player Danielle Green earns Pat Tillman Award, to be honored at ESPYs
Meet Danielle Green, one of the most relentless women in sports. Green played for the Notre Dame basketball team from 1995-2000, and then joined the Army in Iraq, where she lost her left arm during an attack.
Green, a natural lefty, re-taught herself everyday tasks and simultaneously went back to earn her masters degree in counseling. After earning her degree, Green became a readjustment therapist at the South Bend Veterans Center in Indiana.
Green’s ability to give back to a community is the reason why she is the recipient of the Pat Tillman Award this year.
Green will be recognized at the ESPY’s in July, marking her the second recipient of the award.
“She’s incredibly driven to make a difference for local veterans of all generations and genders,” Pat Tillman Foundation spokeswoman Michelle McCarthy said in an email to Yahoo Sports. “She sees a real problem on the ground level, and she’s standing up to lead others in the effort to improve access to VA care and resources.”
The Pat Tillman Foundation was founded in 2004 and gives scholarships to military veterans and their spouses. The foundation gives its Pat Tillman Award for Service, which honors “an individual with a strong connection to sports who has served others in a way that echoes Pat’s legacy.”
Tillman was a former Arizona Cardinal and Army Ranger who died in 2003 serving in Afghanistan.
“A decade after his death, this award is another incredible way to honor Pat’s spirit of service by empowering individuals like Danielle” McCarthy said.
