Hannah Teter nominated for ESPY award, Female Action-Sports Athlete category

Hannah Teter nominated for ESPY award, Female Action-Sports Athlete category{mosimage}U.S. Snowboarding rider Hannah Teter of Belmont, Vermont is looking to add a new piece of hardware to her collection this summer when ESPN’s 12th annual ESPY Awards are announced July 18. Teter, 17, is one of four nominees in the category of 2004 Best Female Action-Sports Athlete and the only winter athlete with an Olympic aspiration nominated.

Voting is currently underway at ESPN’s website. For the first time, winners will be chosen completely by fans. Voting will continue through July 9.

Teter stormed onto the halfpipe scene in 2002 with dual podiums at the U.S. Open and a Junior World halfpipe championship. Known for her smooth, clean airs, Teter was a mainstay on the podium in 2004 winning two Chevrolet U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix events as well as the overall Grand Prix title, two World Cup halfpipe competitions, the X Games halfpipe crown and one Van’s Triple Crown event.

Previously, Kelly Clark, winner of the ’04 Mountain Creek (NJ) U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix halfpipe and a 2002 Olympian, won the ESPY as a teen in ’02 following her Olympic gold-medal-winning performance from Salt Lake City.

The ESPY Awards will gather sports and entertainment celebrities to recognize top achievements, relive memorable moments and salute the best performers. Athletes are nominated in 36 categories including 19 “cross-cutters” categories – which pit athletes from different sports against each other – as well as 17 individual sport categories. Nominees are chosen by an ESPN committee made up of experts from various sports.

To see if your vote helped Teter capture her first ESPY, watch “The ESPY Awards” on ESPN Sunday, July 18 at 9 p.m. EST. Check local listings.