NCAA Award of Valor recipients

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award winners group of people

NCAA Award of Valor recipients are individuals honored by the NCAA for extraordinary courage and heroic actions, often in life-threatening or emergency situations.

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Label	Occurrences
NCAA Award of Valor	5
NCAA Award of Valor recipients canonical	1
NCAA Inspiration Award recipients	1

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Target entity: NCAA Award of Valor recipients
Context triple: [NCAA Convention, recognizes, NCAA Award of Valor recipients]

A. NCAA Honors Awards
The NCAA Honors Awards are a set of prestigious recognitions presented annually by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to celebrate outstanding former student-athletes and contributors for their achievements and impact beyond college sports.
B. NCAA men's basketball awards
NCAA men's basketball awards are a collection of honors presented annually to recognize the top players, coaches, and contributors in U.S. college men's basketball.
C. NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player
The NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player is an annual college basketball honor given to the top-performing player in the NCAA Division I men's or women's Final Four.
D. NCAA Hall of Champions
The NCAA Hall of Champions is a museum and exhibition center in Indianapolis dedicated to celebrating the history, achievements, and traditions of collegiate athletics in the United States.
E. James A. Van Fleet Award
The James A. Van Fleet Award is a prestigious honor presented by The Korea Society to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to strengthening U.S.–Korea relations.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: NCAA Award of Valor recipients
Target entity description: NCAA Award of Valor recipients are individuals honored by the NCAA for extraordinary courage and heroic actions, often in life-threatening or emergency situations.

A. NCAA Honors Awards
The NCAA Honors Awards are a set of prestigious recognitions presented annually by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to celebrate outstanding former student-athletes and contributors for their achievements and impact beyond college sports.
B. NCAA men's basketball awards
NCAA men's basketball awards are a collection of honors presented annually to recognize the top players, coaches, and contributors in U.S. college men's basketball.
C. NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player
The NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player is an annual college basketball honor given to the top-performing player in the NCAA Division I men's or women's Final Four.
D. NCAA Hall of Champions
The NCAA Hall of Champions is a museum and exhibition center in Indianapolis dedicated to celebrating the history, achievements, and traditions of collegiate athletics in the United States.
E. James A. Van Fleet Award
The James A. Van Fleet Award is a prestigious honor presented by The Korea Society to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to strengthening U.S.–Korea relations.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	award winners ⓘ group of people ⓘ
administeredBy	NCAA Honors Committee ⓘ
awardFor	courageous action or noteworthy bravery ⓘ
awardLevel	national ⓘ
awardReceived	NCAA Award of Valor ⓘ linked to: NCAA Award of Valor recipients
countryOfOrganization	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
describedBySource	National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ
documentedIn	NCAA Honors Celebration programs ⓘ linked to: NCAA Honors Awards NCAA.org historical awards listings ⓘ
frequency	awarded as warranted, not necessarily annually ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	extraordinary courage ⓘ heroic actions ⓘ often involved in emergency situations ⓘ often involved in life-threatening situations ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasMotto	recognition of extraordinary valor associated with intercollegiate athletics ⓘ
inception	1974 ⓘ
includes	athletics administrators ⓘ coaches ⓘ game officials ⓘ other individuals associated with NCAA athletics ⓘ student-athletes ⓘ
notableRecipient	Byron "Whizzer" White ⓘ linked to: Byron R. White Doug Zembiec ⓘ Emily Perez ⓘ Holly Warlick ⓘ Joe Delaney ⓘ Pat Tillman ⓘ Rocky Bleier ⓘ Tim Bessolo ⓘ
partOf	NCAA Honors Program ⓘ linked to: NCAA Honors Awards
presentedAt	NCAA Convention ⓘ
recognitionType	posthumous awards possible ⓘ
scope	NCAA member institutions across all divisions ⓘ
selectionCriteria	actions associated with intercollegiate athletics or NCAA member institutions ⓘ demonstrated bravery beyond the call of duty ⓘ