Tina Charles, currently of the WNBA's New York Liberty, has been nominated as a finalist for ESPN's Sports Humanitarian of the Year Award. This award will be presented along with three other categories on July 12 in an awards dinner in Los Angeles. It will be broadcast on July 15 at 7 p.m. on ESPN.
Charles was nominated for the work of her charity, The Hopey's Heart Foundation, which donates money to schools and other community centers for the purchase of Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs). AEDs can greatly increase survival from sudden cardiac arrests and other heart-related ailments.