Yes I'm sure. It had nothing to do with her race or gender as the men weren't invited either. From the article in the link I provided:Lax247 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 10:50 amAre you sure about that ? Because North knew she was going a few weeks ago....hmmm wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 10:03 amThat situation has been made out to be something it's not. None of the nominees for the award were invited originally because it wasn't a part of the broadcast. When social media went crazy about Aliyah not being invited they did invite all the nominees. Aliyah decided not to attend because she felt slighted by not being invited in the first place.Lax247 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 9:55 amand if it wasn't softball it would have been women's basketball. Huge following and pro league after. what was crazy is they didnt invite Aliyah Boston who won just about every college award plus the NCAA championship over UCONN. Not a good look for espn.LaxFan2000 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 9:50 amThis is not a surprise. Softball is still largely more popular than women's college lacrosse. Jocelyn Alo also set the NCAA HR Career record as well. The icing on the cake as far as ESPN was concerned. Ton's and ton's of little girls in the south watch Softball over Lacrosse. Is what it is. Sucks, but it is reality unfortunately.OuttaNowhereWregget wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 6:19 am Even a search on Google demonstrates the lack of respect toward women's lacrosse. They couldn't even be bothered to supply an accompanying photo of North. No respect at all, I tell ya.
https://twitter.com/YahooSports/status/ ... 9617823744
Why wasn't Boston initially invited?
Boston is nominated in the Best College Athlete, Women's Sports category alongside Florida State soccer player Jaelin Howell, Oklahoma softball player Jocelyn Alo and Boston College lacrosse player Charlotte North. Alo was invited as a nominee in the Best Team and Best Record-Breaking Performance categories, but the other three nominees including Boston were not initially invited. Neither were the nominees in the corresponding men's sports category.
A source involved with the show told Yahoo Sports' Cassandra Negley on Monday that Wednesday's ceremony will be held under COVID-19 capacity restrictions and that only nominees eligible for awards given during the primary broadcast received invitations. The men's and women's college athlete winners were scheduled to be announced at a separate ceremony.