ESPN Anchor Hannah Storm accepts 2025 Pat Summerall Award, 20th Legends for Charity dinner raises $1.1M for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The 20^th anniversary Legends for Charity^® dinner on Feb. 6, 2025 hosted hundreds of top sports broadcasting personalities and business leaders during Super Bowl LIX week who all gathered to honor ESPN anchor, award-winning journalist, producer and director Hannah Storm, recipient of the 2025 Pat Summerall Award. The annual charity dinner raised an incredible $1.1 million to benefit the lifesaving mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital^®: Finding cures. Saving children.^®

Legends for Charity was hosted by former Pat Summerall Award honoree and broadcasting legend Chris Berman, NFL Studio host and anchor of SportsCenter on ESPN. Dan Hicks, NBC Sports broadcaster, golf, Olympics, Notre Dame football presented the award. The star-studded red carpet event took place at Hyatt Regency New Orleans, the NFL headquarters hotel during Super Bowl week.

Storm, the second female broadcaster to receive the Pat Summerall Award, accepted the honor in front of a packed house of more than 550 guests. In addition to supporting St. Jude kids being treated for cancer and other life threatening diseases, Storm is also an advocate for children suffering vascular anomalies and breast cancer research, testing and early detection.

Commencing at Super Bowl XL in Detroit in 2006, Pat Summerall personally chose the honoree and presented the award in person annually during Super Bowl weekend until his passing in 2013. Pat's unparalleled legacy lives on through this prestigious event. Legends for Charity was created by Cheryl DeLeonardis, President and CEO, Ocean 2 Ocean Productions, in partnership with Cheri Summerall, wife of the late Pat Summerall, to honor a national broadcaster or prominent sports personality who embodies the characteristics Pat Summerall wanted the award to represent – an individual who has had an outstanding career and who has made a significant impact in their community.

Hannah is an incredibly talented broadcaster and an amazing human being with a huge heart whose compassionate efforts make the world a better place,” said Richard C. Shadyac Jr., President and CEO of ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. “It was an honor to celebrate Hannah’s career and accomplishments beyond broadcasting greatness. We’re grateful for our friends Cheri Summerall and Cheryl DeLeonardis who allow us to celebrate Pat Summerall’s legacy of professionalism and generosity. Because of fundraising events like Legends for Charity and the support of organizations like the NFL, St. Jude can continue to lead the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases both here and around the world.”

This year’s attendees participated in a live auction which included Super Bowl LIX tickets, a 6-night Ireland adventure and a VIP experience at the Danny Thomas Celebrity-Am golf tournament in Memphis. Legends for Charity has raised more than $14 million to benefit St. Jude since 2006.

Honor Pat’s legacy and support St. Jude families by donating at StJude.org or visiting LegendsForCharity.com.

About St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital^®

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Its purpose is clear: Finding cures. Saving children.^® It is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to children. When St. Jude opened in 1962, childhood cancer was largely considered incurable. Since then, St. Jude has helped push the overall survival rate from 20% to more than 80%, and it won't stop until no child dies from cancer. St. Jude shares the breakthroughs it makes to help doctors and researchers at local hospitals and cancer centers around the world improve the quality of treatment and care for even more children. Because of generous donors, families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food, so they can focus on helping their child live. Visit St. Jude Inspire to discover powerful St. Jude stories of hope, strength, love and kindness. Support the St. Jude mission by donating at stjude.org, liking St. Jude on Facebook, following St. Jude on X, Instagram, LinkedIn and TikTok, and subscribing to its YouTube channel.

About Legends for Charity

Legends for Charity^® is an annual national event held during Super Bowl Weekend to present The Pat Summerall Award to a deserving broadcaster. Created by Cheryl DeLeonardis of Ocean 2 Ocean Productions, it is annually held at the prestigious NFL headquarters hotel and celebrates national sports legends having raised over $14 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Since its inception in 2005, it has become a cornerstone event during the biggest weekend in professional sports earning eight national Telly Awards and opening the world of sports broadcasters to the lifesaving mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.