Musial Awards

Since 2005, the nation’s best sports have come together in St. Louis for the Musial Awards, the most important awards in sports. Named for baseball hall of famer Stan Musial, the Musial Awards celebrate the year’s greatest moments of sportsmanship and those in sports who embody class and character. In addition to keeping Stan the Man’s legacy alive, the mission of the Musial Awards is to encourage kindness, selflessness, integrity and civility in sports and society – and to inspire people across the nation to be good sports.

The show celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, and takes place at the historic Stifel Theatre on Saturday, November 22 at 7 p.m. The Musial Awards will air throughout the country on CBS on December 28.

 As graceful and talented as anyone on the ice, Kristi Yamaguchi exceeded her gold medal accomplishments in figure skating with a dynamic philanthropy and enormous positive impact on young people following her athletic career, a most deserving recipient of the 2025 Stan Musial Lifetime Achievement Award for Sportsmanship.

More than just a facilitator of childhood literacy, Yamaguchi has written several children’s books including the New York Times best-selling Dream Big, Little Pig.  In authorship, she has also exhibited Musial-worthy selflessness and character, especially with her book Cara’s Kindness, an inspiring pay-it-forward story that highlights the message of lending a helping hand expecting nothing in return. She also has created a fashion line designed to empower women. In addition to all her charitable work, she has mentored and motivated young skaters Karen Chen and Alysa Liu as they’ve risen from raw talents to national champions and Olympians.

“Kristi is one of the most successful, influential and beloved figure skaters of all time.  With her outstanding blend of class, grace, humility and generosity, she embodies the qualities that Stan The Man was known for and what the Musial Lifetime Achievement Award represents.” said Marc Schreiber, president of the St. Louis Sports Commission and executive producer of the Musial Awards.

Yamaguchi is a member of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee Hall of Fame, the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame, the World Skating Hall of Fame, and received numerous awards, notably the Women’s Sports Foundation’s Flo Hyman Award and the USOPC’s Jesse Owens Olympic Spirit Award. The 2026 Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships will be held in St. Louis at the Enterprise Center January 4-11, 2026.