Defender Staff Report
Nychria Byrd, a sixth grader at Aerial Community Academy on the South Side, is a leading candidate to win an ESPY award.
Sponsored by sports cable television giant ESPN, the ESPY awards annually honors the top achievements in the world of sports. At Defender press time, Byrd was in first place in online voting for the first-ever "Earn Your Stripes" Achievement Award.
The winner will be named during the nationally televised ESPY awards next month in Los Angeles.
Byrd is just one of five nominees for the award from all across the country and the only African American.
A member of the Girls On The Run program, Byrd won the …
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