BEVERLY, MASS. (WHDH) - Pete Frates, the former college baseball player who started the “Ice Bucket Challenge,” was honored by the NCAA at his home in Beverly on Tuesday.
The NCAA hand-delivered the 2017 Inspiration Award to Frates, as he is unable to attend the award ceremony in Tennessee next month.
Frates, a former Boston College baseball player, was diagnosed with ALS in 2012. He started the Ice Bucket Challenge to raise money and awareness for the disease. The challenge went viral and raised more than $220 million for ALS research.
Frates was joined by his entire family and the Boston College baseball team at the ceremony.
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