While many of the top athletes in sports received recognition at the 25th annual ESPY Awards Wednesday night before a national television audience, a Flowery Branch athlete picked up her ESPY in a quiet presentation a day earlier. Katy Wilson, daughter of Jerry and Jeanne Wilson, was one of 27 Special Olympic athletes across the nation to earn an honorary ESPY. This year marked the first time ESPN has awarded the honorary ESPYs, according to Tara Baker, director of marketing and communications for North America Special Olympics. She said the honorary ESPYs for Wilson and the 26 other Special Olympic athletes and teams were connected to a presentation during the televised ceremony recognizing Eunice Kennedy Shriver as the winner of the Arthur Ashe Courage Award.