Serena Williams is Sports Illustrated's Sportsperson of the Year Monday Dec 14,2015

 

Serena Williams is Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year — the first female athlete honoured on her own by the magazine in more than 30 years

Monday’s announcement marks a switch to the formal name of the SI award; past recipients were touted as Sportsman or Sportswoman of the Year.

“We just felt this was a natural evolution... We’re not making a huge deal out of it,” Fichtenbaum said. “It just feels like the right time to make the change.”