Caitlyn Jenner, formerly Olympic decathlete and gold medalist Bruce Jenner, will receive the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the 2015 ESPYs, according to a report by Jim Miller. Jenner came out as a trans woman in an April interview with Diane Sawyer. The news of Jenner's ESPY comes on the same day Vanity Fair unveiled the cover of its June 9 issue, which heralds Jenner's arrival as Caitlyn.

Caitlyn Jenner poses for Annie Leibovitz on the cover of Vanity Fair #CallMeCaitlyn http://t.co/NRyh6R09RR pic.twitter.com/GO1ZgJJKBR — VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) June 1, 2015





Jenner became an American sports icon in the 1970s, winning the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal during the height of the Cold War. She began hormone replacement the 1980s after she had retired from competition but stopped after meeting Kris Kardashian, whom Jenner would later marry. She appeared in TV shows and a few films in the years following her retirement but enjoyed renewed fame beginning in 2007 for her appearances on the E! reality series "Keeping Up With the Kardashians."

Following her divorce from Kris Kardashian earlier this year, Jenner began the process of coming out as a trans woman. In April, Jenner shared her identify with the public through an interview with ABC's "20/20." On Monday she announced her new name and began publicly referring to herself using female gender pronouns.

"Bruce always had to tell a lie," Jenner told Vanity Fair. "He was always living that lie. Every day, he always had a secret, from morning 'til night. Caitlyn doesn't have any secrets. As soon as the Vanity Fair cover comes out, I'm free."

According to ESPN's website, the recipients of the Courage Award "reflect the spirit of Arthur Ashe, possessing strength in the face of adversity, courage in the face of peril and the willingness to stand up for their beliefs no matter what the cost."

