South Carolina's Aliyah Boston turns down last-minute invite to ESPYs after uproar

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South Carolina basketball star Aliyah Boston turned down a last-minute invite from ESPN to attend its award ceremony Wednesday after initially not making the network's guest list for the ESPYs.

Boston expressed hurt, suggesting ESPN only changed its mind on the invite after concerns about her invitation went viral on social media. 

Boston was nominated for the best college athlete in women's sports, but the award went to Oklahoma softball star Jocelyn Alo.

Aliyah Boston of the South Carolina Gamecocks reacts during the national championship trophy presentation after defeating the Connecticut Huskies 64-49 in the 2022 NCAA women's basketball national championship game at Target Center April 3, 2022, in Minneapolis.  (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

"To be nominated for an ESPY this year meant the world to me and my family," Boston wrote. "While it hurt finding out that they wouldn’t be televising the category despite it being televised last year, and had no intentions for me to attend … it hurt more to see ESPN change course and invite me only after social media caught wind of it. Respectfully, I declined."

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ESPN said with COVID restrictions and a "new venue with much less seating capacity than previous shows, ‘The 2022 ESPYs’ prioritized athlete invitations to focus on specific awards that will be handed out during the broadcast."

But Boston said it was just an excuse.

Aliyah Boston of the South Carolina Gamecocks cuts down a piece of the net after defeating the Connecticut Huskies 64-49 in the 2022 NCAA women's basketball national championship game at Target Center April 3, 2022, in Minneapolis. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

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