Deo Benard has been selected to receive the 2025 PBA Steve Nagy Sportsmanship Award by a voting panel of PBA players who competed in over half of 2025 PBA Tour events. This marks the first Nagy award of the 21-year-old's career.

“I'm so thankful,” Benard said. "I try to make people smile. When I make other people smile, it makes me smile. I just like spreading love and giving out compliments. Anytime I can help people out, it helps me, too.”

The PBA’s sportsmanship award honors Steve Nagy, a PBA Hall of Famer and founding member, and has been awarded since 1966, the year of Nagy’s death. He was instrumental to the early success of the PBA.