​A hero went home with some hardware during last night’s ESPY Awards.Texas softball accepted the school’s Capitol One Cup trophy, marking the fourth time in the last five years Longhorns women’s teams won the honor. The cup goes to the university with the highest point total across eight women’s sports and comes with a $250,000 donation to the school’s Student-Athlete Scholarship Fund.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementBut a member of the U.S. Coast Guard was also recognized, receiving the Pat Tillman Award for Service for his heroic actions in Central Texas.During the Texas floods last summer, USCG rescue swimmer Scott Ruskan saved 165 victims at Camp Mystic. It was his first-ever mission with the Coast Guard.”There are a lot of heroes that aren’t getting ESPY Award,” he said Wednesday night. “It took a complete army of people to get this done.”The service award is named for former Arizona Cardinal Pat Tillman, who enlisted in the Army in spring 2002 after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He was killed in action by friendly fire in 2004.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementDuring his acceptance speech, Ruskan recognized the work of camp counselors who sprung to action in the middle of the night to move as many campers as possible before crews arrived on the scene. He also explained how helicopters and air support worked to rescue victims from the flood while Ruskan was on the ground working on a plan.”If the stage behind me was big enough and we had enough tickets, there would be 100 people standing behind me,” he said.But Ruskan’s trip to New York will be short because he will join first responders back in Texas to help the current flooding.”I’m going back there Friday, I will be back there,” he said.Sign up for the Daily Briefing from the Austin American-Statesman. Start your day with the must-read headlines from Austin’s most trusted news source.This article originally published at Rescue swimmer who saved 165 victims during Camp Mystic flooding honored at ESPYs.