Officials with the collegiate sports organization arranged the personal delivery after saying that Frates would be unable to accept the award at the NCAA 's January awards celebration in Nashville , Tennessee .
Frates ' neurodegenerative disease was progressing .
Officials with the collegiate sports organization arranged the personal delivery after saying that Frates would be unable to accept the award at the NCAA 's January awards celebration in Nashville , Tennessee , because his neurodegenerative disease was progressing .