Pete Frates

BEVERLY, Mass. — The Massachusetts man who inspired the Ice Bucket Challenge that has raised millions of dollars for ALS research received a hand-delivered award from the NCAA on Tuesday.

Pete Frates was given the NCAA’s 2017 Inspiration Award at a ceremony in his living room.

Officials said he would be unable to accept the award at the NCAA’s January awards celebration in Nashville, Tenn., because his neurodegenerative disease was progressing.

Frates was diagnosed with the disease in 2012.