Career summary and highlights 

• 4-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year: 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001
• 8-time NBA All-Star: 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002
• 3-time All-NBA: 
• Second Team: 2001 
• Third Team: 1998, 2002 
• 6-time All-Defensive: 
• First Team: 1997, 1998, 2001 
• Second Team: 1995, 1999, 2002 
• NBA All-Rookie First Team: 1992
• 2nd on All-Time NBA recorded Blocks, 3,256.
• 2-time NBA regular-season leader, rebounding average: 2000 (14.1), 2001 (13.5)
• 4-time NBA regular-season leader, total rebounds: 1995 (1029), 1997 (929), 1999 (610), 2000 (1157)
• NBA regular-season leader, offensive rebounds: 2001 (307)
• 2-time NBA regular-season leader, defensive rebounds: 1999 (418), 2000 (853)
• 3-time NBA regular-season leader, blocked shots average: 1994 (4.1), 1995 (3.9), 1996 (4.5)
• 5-time NBA regular-season leader, total blocks: 1994 (336), 1995 (321), 1996 (332), 1997 (264), 1998 (277)
• Career averages (as of March 2008): 9.9 PPG, 10.4 RPG, 2.7 BPG
• Invited to be a special guest at President George W. Bush’s State of the Union address, commended for his humanitarian aid to his homeland.
• Oldest player in NBA history to collect over 20 rebounds in a game (March 2, 2007 vs. Denver Nuggets)

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Career summary and highlights

• One of the key players and stars of the 1999 United States National Team which won the title at the 1999 World Cup. She converted a key penalty kick in the United States’ double overtime victory over the Chinese in the championship game.
• 1994 recipient of the Honda Broderick Cup, the Most Outstanding Female Athlete in all of college sports.
• 1994 Patterson Medal recipient as the Outstanding Senior Athlete at the University of North Carolina.
• 1992-93 and 1993-94 recipient of the Mary Garber Award as the Atlantic Coast Conference Female Athlete of the Year
• Member of U.S. Team which won the Gold Medal at 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Athens, Ga.
• Unanimous National Player of the Year in 1992 and 1993.
• Helped lead the Tar Heels to NCAA championships in 1989, 1990, 1992 and 1993.
• Carolina posted a record of 92 wins, one loss and two ties in her career.
• Three-time first-team All-America.
• Three-time Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year (1990, 1992, 1993).
• NCAA Tournament MVP Offense (1992, 1993).
• ACC Tournament Most Valuable Player (1989, 1992).
• Led the nation in scoring in 1990, 1992 and 1993.
• Set UNC record for single-season assists with 33 in 1992.
• Set NCAA record for single-season scoring with 97 points in 1992.
• Holds NCAA Tournament career records for scoring (41 points) and goals (16).
• Member of the U.S. Senior Women’s National Team since 1987.
• Started for Team USA when it won the first-ever FIFA World Championship, played in China in 1991.
• Inducted in 1993 into the Order of the Golden Fleece, the highest honorary society at North Carolina.
• Registered 11 career three-goal games.
• Holds NCAA Tournament records for goals (six), and points (16) in a single NCAA Tournament.
• Was the MVP of the 1995 U.S. Cup; led the U.S. Team in scoring in 1995 with 19 goals and 18 assists in 21 games.
• Has 219 caps with the U.S. National Team. Had scored 129 international goals, the most of all-time, men or women. 

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“The platform that baseball has provided me has led to wonderful opportunities and, at times, special recognition. Receiving the Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup was a tremendous honor. Coach Wooden stood for integrity and leadership and I was honored to have met him. Receiving an award bearing his name had great meaning to me.”

Awards

Records and honors

• 1999: Ranked Number 78 on The Sporting News’ list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players
• 1999: Elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.
• Beat Lou Gehrig’s Consecutive Games Streak
• 2001: Ranked third greatest shortstop all-time in the The New Bill James Historical Abstract.
• 2001: Uniform number (8) retired by the Baltimore Orioles
• 2007: Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by 98.53 percent of voters. The highest percentage of votes ever for a position player, as well as third highest overall.
• 2007: Inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame on July 29 with the San Diego Padres’ great Tony Gwynn in front of a record crowd of 75,000 people
• Most consecutive games played at 2,632 (World record until 2005, current MLB record)
• Most consecutive innings played at 8,243 (World record until 2005, current MLB record)
• Most grounded into double plays at 350
• Most home runs by a shortstop at 345
• Most double plays by a shortstop, American League, at 1,682
• All-time leader in MLB All-Star fan balloting (36,123,483)
• Most American League, MLB All-Star team selections (19) – 1983–2001
• Most MLB All-Star Game appearances at shortstop (15) – 1983–1996, 2001
• Most consecutive MLB All-Star Game starts (17)
• Most plate appearances by one player in one game at 15 (Triple-A game tied with Tom Eaton and Dallas Williams).

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Career Highlights

SINGLES
Winner: 1983 – Marco Island; 1982 – Detroit, Oakland; 1981 – Kansas City, Oakland, U.S. Clay Courts; 1980 – Las Vegas, Beckenham, Tampa; 1979 – African Classic.

DOUBLES
Winner: 1983 – Canadian Open (w/Hobbs).

ADDITIONAL
United States Fed Cup Team 1981, 83. United States Wightman Cup Team 1980-81.

Awards

• 1994 recipient of Player Who Makes a Difference Award, created by Family Circle Magazine to honor players who make the most outstanding contributions of time and energy to worthy causes
•  Won junior titles at 1979 Orange Bowl and 1979 Boca Raton.

A nine-time Pro Bowl selection, Lynch earned a Super Bowl ring with the Buccaneers in Super Bowl XXXVII. He also spent time with the Denver Broncos and New England Patriots before retiring as a free agent during the 2008 season. He was ranked #10 as the most feared tackler in NFL history, on the NFL Films production “Top 10 Most Feared Tacklers”, for the NFL Network, a list shared with the likes of Dick Butkus, Jack Tatum, Ronnie Lott, and Jack Lambert.

Career highlights and awards

• 9× Pro Bowl selection (1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)
• 4× All-Pro selection (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
• Super Bowl champion (XXXVII)
• NFL Alumni Defensive Back of the Year (2000)
• Bart Starr Man of the Year Award (2006)
• “Whizzer” White NFL Man of the Year (2006)

Stats

• Tackles 1,058
• Sacks 13.0
• Interceptions 26

Carrer Highlights and Awards

• Eight-time All-Star (1989, 1992–93, 1996, 2002–03, 2005, 2007)
• National League Championship Series MVP (1992)
• Led the National League in Strikeouts (1992, with 215)
• National League Cy Young Award winner (1996)
• Holds Atlanta Braves record for most wins in a season (1996, with 24)
• Led the National League in wins (1996, with 24)
• Counting his wins in the playoffs and All-Star Game, John Smoltz amassed 29 wins in 1996. The only higher such total in the last 70 years is Denny McLain who had 32 in 1968.
• Holds Atlanta Braves record for most strikeouts in a season (1996, with 276)
• Led the Major Leagues in strikeouts (1996, with 276)
• Led the National League in win percentage (1996)
• Silver Slugger Award Winner for Pitcher (1997)
• Finished 4th in National League Cy Young Award voting (1998)
• Led the Major Leagues in Win Percentage (1998)
• National League Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award winner (2002)
• Finished 8th in National League MVP voting (2002)
• Finished 3rd in National League Cy Young Award voting (2002)
• Holds Braves record for most saves in a career (154)
• Holds Braves record for most saves in a season (2002, with 55)
• Led the National Leagues in saves (2002, with 55)
• Tied for National League lead in wins (2006, with 16)
• Only pitcher to compile 200 wins and 150 saves
• Holds Braves record for most strikeouts in a career (3,011)
• Given the Branch Rickey Award for exceptional community service (2007)[32]
• First pitcher in modern era (since 1900) to pitch exactly five shutout innings, strike out ten, and get the win (April 17, 2008 in the Braves’ 8–0 win at Florida)[33]
• 16th pitcher in the major leagues to reach 3,000 strikeouts (April 22, 2008)
• Holds Cardinals record for most consecutive strikeouts (7) in a single game (August 23, 2009)
• Only MLB pitcher with more than one postseason stolen base (3)
• Awarded Roberto Clemente Award (2005)

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 Career Highlights

• Started 16 games for 13^th consecutive season in 2010 and earned 11^th career Pro Bowl selection (9^th consecutive selection)
• Manning has completed more passes and thrown for more yards and touchdowns in a career-opening 13-year span than any NFL player
• Manning ranks 3^rd in NFL career completions 
• Manning ranks 4^th in NFL career passing yards 
• Manning ranks 3^rd in NFL career touchdown passes  
• Manning ranks 4^th in QB starting wins and first in regular season starting wins by NFL QBs with 128 seasons in Super Bowl era 
• Manning is the only NFL player with 40,000+ passing yards (42,322) and 300+ passing touchdowns (314) in a decade (2000-2009), while 3,579 completions and 115 starting wins also ranks as the most in a single decade 

Career Awards

• Henry P. Iba Citizen Athlete Award, 2002
• USA Weekend’s Most Caring Athlete Award, 2002
• NFL MVP, 2003
• John Wooden Trophy, 2004
• NFL MVP, 2004
• Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year, 2005
• Byron “Whizzer” White Humanitarian Award, 2005
• Super Bowl XLI MVP, 2007
• Best Championship Performance ESPY Award, 2007
• NFL MVP, 2008
• NFL MVP, 2009
• Youthlinks Indiana National Pathfinder Award, 2010

Photo by Ed Clemente Photography