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Volume 11 Number 6 (606) 246-0230 June 2014 WWW.PINNACLESPORTSVIEW.COM All Star tournaments put an exclamation point on the little league season! Sebastian Wagoner is greeted by his Middlesboro 11-12 teammates following his solo home run during all star tournament action at the Fourmile LL complex. After an opening win, Middlesboro lost in the winner’s bracket final to Knox County, but battled back with a win over Williamsburg to qualify for district tournament action. Pinnacle Sports Photo INSIDE THIS ISSUE All Star Team Pictures and Tournament Coverage Hometown 4 Our Heroes KY HS Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2014 Football Schedules NASCAR in Kentucky UK’s A.J. Reed wins another award and more............

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All Star tournaments put an exclamation point on the little league season!

Sebastian Wagoner is greeted by his Middlesboro 11-12 teammates following his solo home run during all star tournament action at the Fourmile LL complex. After an opening win,

Middlesboro lost in the winner’s bracket final to Knox County, but battled back with a win over Williamsburg to qualify for district tournament action. Pinnacle Sports Photo

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

All Star Team Pictures and

Tournament Coverage

Hometown 4 Our Heroes

KY HS Basketball

Hall of Fame Class of 2014

Football Schedules

NASCAR in Kentucky

UK’s A.J. Reed wins

another award

and more............

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2014 Pineville-Bell County 9-10 year old Little League Baseball All-StarsChanse Belcher, Timmy Hall, Peyton Mason, Tate Jackson, Cameron Albertson, Cole Hoskins and Dawson Woolum. Back row: Walker Landrum, Jacob Jones, Cameron Burnett and

Evan Biliter. The team is coached by Robbie Landrum and assistants Wade Hoskins and PJ Burnett. Wayne Mason / Pine Mountain Photography

Congratulations

to all of our

All Stars!

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2014 Pineville-Bell County 11-12 year old Little League Baseball All-StarsDalton Stepp, Bradon Baker, Hayden Clark, Hayden Callebs, Jacob Smith, Reese Capps, Cody Green, Isaac Eldridge, Timothy Gambrel, Alex Mays and Cody Goodin. The team is

coached by Darrin Clark and assistants Ray Stepp and Bo Callebs. Pinnacle Sports Photo

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2014 Middlesboro 9-10 Year Old Little League Baseball All Stars#13 Bradlee Hale, #8 Lincoln Hall, #7 Parker Hall, #1 Tyler Harris, #14 Connor Winterberger, #3 Lane Bayless, #5 Daniel Thomas, #2 Elijah Mullins, #17 Gracie Gent, #00 Cayden

Grigsby, #10 James Halcomb, #6 Jonathon Weaver Pinnacle Photo / Ray Welch

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2014 Middlesboro 11-12 Little League Baseball All Stars#3 Jabari Kyle, #6 David Kyle, #12 D.J. Estes, #00 Sebastian Wagoner, #99 Carson Shumate, #4 Shawn North, #7 Riley Gent, #14 Macy Mink, #20 Ethan Treece, #2 Ikie Partin, #15 Trey

Watkins, #55 Tyson Thomas Pinnacle Photo / John Engle

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Area III 11-12 Year Old

Little League TournamentMiddlesboro 14 Pineville-Bell 7Knox County 10 Williamsburg 0Knox County 12 Middlesboro 1

Williamsburg 2 Pineville-Bell 1 (7 inn)Middlesboro 11 Williamsburg 1 (4 inn)

Knox County and Middlesboroadvance to the District 4 tournament

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Huge Savings!

2014 Middlesboro 11 Year Old Little League Baseball All Stars#3 Stephen Justice, #2 Dillion Collins, #19 Hunter Hoskins, #16 Keith McPherson, #42 JayTyler West, #24 Eric Helton, #12 Tyshaun Simpson, #23 T. J. Patterson, #1 Hannah McCul-

lough, #10 Chandler Mink, #4 Thomas Justice

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Bell County BobcatsAugust 22 at South Pittsburg, TN

August 30 at Washington County

September 5 Whitley County

September 12 at Middlesboro

September 19 Knox Central

September 26 Wayne County

October 3 at Casey County

October 10 OPEN

October 17 at Corbin

October 24 McCreary Central

October 31 at Harlan County

Middlesboro Yellow JacketsAugust 23 at Grant County

August 29 OPEN

September 5 at Pineville

September 12 Bell County

September 19 Harlan Independent

September 26 Pikeville

October 3 at Union, VA

October 10 at Lexington Christian

October 17 Danville

October 24 Somerset

October 31 at Lynn Camp

Pineville Mountain LionsAugust 22 OPEN

August 29 at South Floyd

September 5 Middlesboro

September 12 at McCreary Central

September 19 Lynn Camp

September 26 Claiborne, TN

October 3 at Allen Central

October 10 at Jenkins

October 17 at Harlan

October 24 Hazard

October 31 at Williamsburg

Area high school football schedules for 2014

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Fin Start Car Bonus Driver Leader

Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Points Points Rating Winnings Status Times Laps

1 1 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Ford 267 48 5 150.0 $256,383 Running 7 199

2 18 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Toyota 267 43 1 121.5 184,901 Running 1 31

3 7 31 Ryan Newman Caterpillar Chevrolet 267 41 0 116.7 122,035 Running

4 14 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota 267 40 0 100.8 157,931 Running

5 29 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr National Guard Chevrolet 267 39 0 104.6 113,575 Running

6 3 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet 267 38 0 106.2 134,951 Running

7 5 4 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevrolet 267 37 0 109.2 127,073 Running

8 20 5 Kasey Kahne Great Clips Chevrolet 267 36 0 101.1 104,115 Running

9 2 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 267 36 1 117.2 124,106 Running 5 37

10 25 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 267 34 0 88.6 138,851 Running

11 13 14 Tony Stewart Rush Truck Centers Chevrolet 267 33 0 78.6 122,548 Running

12 9 41 Kurt Busch Haas Automation Chevrolet 267 32 0 85.8 87,065 Running

13 27 9 Marcos Ambrose Black & Decker Ford 267 31 0 73.8 112,910 Running

14 24 16 Greg Biffle ACE Ford 267 30 0 72.8 126,490 Running

15 12 27 Paul Menard Quaker State/Menards Chevrolet 267 29 0 89.6 113,979 Running

16 16 3 Austin Dillon # Cheerios Protein Chevrolet 267 28 0 84.7 131,176 Running

17 23 99 Carl Edwards UPS Ford 267 27 0 65.0 100,240 Running

18 32 7 Michael Annett # Pilot/Flying J Chevrolet 267 26 0 66.7 102,773 Running

19 19 78 Martin Truex Jr Furniture Row Chevrolet 267 25 0 63.6 112,223 Running

20 26 13 Casey Mears GEICO Chevrolet 267 24 0 57.4 109,323 Running

21 10 10 Danica Patrick GoDaddy Chevrolet 267 23 0 71.8 91,715 Running

22 15 47 AJ Allmendinger Scott Products Chevrolet 266 22 0 72.2 97,623 Running

23 11 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota 266 21 0 74.9 118,231 Running

24 28 51 Justin Allgaier # Brandt Prof. Agriculture Chevrolet 266 20 0 51.4 102,648 Running

25 21 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Fifth Third Bank Ford 266 19 0 56.3 119,165 Running

26 17 55 Brian Vickers Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 266 18 0 55.7 114,590 Running

27 31 36 Reed Sorenson Theme Park Connection Chevrolet 265 17 0 46.7 91,812 Running

28 30 26 Cole Whitt # Speed Stick Gear Toyota 264 16 0 48.2 82,040 Running

29 34 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Chevrolet 263 15 0 43.5 81,940 Running

30 41 38 David Gilliland Love's Travel Stops Ford 263 14 0 41.7 90,865 Running

31 36 34 David Ragan Taco Bell Ford 262 13 0 38.7 86,800 Running

32 37 40 Landon Cassill Snap Fitness Chevrolet 262 0 0 35.9 78,690 Running

33 39 83 Ryan Truex # Burger King Toyota 261 11 0 33.7 78,640 Running

34 35 32 Travis Kvapil Corvetteparts.net Ford 259 10 0 36.9 78,590 Running

35 38 33 David Stremme Thunder Coal Chevrolet 257 9 0 32.7 78,540 Running

36 33 23 Alex Bowman # Dr.Pepper Toyota 255 8 0 27.5 78,490 Running

37 8 1 Jamie McMurray Lexar Chevrolet 250 7 0 69.5 115,646 Running

38 40 66 Joe Nemechek Vydox Toyota 239 0 0 27.9 81,680 Running

39 22 43 Aric Almirola Eckrich Ford 175 5 0 67.8 106,616 Accident

40 6 42 Kyle Larson # Target Chevrolet 75 4 0 66.1 92,025 Accident

41 42 93 Mike Bliss Dr. Pepper Toyota 30 0 0 27.4 61,680 Transmission

42 4 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office Toyota 27 2 0 46.6 71,580 Accident

Race Comments: Brad Keselowski won the Quaker State 400 Presented by Advanced Auto Parts, his 12th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. TIME OF RACE:2 hours, 51

minutes, 59 seconds AVERAGE SPEED:139.723 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY:1.014 second(s)

Brad Keselowski wins 4th annual Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway

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for tee times or club memberships

call 606-248-3831

You can visit us online at

www.middlesborocountryclub.com

Competitions designed to raise funds for or-

ganizations dedicated to assisting veterans

were held on June 28, 2014 during the 2nd

annual Hometown 4 Our Heroes event in

Middlesboro. The day included a 5K

Run/Walk along with a fitness challenge and

raised nearly $2,500 for “A Hero Founda-

tion”, the “Wounded Warrior Project” and

the “Middlesboro Family Readiness Group”.

Here are some of the individual winners

Male 5K results: Gold-Mitchell Miracle

18:53, Silver-Blake Bowling 19:25, Bronze-

Adam Bowling 21:22

Female 5K results: Gold-Taylor Grigsby

22:03, Silver-Jessica Grigsby 26:26, Bronze-

Kristie Collett 27:29

Male Fitness Challenge results: Gold-Adam

Bowling, Silver-Jimmy Corum, Bronze-

Danny Lamarr

Female Fitness Challenge results: Gold-

Kristie Collett, Silver-Jennifer Sandlin, no

bronze medalist

Overall Fittest Male: Adam Bowling. Bowl-

ing had the most combined points from both

events

Overall Fittest Female: Kristie Collett. Col-

lett had the most combined points from both

events.

Our Hometown 4 Our Heroes event raises nearly $2,500 dollars for veteran related causes

Overall Fittest Male: Adam Bowling - Middlesboro, KY Overall Fittest Female: Kristie Collett - Hazard, KY

Call about our summertime specials!

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Just drive down the

road and you can learn a

lot about someone. For in-

stance, if I see a truck with

a NRA bumper sticker and

a Browning logo sur-

rounded by camo accents,

I’m sure they will pretty

much help me if I have a

need of any kind. On the

other hand, let someone

drive by in a convertible

Volvo with a bumper

sticker that says “real men

play polo,” and I know

pretty much that I’m on

my own. You say I’m pro-

filing. I say you have an amazing grasp of

the obvious. Yes I am and so do you. I actu-

ally see this in real-time almost every week.

I own a 2012 Toyota Tundra and a 1996

Honda Passport. The Honda is my preferred

hunting and fishing vehicle. It goes no more

than about 15 miles in one direction. While

my camo’d Toyota turns some heads at

times, my Honda turns noses – mostly up.

The chicks don’t dig it and neither does any-

body else. I can remember one time predict-

ing that I would be pulled over by a Park

Ranger. I had passed his parked car on the

way to a hunt. His friends were just below

my turn and had set up a roadblock. Fortu-

nately since I was turning before the road-

block, I would not have to be checked. But

as I passed him, I knew he would assume I

had simply tried to avoid it and would pull

me over. I was right and I don’t believe he

would have done that if I had been in my

Toyota. After sifting through the dirt in my

back seat, checking my license, tags, and

carry permit he realized that his judgment

was wrong.

Now before you

condemn him for profiling

me, let me assure you that

you would have done the

same thing. It’s natural and

to deny this makes the

deny-er untruthful. (The

greatest blunder by my

park ranger would have

been if he had honestly de-

nied that he was profiling)

In fact, we all decide to be

looked at in a particular

way. We put camo and a

gun sticker on our truck so

others will see us a certain

way. Many luxury car

dealers advertise specific cars as being a

symbol of success. We even buy certain

clothes because they are embroidered with a

logo that only the rich can afford. We do all

of this because we want others to categorize

us. Just ask the millionaire who decides to

become homeless for a week or the preacher

who dresses up as a vagrant to see how his

congregation will accept him, if all of this

matters. They will tell you it does.

We are all perceived and we all per-

ceive others by certain visual criteria. We

also perceive ourselves by those criteria.

God doesn’t. He sees the heart and while He

probably could not care less about what we

wear or what we drive, He does care about

the value we put on things that will rot, rust,

or ruin. So go ahead and enjoy whatever God

has blessed you with but remember the

greatest class to be put in, is the class of

those who value a right heart.

Gary Miller

[email protected]

Outdoor Truthswith Gary Miller

Staff ReportApril Brock Lankford, a star catcher at Bell

County High School

in the late 1990s,

was inducted into

the Kentucky Prep

Softball Hall of

Fame in Louisville

in June.

April played softball

at Bell County from

1995-1998 starting

all four years as a

catcher. Her fresh-

man year coincided

with the first year of

fast-pitch softball in

Kentucky. In 1995,

she hit .615 which

stood as a KHSAA

single season record

for 8 seasons. She

finished her career at

BCHS with a batting

average of .481,

which still ranks in the top 20 in the KHSAA

record books. Her name also still appears in

the top 25 of the KHSAA record books for

runs scored in a career (178), runs scored in

a season (55), and stolen bases in a season

(47).

She was named to the All SEKC Team, All

51st District Team, and All 13th Region

Team all four years of her high school career.

As a senior in 1998 she was named the 13th

Region Player of the Year, was named to the

Kentucky All-State Team, and was a member

of the East Kentucky All-Star Team. In 1997

and 1998, April helped lead the Lady Cats to

back-to-back 13th Region Tournament

championships for the first time in the

school’s history. After her high school ca-

reer, she signed to

attend Union Col-

lege.

At Union, April

started all four years

at catcher and fin-

ished her career

there with a .305

batting average. She

was the first player

in program history

to hit two home runs

in a single game

(April 16, 2002),

and set several other

offensive records at

Union. April still

holds the program

record for highest

slugging percentage

in a single season

(.644 in 2002). April

was named to the

All Mid-South Conference Team in 1999

and 2002.

April graduated from Union College in 2002

with a degree in Education. She served four

years as an assistant softball coach, and

seven years as an assistant basketball coach

at Bell County. April lives in Pineville with

her husband, Jason Lankford. She just fin-

ished her 12th year of teaching in the Bell

County School System where she teaches

special education.

She joins coach J. W. Campbell, who was in-

ducted in 2008, as the only representatives

from our immediate area in the Kentucky

Prep Softball Hall of Fame.

April Brock Lankford inducted into the

Kentucky Prep Softball Hall of Fame

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RICHMOND, Ky. – Former Eastern Ken-

tucky University men’s basketball player

Marcus Lewis was drafted by the Harlem

Globetrotters. Lewis capped his EKU career

by winning the 2014 Denny’s College Slam

Dunk Championship in

April.

The Globetrotters drafted

six athletes in their eighth an-

nual player drafter. While

Lewis was the first player

chosen, other draftees in-

cluded Landon Donovan,

Johnny Manziel and Sim

Bhullar. Donovan is one of

the most highly-decorated

soccer players in U.S. his-

tory. Manziel, the former

quarterback at Texas A&M,

has now been drafted by the NFL, Major

League Baseball and the Harlem Globetrot-

ters. The 7-foot-5 Bhullar won two confer-

ence tournament MVP awards while playing

at New Mexico State.

Lewis, a 6-foot-4 guard, will have the

opportunity to attend a mini-camp/tryout in

August where he can earn an invitation to the

team’s training camp in late September. The

Globetrotters’ domestic tour begins Dec. 26

and runs through April.

The Streamwood, Illinois native left

Colonel fans in awe with his spectacular

dunks during his two seasons in maroon and

white. Lewis earned a spot in the Slam Dunk

Championship by winning the 2014 “State

Farm Dark Horse Dunker” Facebook com-

petition, a 16-player bracket-style elimina-

tion competition. His alley-oop dunk during

the 2012-13 season at Southeast Missouri

climbed to No. 3 on ESPN’s SportsCenter

Top-10 Plays, was a finalist for GEICO Play

of the Year and advanced to the finals of the

HoopsManefesto.com Dunk

of the Year Tournament.

Lewis averaged 9.8 points

and 1.6 steals per game his

senior season. He shot 51

percent from the field and 32

percent from behind the arc.

He earned a degree in gen-

eral studies/health sciences in

May.

The Globetrotters’ one-of-

a-kind show is unrivaled in

the world of family entertain-

ment, showcasing some of

the finest athletes on the planet and some of

the greatest basketball ever seen. The Glo-

betrotters represent 88 years of breaking

down barriers, acts of goodwill, and a com-

mitment to fans that goes beyond the game.

The team searches the four corners of the

world to find superb athletes with a flair for

entertainment who are also able spread joy

and goodwill outside of the athletic arena,

via the Globetrotters’ numerous ambassado-

rial efforts.

EKU nearly upset No. 2 seed Kansas in

the second round of the 2014 NCAA Tour-

nament, leading the Jayhawks with 8:55 left

in the game and trailing by only three with

3:39 to go. Eastern finished the season with

a 24-10 record, the second most wins in pro-

gram history.

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Invites you to join them as the

2014 Class of the

Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame

is inducted officially into the Hall of Fame on

July 12, 2014.

This landmark event will be held at the

Historic State Theater in

downtown Elizabethtown.

This will be a ticketed event beginning with

a reception at 5:30 p.m. EDT.

The program is slated to start at 7:30 p.m. EDT.

Go to

http://www.khsbhf.com/KHBHF-Induction-Cere-

mony.asp to purchase tickets today.

Former EKU Colonel Marcus Lewis

drafted by The Harlem Globetrotters

August 30 UT Martin

September 6 Ohio

September 13 at Florida

September 20 OPEN

September 27 Vanderbilt

October 4 South Carolina

October 11 Louisiana Monroe

October 18 at LSU

October 25 Mississippi State

November 1 at Missouri

November 8 Georgia

November 15 at Tennessee

November 22 OPEN

November 29 at Louisville

2014

Kentucky

Football

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Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2014

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Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2014

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Kentucky Two-Way Star TabbedSEC Male Athlete of the Year

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Kentucky two-way

star AJ Reed and Florida softball standout

Hannah Rogers have been named 2013-14

Roy F. Kramer Southeastern Conference

Male and Female Athletes of the Year, in a

voting by the league’s athletics directors,

SEC Commissioner Mike Slive announced

on Tuesday.

“AJ and Hannah are true examples of out-

standing student-athletes,” Slive said. “They

have competed at the highest level of colle-

giate athletics, and through their hard work,

dedication and commitment to excellence,

have been successful in their endeavors.

They are fine representatives of their univer-

sities and this conference. The SEC is proud

to honor them for their accomplishments.”

Reed, a native of Terre Haute, Ind., has been

named National Player of the Year by Colle-

giate Baseball and the American Baseball

Coaches Association, the College Player of

the Year by Baseball America and won the

2014 Dick Howser Trophy, presented by the

National Collegiate Baseball Writers Asso-

ciation. He also won the John Olerud Award,

given to the top two-way player in the na-

tion.

A consensus first-team All-America selec-

tion and the 2014 SEC Player of the Year,

Reed had one of the most decorated seasons

in the history of college baseball. The na-

tional leader in homers (23), slugging (.735),

and OPS (1.211), Reed also led the confer-

ence in wins (12), RBI (73), walks (49), total

bases (164) and on-base percentage (.476).

Reed is the first player in SEC history to lead

the conference in homers and pitching vic-

tories and is seeking to become the third

player in league annals to be named a unan-

imous national player of the year, joining

Dave Magadan (1983) and David Price

(2007). He finished his season with more

homers than 185 teams in college baseball,

including six league schools.

Reed becomes the seventh former Kentucky

star to be voted SEC Athlete of the Year,

joining Anthony Davis (2012), Tim Couch

(1999), Female Athlete of the Year Jenny

Hansen (1995), Jamal Mashburn (1993),

Kyle Macy (1980) and Jack Givens (1978).

Reed is one of five baseball-specific players

to ever earn SEC Male Athlete of the Year,

joining Price (2007), Kip Bouknight (2000),

Todd Helton (1995) and Will Clark (1985).

Two-sport stars Bo Jackson (1986) and Buck

Belue (1982) also earned the honors while

playing football and baseball.

The other male nominees were: Robby Shel-

ton, Alabama (golf); Jarrion Lawson,

Arkansas (track & field); Tre Mason, Auburn

(football); Scottie Wilbekin, Florida (basket-

ball); Aaron Murray, Georgia (football);

Aaron Nola, LSU (baseball); Nik Scholtz,

Ole Miss (tennis); Brandon McBride, Mis-

sissippi State (track & field); Michael Sam,

Missouri (football); Jadeveon Clowney,

South Carolina (football); Hunter Reese,

Tennessee (tennis); Deon Lendore, Texas

A&M (track & field); Jordan Matthews,

Vanderbilt (football).

The other female nominees were: Kim

Jacob, Alabama (golf); Katherine Grable,

Arkansas (gymnastics); Branndi Melero,

Auburn (softball); Laura Ryan, Georgia

(swimming & diving); Dezerea Bryant, Ken-

tucky (track & field); Rheagan Courville,

LSU (gymnastics); Rafaelle Souza, Ole Miss

(soccer); Ally McDonald, Mississippi State

(golf); Molly Kreklow, Missouri (sand vol-

leyball); Tiffany Mitchell, South Carolina

(basketball); Madison Shipman, Tennessee

(softball); Breeja Larson, Texas A&M

(swimming); Simone Charely, Vanderbilt

(track & field/soccer).

UK’s nominee for female athlete of the year

was Bryant, who enjoyed the best season by

a female sprinter in UK history. She became

first NCAA Indoor 200m Champion in 2014,

and was also the SEC 60m dash champion.

She broke six school records, and earned

three medals at the SEC Outdoor Champi-

onships.

The SEC Athletes of the Year Awards were

first presented in 1976 for men and 1984 for

women. The award was renamed the Roy F.

Kramer Athletes of the Year in 2004 to honor

the former commissioner who served the

conference from 1990-2002.

Past recipients of the SEC Athlete of the Year

Award include:

2013 - Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M (foot-

ball) and Allison Schmitt, Georgia (swim-

ming)

2012 - Anthony Davis, Kentucy (basketball)

and Brooke Pancake, Alabama (golf)

2011 - John-Patrick Smith, Tennessee (ten-

nis) and Kayla Hoffman, Alabama (gymnas-

tics)

2010 - Mark Ingram, Alabama (football) and

Susan Jackson, LSU (gymnastics)

2009 - Tim Tebow, Florida (football) and

Courtney Kupets, Georgia (gymnastics)

2008 - Tim Tebow, Florida (football) and

Candace Parker, Tennessee (basketball)

2007 - David Price, Vanderbilt (baseball) and

Monica Abbott, Tennessee (softball)

2006 - Xavier Carter, LSU (track & field)

and Seimone Augustus, LSU (basketball)

2005 - Ryan Lochte, Florida (swimming)

and Kirsty Coventry, Auburn (swimming)

2004 - Alistair Cragg, Arkansas (cross coun-

try/track) and Jeana Rice, Alabama (gymnas-

tics)

2003 - Alistair Cragg, Arkansas (cross coun-

try/track) and LaToya Thomas, Mississippi

State (basketball)

2002 - Walter Davis, LSU (track & field) and

Andree’ Pickens, Alabama (gymnastics)

2001 - Matias Boeker, Georgia (tennis) and

Amy Yoder Begley, Arkansas (cross coun-

try/track)

2000 - Kip Bouknight, South Carolina (base-

ball) and Kristy Kowal, Georgia (swimming)

1999 - Tim Couch, Kentucky (football) and

Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee (basket-

ball)

1998 - Peyton Manning, Tennessee (football)

and Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee (bas-

ketball)

1997 - Danny Wuerffel, Florida (football)

and Trinity Johnson, South Carolina (soft-

ball)

1996 - Danny Wuerffel, Florida (football)

and Saudia Roundtree, Georgia (basketball)

1995 - Todd Helton, Tennessee (baseball)

and Jenny Hansen, Kentucky (gymnastics)

1994 - Corliss Williamson, Arkansas (bas-

ketball) and Nicole Haislett, Florida (swim-

ming)

1993 - Jamal Mashburn, Kentucky (basket-

ball) and Nicole Haislett, Florida (swim-

ming)

1992 - Shaquille O'Neal, LSU (basketball)

and Vicki Goetze, Georgia (golf)

1991 - Shaquille O'Neal, LSU (basketball)

and Daedra Charles, Tennessee (basketball)

1990 - Alec Kessler, Georgia (basketball)

and Dee Foster, Alabama (gymnastics)

1989 - Derrick Thomas, Alabama (football)

and Bridgette Gordon, Tennessee (basket-

ball)

1988 - Will Perdue, Vanderbilt (basketball)

and Dara Torres, Florida (swimming)

1987 - Cornelius Bennett, Alabama (foot-

ball) and Lillie Leatherwood-King, Alabama

(track and field)

1986 - Bo Jackson, Auburn (football) and

Jennifer Gillom, Ole Miss (basketball)

1985 - Will Clark, Mississippi State (base-

ball) and Penney Hauschild, Alabama (gym-

nastics)

1984 - Terry Hoage, Georgia (football) and

Tracy Caulkins, Florida (swimming)

1983 - Herschel Walker, Georgia

(football/track and field)

1982 - Buck Belue, Georgia (football/base-

ball)

1981 - Rowdy Gaines, Auburn (swimming)

1980 - Kyle Macy, Kentucky (basketball)

1979 - Reggie King, Alabama (basketball)

1978 - Jack Givens, Kentucky (basketball)

1977 - Larry Seivers, Tennessee (football)

1976 - Harvey Glance, Auburn (track and

field)

Kentucky’s A. J. Reed named the Southeastern Conference Male Athlete of the Year

A. J. Reed (#18) is greeted as he crosses home plate. Reed put together one of the best-ever

seasons in college baseball history in 2014. UK Photo

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