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Hidetoshi Nakata won the AFC Player of the Year award in 1997 and 1998. Server Djeparov won the AFC Player of the Year award in 2008 and 2011. Akram Afif won the AFC Player of the Year award in 2019 and 2023. The AFC Player of the Year is an annual prize presented by Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It is awarded to the Asian player who has ...
Dave Hill (1962), American Football League and National Football League player with the Kansas City Chiefs [35] Billy Hitchcock (1938), professional baseball infielder, coach, manager and scout Jimmy Hitchcock (1932), Major League Baseball player; Auburn's first All-American in both football and baseball
Year Player Nation Club Ref. 1999 Sun Wen China: Shanghai SVA: Not awarded from 2000 to 2002 2003 Bai Jie China: Washington Freedom: 2004 Homare Sawa Japan: NTV Beleza: 2005 Natsuko Hara Japan: NTV Beleza: 2006 Ma Xiaoxu China: Dalian Shide: 2007 Ri Kum-suk North Korea: April 25: 2008 Homare Sawa Japan: NTV Beleza: 2009 Not awarded 2010 Kate ...
The field was named in 1997 to honor two former Auburn players, Billy and Jimmy Hitchcock. The Hitchcock brothers were popular athletes in the 1930s. Jimmy was Auburn's first All-American in football and baseball, and later coached the Tigers during the 1940s. Billy helped Auburn make its first bowl appearance in football, as well as, helping ...
Auburn was in another down year at 6-4 under first-year coach Hugh Freeze, but still presented a tough challenge at home, where the Tigers hadn't lost by more than seven points in 2023.
Gross played football, basketball, and baseball at Northview High School in Dothan, Alabama.Formerly a starting quarterback for the Auburn football team, and an outfielder for the Auburn baseball team, Gross was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the first round (15th overall) of the 2001 Major League Baseball Draft.
Ichiro was also voted this month into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame, receiving 323 out of 349 votes in his first year of eligibility. In 2022, he was the first Asian player to be inducted ...
2020: Dave Roberts becomes the first Asian-American baseball manager to win the World Series. [86] 2020: Kim Ng is hired by the Miami Marlins as the first Asian-American to serve as general manager of an MLB team. [87] 2023: Corbin Carroll becomes the first Asian-American to win a Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award. [88]