UCLA Running Back Maurice Drew Wins His First Cingular/ABC Sports All-America Player of the Week Award
14 Octobre 2005 - 1:12AM
PR Newswire (US)
Drew garners 29% of fan vote to edge out Northwestern's Tyrell
Sutton and USC's LenDale White ATLANTA, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ --
UCLA's do-it-all offensive threat Maurice Drew is still receiving
accolades for his monster performance in the Bruins' 47-40 victory
over California last weekend. Today he was named the Cingular/ABC
Sports All-America Player of the Week after impressing college
football fans across the nation with his 299 total yards and five
touchdowns. This was Drew's second nomination in his career and
first win since the inception of the award, which is the only major
college football honor determined exclusively by fan voting. Drew
is the second running back to claim the honor this year. Other
winners this season include Georgia's D.J. Shockley, Texas' Vince
Young, Texas A&M's Reggie McNeal, Minnesota's Laurence Maroney,
and Notre Dame's Brady Quinn. In the closest vote of the season,
Drew garnered 29% of the fan vote, edging out Northwestern running
back Tyrell Sutton by 1% and USC running back LenDale White by 2%.
He was one of four candidates for the Cingular/ABC Sports
All-America Player of the Week, who were selected by a panel of ABC
Sports and ESPN college football analysts. The other finalists
were: Louisville defensive lineman Elvis Dumervil (16%) who
recorded three sacks, two forced fumbles and one interception in
the Cardinals' win against North Carolina; Sutton (28%), who rushed
for 244 yards and three touchdowns in the Wildcats' win against
Wisconsin; and White (27%), who rushed for 179 yards and four
touchdowns in the Trojans' win over Arizona. Throughout the season,
the nominees are announced Sunday morning at 9 a.m. EDT on ESPN.
Then, fans have until the following Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. EDT to
submit their votes via wireless text messaging. *The winner is
announced every Thursday night during the first half of the ESPN
Thursday Night College Football game. Fans can learn more about the
award and each week's nominees online at
http://www.abcsportsallamerica.com/ or at
http://www.cingularallamerica.com/. Here's how fans can register to
vote for the Cingular/ABC Sports All- America Player of the Week
throughout the 2005 season: - Text "VOTE" to "87654" on your
wireless phone - Follow the prompt to vote for your All-America
selection - Cingular/ABC Sports Player of the Week candidates will
be automatically sent out via text messaging each week Each time
fans vote, they are entered into a sweepstakes to win a trip to the
Bowl Championship Series game of their choice. Fans can vote as
often as they like. In December, fans will get a chance to say who
the best player in the nation is by voting for the Cingular/ABC
Sports All-America Player of the Year. The selection process will
culminate in December in a one-hour special on ABC Sports when the
Cingular/ABC Sports Player of the Year and the Football Writers
Association of America All-America team will be announced. Last
year, University of Texas running back and Chicago Bears first
round draft pick Cedric Benson was selected by fans as the Player
of the Year. *Other wireless carriers must opt-in for their
subscribers to participate About Cingular Wireless Cingular
Wireless is the largest wireless carrier in the United States,
serving 51.6 million customers. Cingular, a joint venture between
SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE:SBC) and BellSouth Corporation
(NYSE:BLS), has the largest digital voice and data network in the
nation -- the ALLOVER(SM) network -- and the largest
mobile-to-mobile community of any national wireless carrier.
Cingular is the only U.S. wireless carrier to offer Rollover(R),
the wireless plan that lets customers keep their unused monthly
minutes. Details of the company are available at
http://www.cingular.com/. Get Cingular Wireless press releases
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http://cingular.mediaroom.com/. DATASOURCE: Cingular Wireless
CONTACT: Sarah Didier of Career Sports & Entertainment,
+1-770-955-1300, or +1-770-617-8737, or , for Cingular Wireless; or
Clay Owen of Cingular Wireless, +1-404-236-6153, or Web site:
http://www.cingular.com/ http://www.abcsportsallamerica.com/
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