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Quinn wins for the first time in 2006 after being honored twice in 2005 ATLANTA, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- College football fans have cast their votes and the Cingular All-America Player of the Week, the only major college football award chosen exclusively by the fans, has a familiar winner. University of Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn claimed the honor today after passing for 288 yards and three touchdowns in helping the fourth-ranked Fighting Irish cruise past No. 19 Penn State, 41-17, last Saturday. Quinn received 40% of the votes to beat out Ohio State University quarterback Troy Smith (35%), University of Oklahoma running back Adrian Peterson (21%) and University of Florida quarterback Chris Leak (4%). Each of the players was nominated for this week's award by a panel of ESPN college football analysts based on their outstanding performances last weekend. Quinn was a two-time winner of the Cingular All-America Player of the Week last fall, and he was one of four finalists for the 2005 Cingular All-America Player of the Year. He joins Rutgers University running back Ray Rice on this year's winner's list. Rice claimed the award last week after rushing for 201 yards and three touchdowns during Week 1 of the season. Fans can register to vote for the Cingular All-America Player of the Week throughout the season by text messaging "VOTE" to "87654" on their wireless phone, with the nominees being revealed each Sunday on the 9 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter and on the Web at http://www.espnallamerica.com/. They have until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the following Wednesday to submit their votes. The winner will then be announced during ESPN's Thursday Night College Football Game. Fans can vote as many times as they like, with each vote counting as one entry into a sweepstakes to win a trip to the 2007 BCS National Championship game. Cingular customers can visit Cingular's NCAA(R) Football Portal on their wireless handset to view video highlights of each week's candidates, retrieve photos, check scoreboards, track their favorite teams and download school ringtones. In December, four finalists for the Cingular All-America Player of the Year award will be announced during a one-hour special on ABC Sports. Fans will then get a chance to say who the best player in the nation is by voting for the Cingular All-America Player of the Year up until the Bowl Championship Series. The selection process will culminate during the BCS National Championship game on FOX when the Cingular All-America Player of the Year will be presented. Last year, University of Texas quarterback Vince Young was crowned as the Cingular All-America Player of the Year, beating out USC teammates Reggie Bush and Matt Leinart and University of Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn. He was the second Longhorn to claim the award, after running back Cedric Benson won the inaugural honor in 2004. ABOUT CINGULAR WIRELESS Cingular Wireless is the largest wireless carrier in the United States, serving 57.3 million customers. Cingular, a joint venture between AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) and BellSouth Corporation (NYSE:BLS), has the largest digital voice and data network in the nation -- the ALLOVER(tm) network -- and the largest mobile-to-mobile community of any national wireless carrier. Cingular is a leader in third generation wireless technology. Its 3G network is the first widely available service in the world to use HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) technology. 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 emailed to you automatically. Sign up at http://cingular.mediaroom.com/. DATASOURCE: Cingular Wireless CONTACT: Chris Capo of Career Sports & Entertainment, +1-404-314-1635, or ; or Clay Owen of Cingular Wireless, +1-404-236-6153, or Web site: http://www.cingular.com/ http://cingular.mediaroom.com/ http://www.espnallamerica.com/

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