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Oklahoma Quarterback Jason White Nominated for His Second Straight Cingular Wireless/ABC Sports All-America Player of The Week Award ATLANTA, Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Oklahoma senior quarterback and Hesiman Trophy front-runner Jason White has been nominated for his second consecutive Cingular Wireless/ABC Sports All-America Player of the Week award. White, last year's Heisman winner, was selected after completing 29 of 35 passes for 393 yards and three touchdowns in the Sooners' 30-3 win over Nebraska yesterday. College football fans chose him for the honor last week after his five-touchdown performance against Texas A&M. White's teammate, running back Adrian Peterson, has won the award twice this season. White is one of four candidates for the All-America Player of the Week, who are selected by a panel of ABC Sports and ESPN college football analysts, led by John Saunders. The other finalists are: Pittsburgh quarterback Tyler Palko, who became the first quarterback ever to throw for five touchdowns against Notre Dame in the Panther's 41-38 win over the Irish; North Texas running back Jamario Thomas, who turned in his fifth consecutive 200-yard rushing performance in Eagles' 51-29 win over Idaho; and Auburn running back Carnell Williams, who totaled 198 all-purpose yards and accounted for two touchdowns in the Tigers' 24-6 win over No. 8 Georgia. Who will be this week's winner is still undecided and the final decision now rests in the hands of college football fans nationwide. For the first time in college football history, fans can now make the call on who they think deserves to be the All-America Player of the Week with the power and ease of wireless text-messaging. Cingular is making the voting open to other wireless carriers* allowing even more fans to participate. Fans can also vote online at http://www.abcsportsallamerica.com/ or at ESPN.com (keyword: cingular). Sooner fans can show their support for White by voting for him up until 8 p.m. EST on Sunday, November 14. The winner will be announced during that night's 11 p.m. EST broadcast of ESPN "SportsCenter". Here's how fans can vote for the Cingular/ABC Sports All-America Player of the Week this week and every week: -- Text "PLAYER" to "64444" on your wireless phones -- Follow the prompt to vote for your All-America selection -- Alternatively, go to http://www.abcsportsallamerica.com/ or log onto http://www.espn.com/ and enter keyword "Cingular" Previous winners include Purdue quarterback Kyle Orton (twice), Texas Tech quarterback Sonny Cumbie, Georgia quarterback David Greene, Oklahoma running back Adrian Peterson (twice), Auburn quarterback Jason Campbell and Michigan running back Michael Hart and Oklahoma quarterback Jason White. Fans who vote on their wireless phones only need to register one time. Then, each week, the four candidates for Player of the Week are automatically sent to their wireless phones. Each time fans vote, they are entered into a sweepstakes to win a trip to the Bowl Championship Series game of their choice or thousands of other instant prizes. Fans can vote as often as they like. On December 1, fans will also get a chance to determine who the best player in the nation is by voting for the Cingular/ABC Sports All-America Player of the Year. Fans will have until December 8 to choose from among five finalists -- voting by either text messaging or online. The selection process will culminate on December 11 at 2 p.m. EST in a one-hour special on ABC Sports when the Cingular Wireless/ABC Sports All-America Player of the Year (selected by fans), and the All-America team (selected by the Football Writers Association of America), will be announced. *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 more than 46 million customers. Cingular, a joint venture between SBC Communications (NYSE:SBC) and BellSouth (NYSE:BLS), has the largest digitalvoice and data network in the nation. Cingular is the only U.S. wireless carrier to offer Rollover(SM), 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 e-mailed to you automatically. Sign up at http://www.cingular.com/newsroom. DATASOURCE: Cingular Wireless CONTACT: Bates Grainger of Career Sports & Entertainment for Cingular Wireless, +1-770-226-5526, +1-770-331-6617, ; Clay Owen of Cingular Wireless, +1-404-236-6153, Web site: http://www.cingular.com/ http://www.abcsportsallamerica.com/ http://www.espn.com/

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