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Finished third in Heisman Trophy voting after leading the nation in total offense. Named a National Collegiate Scholar-Athlete by the National Football Foundation. First- team all-American. Two-time Big Ten Conference Offensive Player of the Year. Established Big Ten career records in passing attempts (1,639), passing completions (1,003), passing yards (11,517), passing touchdowns (88) and total offense (12,442). Purdue leader in career completion percentage (.621). Only quarterback in Big Ten history with two plus-500-yard passing games. Ranks fourth in NCAA in career attempts (1,525), completions (942) and total offense (11,815), and ninth in passing yards (10,909). College Football Hall of Fame postgraduate scholarship recipient. Recipient of the Socrates Award as the nation's finest athlete in terms of academics, athletics and community service. Three-time Division I national champion in the 200-yard freestyle relay. One of 10 finalists for the Amateur Athletic Union's James E. Sullivan Award, which recognizes the top amateur athlete in the nation based on leadership, character, sportsmanship and ideals of amateurism. Nine-time all-American; helped lead the Tigers to two team national championships (1999, 1997) and two runner-up finishes in 2000 and 1998. Won six individual Southeastern Conference titles. A USA team member at the 1999 Pan American Games, competing in the 50- and 100-meter freestyles and the 400-meter relay. Awarded a 2000 NCAA Walter Byers Postgraduate Scholarship. 1999 recipient of the Auburn Cliff Hare Award, the highest honor an Auburn student-athlete can receive. First-team CoSIDA GTE Academic All-American in 2000 and second-team selection in 1999. Participates in the President's Student Leadership Program and is a member of Athletes in Action. Member of the only Division III women's basketball team to win three straight national titles (1998-00). Three-time Women's Basketball Coaches Association Division III Women's Basketball Player of the Year. Recipient of the Honda Award as the top female student-athlete in Division III. Winner of the 1999-00 Josten's Trophy Award as Division III's outstanding female player. Selected to play in the WBCA all-star game at the 2000 Women's Final Four in Philadelphia. Three-time University Athletic Association Player of the Year. NCAA postgraduate scholarship recipient. 2000 GTE/CoSIDA first-team Academic All-American of the Year in the college division. Finalist for the 2000 NCAA Woman of the Year award. Active in Mentor St. Louis and Catholic Student Center. 2000 USA Today co-National Player of the Year. The 32nd overall pick in the 2000 Women's National Basketball Association draft. Ranked 16th in the nation in 2000 with 2.2 blocks per game. Led the Big Ten Conference in blocks in 2000 and led the team in scoring and rebounding. Finished her collegiate career ranking in the top 10 of every Penn State career chart. Third player at Penn State to reach 1,000 career rebounds. NCAA postgraduate scholarship recipient. GTE Academic All-American; three-time all-Big Ten academic choice. Named to the Spiritus Leoninus athletics honor society. Champs for Life Program speaker. Participated for three years in the Easter Seals Therapeutic Horse Riding program, teaching disabled children to ride horses. 2000 NCAA Woman of the Year. Silver medalist in the 2000 Olympic Summer Games in Sydney in the 200-meter breaststroke. Holds one world record, eight American records and five U.S. Open records. Finished second in the 200-meter breaststroke and was a member of the winning 400-meter medley relay team at the 1998 World Championships. Member of two national championship teams at Georgia, winning seven individual titles and earning all-America honors 22 times. Three-time Division I champion in both the 100- and 200-meter breaststrokes, setting the U.S. record for each in 2000. 2000 Southeastern Conference Female Athlete of the Year. Three-time College Swimming Coaches Association of America all-Academic Team member. NCAA postgraduate scholarship recipient. Won the 2000 Peach of an Athlete Award from the Atlanta Boy Scouts for community service. Member of the Kappa Delta Epsilon Education Honor Society, Palladia Leadership Society and Blue Key Leadership Society. Led Northern Kentucky to a 104-26 four-year record, two Division II national runner-up finishes (1996 and 1997) and two other national championship tournament appearances. Second-team all-Great Lakes Valley Conference performer in 1997-98. Four-time all-GLVC academic choice. Two-time conference leader in steals and ranked among GLVC leaders in assists and free-throw percentage as a sophomore, junior and senior. Holds school records for career steals and games played, as well as single-season marks for steals, games played and games started. NCAA postgraduate scholarship recipient. Won the school's Paul J. Sipes Award for a student with honesty, character and industry who has actively participated in community affairs. Member of the NCAA and GLVC Student-Athlete Advisory Committees (SAAC) from 1997 to 2000, and chaired both groups in 1999-00. Three-time NCAA Leadership Conference participant. Four-time first-team all-American pitcher. Led Fresno State to the Women's College World Series championship in 1998. An alternate for the 2000 USA Olympic Softball Team and a member of the USA National B Team in 1999. Played on the 1998 International Softball Federation (ISF) World Championship, the 1997 USA Pan Am Qualifier, and the 1995 ISF Junior World Championship teams, each of which won a gold medal. Ranked in the top 10 in three NCAA career categories. 1998 WCWS Most Outstanding Player. Three-time Western Athletic Conference Female Athlete of the Year. Holds six WAC career pitching and hitting records, posting a 44-1 career conference record with 27 shutouts, 296 strikeouts, 292.2 innings and an 0.38 earned-run average. NCAA postgraduate scholarship recipient. Two-time GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-American. Volunteered for a public service announcement for Proposition 99, The Tobacco Tax Initiative. Special Olympics volunteer. Three-time first-team all-American. Led Princeton to two NCAA national championships, one runner-up showing and another tournament berth during his career. Two-time NCAA all-tournament team member and 2000 Ivy Group player of the year. Two-time winner of the Donald McLaughlin Award as the nation's outstanding midfielder. Member of the U.S. Under-19 Team that won the World Championship in Tokyo in 1996. Led Princeton to four Ivy Group championships and a 24-0 all-time league record during his four-year career. Ranks fifth on the Tigers' all-time list with 103 goals. Winner of the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association's 2000 scholar-athlete award. First-team GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-American. Active with the Central Jersey Pediatric AIDS Foundation. Special Olympics volunteer.
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Drew Brees
Purdue University
Football
Recipient of the 2000 Maxwell Award as the nation's top player.
Matthew Busbee
Auburn University
Swimming and Diving
Alia Fischer
Washington University (Missouri)
Basketball
Andrea M. Garner
Pennsylvania State University
Basketball
Kristy Kowal
University of Georgia
Swimming and Diving
Kevin M. Listerman
Northern Kentucky University
Basketball
Amanda Scott
California State University, Fresno
Softball
Josh Sims
Princeton University
Lacrosse
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