Sentences with phrase «player of the year as»

Four of Duke's five starters hit better than 50 % of their shots, and the fifth, the brilliant ex-bad boy, Art Heyman, averages 48.3, is the team high scorer (25.3 points a game) and the Associated Press» Player of the Year as well.

That said, it's worth noting that Earl Campbell was named Offensive Player of the Year as a rookie, while Lawrence Taylor won the Defensive Player of the Year Award during his first year.

Portis, the 2014 - 15 SEC Player of the Year as a Hog, has been publicly outspoken in recruitment of Malik on behalf of Arkansas.

Over the course of that time he has produced well over 100 college pitchers, a national Gatorade player of the year, two state Gatorade players of the year as well as dozens of regional and all - state pitchers.

The speedy winger was player of the year as Cruzeiro won the title last year, and has had another exceptional year as they stormed to their second consecutive league trophy this year.

Point guard Mi'Cole Cayton was the team's lone finalist to be Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year as a junior, but just selecting her over teammates such as Tudor and Aquira DeCosta was very difficult.

... Runner up Gatorade Maryland Player of the Year as a junior, Area Player of the Year DCSportsFan.com, First - Team All - Metro selection at wide receiver by the Washington Post, All - County selection by the Montgomery Gazette, All - WCAC selection.

Two years later he was named the League One Player of the Year as Brentford won automatic promotion to the Championship, after finishing as runners up to Wolves.

Perhaps Jungwirth, who played as a third central defender in the second half against the Union and was the team's 2017 Defensive Player of the Year as a centerback, will step into the fray and mainstay stability along the back line.

In 2014 - 2015 he lined up for Middlesbrough and was named the Championship Player of the Year as he went on to score seventeen goals in thirty - nine appearances.

He joined Leicester in January 2014 and was named the PFA Players» Player of the Year as the Foxes won the Premier League in 2016.

In 2008, he achieved his first FIFA player of the year as well as his first Ballon d'Or title.

The two - time Big Ten Player of the Year as the Buckeyes» quarterback from 2012 - 2013 is making a move... more

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Papa John's founder John Schnatter, who stepped down as CEO at the end of last year, had blamed falling sales on the NFL's failure to resolve the raging controversy over players taking a knee during the national anthem, in order to protest against police brutality.

Though his effort may wane on defense at times, and he preserves energy for a late postseason run — he's now played into June seven years in a row — part of it is that no player in the NBA carries as much responsibility as James.

A few years ago, it looked like streaming players might become obsolete as televisions became capable of hosting apps without the need for extra hardware.

Nike is essentially betting that James will stay scandal - free throughout the rest of his career, as well as have staying power in the many years of his life when he is no longer an active player.

Pokémon Go's instant popularity appears to be the result of nostalgia for the classic 20 - year - old cartoon franchise and players» desire to win kudos within the game by capturing as many characters as possible.

«I don't think we are going to see [hard seltzer] reach the size of hard soda, but we will see as new players enter, especially this year,» Danelle Kosmal, vice president of Nielsen's beverage alcohol division, told Fortune.

Commodity hedge funds have dwindled in recent years as oil prices slumped, leaving only a handful of larger players, including Hall, who ran the Astenbeck Capital Management fund until deciding to close it following losses this year.

The East coast chain broke records to become the first convenience store to be voted the best sandwich shop in the US in Market Force Information's annual survey of nearly 11,500 consumers - beating major players such as Jersey Mike's and Firehouse Subs, last year's winner.

Universal had heard all the stories of Hopper's erratic behavior over the years, first as an up - and - coming actor who had small parts in the James Dean movies «Rebel Without a Cause» and «Giant» (he admired Dean immensely), then as a bit player on a slew of TV shows, where he got little respect and gave even less back.

Jan. 6, 2006 — While much of the buzz about this year's International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has centered on personal entertainment such as video - on - demand, portable media players, and giant television monitors, the four - day exhibition is also providing glimpses of the future of small business technology.

Johnson had been scheduled to attend the Golf Writers Association of America annual dinner Wednesday night to accept its award as male player of the year.

As he promised five years back, this year Yoh distributed 25 % of the equity to his key players.

Few NBA players are as fortunate as Redick to have been in the league into their 30s and still looking at several more years of playing.

Pfizer's move, though, also comes as the industry is undergoing a new wave of reorganizations, years after the biggest players set out to reshape the way Big Pharma does drug R&D.

Hawkers Model Volleyball Tournament, in its eighth year, featured top modeling agencies as well as some of the top professional volleyball players from across the world, competing in a coed beach volleyball tournament Feb. 17 - 18 in Miami Beach.

TIL, which typically uses its own resources or that of its deep - pocket parent BCCL to fund growth initiatives, had kicked off the uncharacteristic move of raising substantial external capital for MagicBricks Realty Services Ltd early last year when the digital real estate business in India saw the emergence of a host of new players backed by global investors such as SoftBank, News Corp and Tiger Global.

It means, he hopes, that the big free - to - air networks will be enticed to take a package of NBL games along with the rights to telecast what will be the biggest basketball matches in Australia for years, between the Boomers led by international names such as Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons and fellow National Basketball Association players such as Patty Mills and Joe Ingles against a US team that could include the biggest names in the sport.

As for Elanco, it turned in less - than - stellar performance in the third quarter of last year, reviving questions about whether Lilly might spin off what has long been a leading player in animal health.

Some of the changes, such as introducing a mobile order - and - pay app that was delayed after the franchisee association threatened legal action over its launch, are needed in order for Tim Hortons to compete against players such as Starbucks, which launched a similar app in Canada last year.

As in years past, recipients of Donors Trust cash include the biggest players in conservative politics today: the David Koch - chaired Americans for Prosperity Foundation, the Cato Institute, the FreedomWorks Foundation, the Heritage Foundation, the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, and the influential State Policy Network.

As Tom Bissell, a journalist, former Salon writer and lifelong gamer, explains in his new book, «Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter,» the graphics, storytelling and interactivity of gaming have all made tremendous leaps forward in recent years, allowing players to intermingle with nuanced, fleshed - out digital characters in near - photo - realistic environments.

Aaron Feis will be remembered in the hearts and minds of every life he touched in his years as a football player, football coach, security guard, bus driver, friend, brother, husband, and father.»

The 39 - year - old native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who started as a nightclub stripper there at 17, has appeared in more than 250 X-rated films, beginning in 2000; was signed as an exclusive with major porn studio Wicked Pictures in 2002 (she's still a contract player for them); and has been inducted into multiple industry halls of fame, including the one run by leading industry trade publication Adult Video News.

The backdrop and general momentum of the cannabis sector is positive as the reality of its national growth potential becomes more and more apparent, but the shake out of individual players that began last year will continue in 2015, as hype will not be enough to sustain companies in the eyes of investors, and may contribute to action by regulators.

This brand appears to have little going for it; it only spends c. 5 % of sales on advertising and promotion, it's only existed for 20 years in a market where brand heritage has historically been seen as key and it is owned by a small independent player.

The past year was a big one for self - driving vehicles, culminating with the reveal of Tesla's new fully electric semi, gaining pre-orders from big players such as PepsiCo, UPS and Walmart.

Since this is territory that has been well covered in recent years — in biographies of the principal players, as well as in numerous volumes of history and political analysis — the question naturally arises: what does Kramer have to say that sheds new light on the subject?

Arnold Mandell, who for two years held the unique office of psychiatrist to a professional football team, has found that the position a player fills on a squad is dictated as much by his personality as by his physical endowments.

Though for more than a year, some players have been kneeling during the anthem before games as a way to raise awareness about racial injustice, yesterday marked widespread protests in the form of players kneeling, linking arms and holding fists in the air.

In recent years, however, some smaller players in the natural or organic food market have been snatched up by larger CPG companies, many of which don't share their values or at least are not thought of by consumers as trustworthy sources for natural products.

Over the years, we've worked with a major Midwest supermarket chain, a large player in the frozen aisle of grocery stores nationwide and disruptive upstarts such as AeroFarms, a vertical farm company based in Newark, N.J. Throughout those engagements, we conducted extensive shopper research — both quantitative as well as in - depth ethnographic «shop along» interviews.

So is it game over for dairy farmers, who just a few years ago were riding high on the prospect of massive Chinese demand, and the sense Australia was the only place to be, as international players piled with eye - watering corporate deals in to guarantee a piece of the $ 13 billion Australian dairy industry?

The new plant will strengthen AFI's hand as a major player within dairy - based food ingredients by — according to the firm — doubling its capacity in this sector to over 20,000 tonnes a year and offering clients both a «wider range of formulations and customised pre-mix solutions».

Murray Goulburn managing director Gary Helou has tipped China to define global dairy trade for the next 20 years as Australian dairy players brace for a wave of consolidation in anticipation of an Asian export boom.

Aussie Farmers was one of the first players in online grocery deliveries, starting out 13 years ago as a three - person, one - truck milk delivery service.

The global dairy market will offer strong growth prospects in the coming five years, but the uneven spread of this market expansion and an era of elevated pricing will create as many challenges as opportunities for key players along the dairy supply chain.

My second cousin (the son of my first cousin) has become a key player his rookie year as a New Orleans Saint and teams like the Broncos are kicking themselves for not signing him.