Sentences with phrase «player of the year for»

He was coming off a season in which he won the U.S. Open for his first major, was voted PGA Tour player of the year for the first time, won the PGA Tour money title and captured the Vardon Trophy for the lowest adjusted scoring average.
The Algerian winger has been a joy to watch in the Premier League in recent times, and won PFA Player of the Year for the 2015/16 campaign after his 17 league goals helped fire Leicester to a shock title victory.
ozil won real madrid the la liga and was germanys player of the year for consecutive times that was before he joined arsenal.
However, Wayne Rooney, who adorned the cover in 2012, and was voted England's Player of the Year for 2015, is a way off and is only 25/1 to scoop the gig.
Harris was named the Academic Athletic Association's boys basketball Player of the Year for the second consecutive season just three months after winning the football award for a second consecutive time.
The Patriots» Tom Brady is SI's Player of the Year for the way he performed when the stakes were highest
Koman made his debut for the French champions two years ago at the tender age of 16, and since then he has been voted the club's young player of the year for the last two seasons.
After averaging a league - high 13.5 boards and finishing fifth with 2.71 blocks, Mutombo was named Defensive Player of the Year for an NBA record fourth time.
The Player of the Year for the Stamford Bridge outfit has played a pivotal role in the club sitting seven points clear at the top of the table, and fans have been waiting for this news for some time.
Eden Hazard has been named as the PFA Player of the Year for 2014/15 after a hugely impressive campaign from the Belgian.
If we fans appreciated defending more than goal scoring than he would easily be our Player of the year for the last 3 years.
«I think Aaron Gordon is the national player of the year for his success without a lot of help,» Rivals.com National Recruiting Analyst Eric Bossi told CalHiSports.com for their story on Gordon as Mr. State Basketball.
And Ozil — our «useless» German has been named player of the year for his country 5 times in 6 years.
Green won Defensive Player of the Year for his ability to shut down any player on the opposing team.
And when it was all said and done, and he'd repeated as the Player of the Year for both major Bay Area newspapers, and played in the U.S. Army All - American Game, Harris kept a commitment he'd made nearly 20 months earlier and enrolled early at the University of Alabama.
JACKSON ENRIGHT Sacred Heart Prep - Atherton — Water Polo — Senior Enright was recognized as the Central Coast Section's Overall Player of the Year for his all - around prowess.
Arsenal's Mesut Ozil has been crowned the German Player of the Year for 2016, but is currently being overshadowed by his contract situation.
Despite Germany having some of the best players in the world in almost every position on the pitch, Schweinsteiger was named his country's player of the year for 2013, showing quite how important he has been for club and country in recent times.
Whether or not Arsene Wenger can persuade Riyad Mahrez to sign for Arsenal or convince the champions elect Leicester City to sell us the man just voted the PFA Player of the Year for this season is another matter, but i8f the Arsenal transfer rumours are right then the boss is at least going to try when the current season ends, according to a report in The Mirror.
The Algerian was the PFA Player of the Year for the 2015 - 16 season, but failed to live up the expectations on him last term, and his team all struggled to continue the dream.
Jake Wojcik (Bellarmine - San Jose, Sr.) 6 - 4, Wing WHAT HE DID: Averaging 17 points per game, Wojcik was named West Catholic Athletic League Player Of The Year for the second time in as many seasons.
She has won the FIFA Women's Player of the Year for the last two seasons.
To be sure, Walton nonetheless went on to become the College Player of the Year for the third straight time, but his disaffection for «the Establishment» grew even greater.
To think that four years ago we sold a 30 PL goal player of the year for # 24m.
When the Arsenal Player of the Year for last season appeared to turn his ankle on that awful # G artificial pitch in Andorra right at the end of the Wales international game this week, Arsene Wenger must have been cursing his luck.
Mechelen secured the League title the following season with Preud «homme being named Belgium's Player of the Year for the second time following his success in 1987.
Van Gaal said at the end of last season it would not be easy to keep De Gea - United's player of the year for the second successive year.
Gentry was named New Mexico's Gatorade Player of the Year for 2014.
The striker was voted England's Player of the Year for 2011 with her goalscoring ratio of around one in three.
The Spanish goalkeeper subsequently signed a new contract with United and went on to be voted as the supporters» player of the year for a third season in a row.
Granit Xhaka Switzerland's player of the year for 2017, Xhaka is a key man in Vladimir Petkovic's side.
As such, it would surprise few if he is installed as the club's player of the year for the fourth time in five seasons as he continues to mask United's shortcomings in defence, even if the loss of Eric Bailly for long periods through injury was a setback.
David de Gea has won their Player of the Year for the past three seasons and is once again probably looking their best player.
Christian Eriksen was last night (Saturday 6 January) named Danish Football Player of the Year for a record - equalling fourth time.
Altough, Mahrez had a tough outing in his first season in the Premier league but he came back stronger in the 2015 - 16 season as he appeared in 37 league games finding the net 17 times and also laid 11 assists for his team mates which helped Leicester clinch the Premier league title and Riyad Mahrez was named PFA - Player of the year for the season 2015 - 16.
On Tuesday, he was named Class 1A player of the year for the third straight season.
AC Milan playmaker Kaka has been named European Player of the Year for 2007, with Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United in second place.
Paul Pogba has been named the Europa League player of the year for the 2016 - 17 season.
As the Premier League's young player of the year for 2014 and player of the year for 2015, Hazard would fit the bill.
Taylor, voted The Fans Player of The Year for the 2015/16 campaign, has had a successful start to the 2016/17 Championship season, putting in some sizzling displays.
Roberto Carlos believes this will bring FIFA World Player of the Year for the fourth time to Portuguese star.
Chelsea's N'Golo Kante has been named as the PFA Player of the Year for 2016/17, beating the likes of Eden Hazard, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sanchez to the award.
David Alaba 44/11 Bayern Munich (Ger) Age 23 (24.06.92) Voted Austrian player of the year for the past five seasons, he is already one of the most successful players the country has ever produced after winning Bundesliga and Champions League titles with Bayern.
He was named later named Chelsea's Player of the Year for the third time.
Lampard finished the Premier League season with 12 goals and 10 assists, and won the Chelsea player of the Year for 2009.
Liverpool Ladies midfielder Caroline Weir has been named Scotland Women's Player of the Year for 2016.
In France, Eden Hazard (5» 7 ″) was named Ligue 1 player of the year for inspiring Lille to their first league title since 1954, while Marvin Martin (5» 7 ″) ran away with the Trophée du meilleur passeur after setting up no less than 17 goals for his Sochaux team - mates.
The latter has given Patrice Evra a torrid time in recent encounters while Bale simply has to display the kind of form which saw him collect the PFA Player of the Year for his outstanding performances in 2010 - 2011.
Joshua Kimmich has been named German player of the Year for 2017.
Baseball freaks know his story well by now: He was state player of the year for Federal Way High School in 2002 and earned a scholarship to Oregon State, but signed with the San Francisco Giants after they selected him in the 21st round of the 2002 MLB draft.
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