11.   He has won five most valuable player awards.

12.   He predicted that Mike Piazza might win the most valuable player award with Vaughn hitting behind him.

13.   He will be told that he has done too little too late to be a serious candidate for the National League most valuable player award.

14.   He won the most valuable player award, the first ever in Super Bow history to win it in his home city.

15.   It paid off, as Favre began to blossom en route to claiming consecutive National Football League most valuable player awards.

16.   It was fitting, even poetic, that Ripken would homer and win the most valuable player award in his final All-Star Game.

17.   It was the first of his three most valuable player awards.

18.   Krause, the general manager, could say that Jordan did not win the most valuable player award.

19.   Last season, he also won the most valuable player awards during the regular season and the Super Bowl.

20.   Mi Hyun Kim was honored as the rookie of the year, Val Skinner won the Komen award and Nancy Scranton won the Heather Farr player award.