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2 unusual facts about Most Valuable Player


Major League Lacrosse MVP Award

The Bud Light Major League Lacrosse MVP Award is awarded annually to the best performing player of Major League Lacrosse.

Scott Rupp Award

The Scott Rupp Award, originally known as the League MVP, is awarded annually to the "player judged most valuable to his team" in the Professional Inline Hockey Association's Pro Division (PIHA Pro).


1945 Amateur World Series

Héctor Benítez of Venezuela earned Most Valuable Player honors after lead the batters in average (.526), hits (20), RBI (16) and runs scored (16).

2007 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

Justin Abdelkader, sophomore forward for Michigan State, was named the Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player with the tournament-winning goal and two assists.

2011 ACC Championship Game

Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd was named the game's most valuable player, after completing 20–29 passes for 240 yards and three touchdowns.

61st Grey Cup

Ottawa Defensive End Charlie Brandon was named Most Valuable Player and Garry Lefebvre was named Most Valuable Canadian.

Andy Abad

At the end of the season, he was voted the team co-MVP along with Ryan Garko.

ArenaBowl XV

Shaw caught 12 passes for 172 yards on the day en route to being named the game's MVP, while Nashville's top receiving threat, Cory Fleming was held to just four catches and no receiving touchdowns.

Atoy Co

He won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award in 1979 and was a 9-time Mythical First Team Member.

Brad Harman

Harman starred in the 2005 Claxton Shield, winning both the Gold Glove Award and Helms Award as the MVP of the tournament while leading the New South Wales Patriots to the title.

Brock Ralph

Ralph was born to Jim and Shelly Ralph in Raymond, Alberta, and attended Raymond High School, where his junior and senior football teams won consecutive provincial titles with a 25–1 record and Ralph was named the league's Most Valuable Player.

Don Newcombe

Until 2011 when Detroit Tigers Pitcher Justin Verlander did it, Newcombe was the only baseball player to have won the Rookie of the Year, Most Valuable Player and Cy Young awards in his career.

Dwayne Jarrett

On January 1, 2007, he was named offensive most valuable player of the Rose Bowl Game with a career high 203 receiving yards and two touchdowns in the 32-18 win over Michigan.

Eladio Rodriguez

He was announced co-winner of the Hank Greenberg Most Valuable Player Award of the inaugural IBL season.

Jason Kipnis

As a senior, Kipnis batted .521 with a .690 on-base percentage and 32 stolen bases in 32 attempts; he was named first-team all-state and the Central Suburban League Most Valuable Player.

Kevin Ferrer

In his final season with the Tiger Cubs, Ferrer was crowned the Junior's Most Valuable Player where he led the Tiger Cubs into the Finals where they faced off once again with Ravena and the Blue Eaglets who finished the elimination round undefeated at 14-0 with an automatic Finals berth and a 1-0 advantage in a virtual best-of-5 final series.

Red Barrett

He was named to the AP National League All-Star team and finished third in NL Most Valuable Player voting.

Rob Dibble

He was an MLB All-Star in 1990 and 1991, and was the 1990 NLCS Most Valuable Player (along with fellow "Nasty Boy" Randy Myers).

Rusty Hilger

In 1983, the Cowboys finished 8-4 and Hilger was recognized as the Most Valuable Player in the 1983 Bluebonnet Bowl.

Steve Dils

He was Stanford's starting quarterback under Bill Walsh in 1978, and led Stanford to a 25-22 victory over Georgia in the 1978 Bluebonnet Bowl, where he was named the game's offensive most valuable player.

Steve Finley

He was named MVP in the All-Stars Series between Japan and United States (Tokyo, 1996).

World Bowl '95

Quarterback Paul Justin earned MVP honors by completing 18 of 36 attempts for 308 yards with three touchdowns and one interception.

World Bowl IX

Thunder quarterback Jonathan Quinn earned MVP honors with his performance of 25 completions on 38 attempts for 308 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions.


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1947–48 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team

He won the Chuck Taylor Award as the Most Valuable Player of the Year in the NAIA, he was also selected to the NAIA All-American team.

1959 Milwaukee Braves season

Mathews finished second to Ernie Banks of the Chicago Cubs in the voting for the league's Most Valuable Player, who hit 47 home runs and lead the league in runs batted in.

1983 Caribbean Series

Outfielder Glenn Walker was selected as Most Valuable Player and was chosen for the All-Star Team along Candy Maldonado and Dickie Thon.

1984 San Francisco 49ers season

Quarterback Joe Montana would be awarded the Super Bowl’s Most Valuable Player Award for the second time in his career, joining Bart Starr and Terry Bradshaw as the only two time MVP’s.

1987 PBA/IBA World Challenge Cup

Most Valuable Player of the PBA/IBA Challenge Cup: Ray Hall (IBA All-Stars)

2012–13 San Diego Sockers season

On November 27, 2012, citing his eight goals in the Sockers' match against Toros Mexico, the Professional Arena Soccer League named Kraig Chiles, the league's leading scorer and its reigning Most Valuable Player, as their Player of the Week.

2013 Montreux Volley Masters

Brazil defeated Russia to win their sixth title, with Fernanda Garay being awarded Most Valuable Player.

Afghanistan national under-23 football team

Balal Arezou of Afghanistan was named one of the most valuable player of the tournament.

Basketball at the 2009 Maccabiah Games

Dan Grunfeld led the Americans with 25 points, and was voted Most Valuable Player.

Billy Donovan

"Billy the Kid," as Providence fans soon nicknamed him (after the 19th century outlaw), averaged 15.1 points as a junior and 20.6 as a senior, when he led the Friars to the Final Four and earned the Southeast Regional Most Valuable Player honors.

Bob Schloredt

He played in the 1960 and 1961 Rose Bowls and is the first, of only four players (the others are Charles White, Ron Dayne, and Vince Young), to be twice named the Most Valuable Player.

Burlington Athletic Stadium

Current Major League Baseball stars who played for the Burlington Indians include C.C. Sabathia, the New York Yankees (and, formerly the Cleveland Indians) pitcher who won the 2007 Cy Young Award, Bartolo Colón, the Los Angeles Angels pitcher who won the 2005 Cy Young Award, and Manny Ramírez, Most Valuable Player in the Boston Red Sox 2004 World Series championship.

Chevrolet Avalanche

A 2007 Avalanche was given away to the Most Valuable Player of the 2006 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Michael Young.

Craig Lyons

During the 2000–01 WCHL season he scored 117 points to lead the WCHL in points, and was selected as the WCHL's Most Valuable Player.

Dahiana Burgos

She won the Most Valuable Player and Best Scorer awards, along with the gold medal playing in Chiapas, Mexico with her National Senior Team at the 2010 Final Four Cup.

Devin Del Do

Del Do grew up in Valencia, California, played for the West Valley Samba club team, and attended Hart High School where he was twice named to the All-Foothill League first team, and was his team's Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year as both a junior and senior.

Dolores Moore

She instead gained experience in the National Girls Baseball League of Chicago during four years, where legendary athlete Jesse Owens presented her with the league's Most Valuable Player Award in 1952.

Eddie Kriwiel

Four of his high school teammates went on to play at Notre Dame for Frank Leahy, but it was Kriwiel who was named “Most Valuable Player” of the team.

Ellen Malcolm

Malcolm was named one of America's most influential women by Vanity Fair (1998), one of the 100 Most Important Women in America by Ladies' Home Journal (1999), one of the Women of the Year by Glamour (1992), and Most Valuable Player by the American Association of Political Consultants.

Gabe Freeman

On March 14, 2012, Freeman was named the NBL Canada's inaugural Rogers Communications Most Valuable Player.

Gordie Howe Trophy

The Gary L. Davidson Award was given to the most valuable player of the World Hockey Association regular season, from 1973 to 1975.

Harry Newman

In 1932, Newman was a unanimous first-team All-American, and the recipient of the Douglas Fairbanks Trophy as Outstanding College Player of the Year (predecessor of the Heisman Trophy), and the Helms Athletic Foundation Player of the Year Award, the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy as the Most Valuable Player in the Big Ten Conference.

Jim Shofner

In 1970, he helped quarterback John Brodie win Most Valuable Player honors with a career year.

Jochen Schöps

He won the 2006–07 CEV Champions League with VfB Friedrichshafen, and was awarded "Most Valuable Player".

Joe Micheletti

He broke team records set by Lou Nanne in both assists and points in his senior year, and was also the most valuable player of the 1976 NCAA finals.

Johnny Treadwell

The Houston Post named him the Most Valuable Player on defense in the Southwest Conference for 1962, and he played in the 1963 Hula Bowl.

Keith Bulluck

As a senior in 1999 he led the Big East in tackles with 138 and received the Bill Horr Award, which is given to Syracuse’s most valuable player.

Kenneth Duremdes

Before leading the Philippines to a bronze-medal finish in the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Duremdes was named as the league's Most Valuable Player at age 24.

Manon Flier

Flier was named Most Valuable Player at the 2007 FIVB World Grand Prix in Ningbo, PR China, where the Dutch national team won the gold medal.

Mariusz Wlazły

During that tournament he has been nominated to the Most Valuable Player award, losing only to Brazilian star Giba.

Matt Schaub

In 2005, Schaub was named the Most Valuable Player in the American Bowl preseason game in Tokyo, Japan.

Million Dollar Game

The Xtreme, led by regular-season Most Valuable Player Tommy Maddox, won the Million Dollar Game 38–6.

Neathan Gibson

Gibson played four years of college soccer at Lynn University, where he was a first team NAIA All-American and claimed Most Valuable Player Award laurels in the 1994 National Collegiate Senior Bowl.

Nick Castellanos

In the 2009 Under Armour All-America Game, played at Wrigley Field, he scored three runs, had four doubles and three RBIs, winning Most Valuable Player honors.

Olli Jokinen

He won the Matti Keinonen and Jari Kurri trophies in 1998 as the most effective player of the regular season and most valuable player of the playoffs, respectively.

Perry Tuttle

The Bombers quarterback Tom Burgess awarded the Offensive Most Value Player honor and linebacker Greg Battle was named Defensive Most Valuable Player.

Raidel Poey

He was named Most Valuable Player at the 2005 NORCECA Championship in Winnipeg, Canada, where Cuba ended up in second place.

Rod Sweeting

In his senior season, he played and started in all 14 games, and was the Most Valuable Player of the 2012 Hyundai Sun Bowl.

Softball in Western Australia

Western Australian Chelsea Forkin was named the competition's most valuable player and best batter.

Tony Potts

On February 16, 2007, Potts won the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game Most Valuable Player award, as Potts scored 14 points and had 8 rebounds as the West defeated the East 40-21.

UNB Varsity Reds

1995: Midfielder Paul Noble (4th year from Fredericton, NB) was named AUS 1st team All-star, AUS Most Valuable Player, CIS 1st Team All-Canadian.

Willie Farley

In 2004-05, his first season back with the Sixers, he averaged 23.5 point per game and won the club's Most Valuable Player award and finished second to Brian Wethers in the league MVP award.