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Coleman’s career as a player for the Yankees began in 1949 when he batted .275 and won the Associated Press Rookie of the Year award.

Bobby Martinez

He joined the World Championship Tour in 2006, finishing the year with No. 5 ranking which earned him Rookie of the Year honors with wins in Teahupoo and Mundaka.

Coy Gibbs

In 2003, he replaced Mike McLaughlin in the NASCAR Busch Series, nailing down two top-ten finishes and was named runner-up in the Rookie of the Year honors, despite running the full Busch Series schedule unlike award winner, David Stremme.

David Ray Boggs

Boggs made his debut in NASCAR competition in 1970, winning Rookie of the Year in the Grand American series.

Dennis Setzer

By the end of the year, he was 9th in points and was runner-up to Johnny Benson for Rookie of the Year.

Dirk Baberowski

A 63rd place at the World championship in Tokyo sufficed to take home the Rookie of the Year award.

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.

Erik Darnell

He had twelve Top-10 finishes in 25 events, and he was the series' Rookie of the Year.

Henry J. Bronchtein

Further credits as a first assistant director consist of A Perfect Murder, Addicted to Love, Weekend at Bernie's, It Could Happen to You, Guarding Tess, Striptease, Rookie of the Year, and Eddie and the Cruisers.

Impact Motorsports

Compton and Impact ran the entire season, and finished third behind Kenny Irwin Jr. and Rick Crawford for Rookie of the Year.

James Hylton

Things improved dramatically in 1966, as Hylton finished second in the points chase and won the series' Rookie of the Year award.

Jim Ferraro

Ferraro became a Sports Agent, and in the early 1980s went on to also represent a number of first-round draft picks from the Hurricane's early championship years, including Albert Bentley and Eddie Brown (the 1985 NFL "Rookie of the Year").

Jimmy Hensley

With a career spanning 27 seasons in all three of NASCAR's elite divisions, Hensley may be best remembered for his Rookie of the Year award won in 1992, his 15th season in the series, and for his nine career Busch Series wins.

Marc Leishman

Leishman was voted the Rookie of the Year in 2009 after recording three top-10 finishes, which included a runner-up finish behind Tiger Woods at the BMW Championship, the third of the four FedEx Cup playoff events.

MRD Motorsports

MRD fielded another ARCA driver, this time Rookie of the Year Blake Bjorklund for 12 races in a driver development partnership with NEXTEL Cup team Haas CNC Racing.

Nashville Xpress all-time roster

In 1995, Marty Cordova was selected as the American League Rookie of the Year.

Parnelli Jones

Jones was named the 1961 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year, an honor that he shared with Bobby Marshman.

Richardson-Haas Motorsports

Fukuyama made an attempt at Rookie of the year honors in the #66, but that was soon aborted due to a lack of funding.

Ryan Blaney

Blaney returned to the Camping World Truck Series in 2013, driving the full schedule for Brad Keselowski Racing and competing for the series' Rookie of the Year award.

Trent Owens

Starting in 2006, Owens worked for Braun Racing, later Turner Motorsports and then Turner Scott Motorsports as a crew chief in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, scoring wins with five different drivers and assisting Kyle Larson in winning the 2013 series Rookie of the Year title.


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1962 American Football League Championship Game

At halftime, AFL Commissioner Joe Foss presented Rookie-Of-The-Year Curtis McClinton and Player-Of-The-Year Len Dawson with Mercury S-55 convertible automobiles.

2000–01 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team

The team was led by first team All-Ivy League selection Walton and Ivy League Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year Konrad Wysocki.

Andy Seigle

The 1997 Rookie of the Year awardee only got a one-year extension from the Ginebra management and with the arrival of Rafi Reavis and Billy Mamaril, his minutes suffered.

Anthony Allison

While at Wilmington University, he was the CACC’s Rookie of the Year, and received All CACC 1st Team and NSCAA All Region 2nd Team honors three years in a row in 2006, 2007 and 2008.

Bobby Hamilton

He drove the #68 Country Time Lemonade Oldsmobile for Tri-Star Motorsports, posting four top-ten finishes and narrowly defeating Ted Musgrave for Rookie of the Year.

Cathy Sherk

In 1979, Sherk turned professional and joined the LPGA Tour where she finished the season in third place for Rookie-of-the-Year honors behind Beth Daniel.

Coco Laboy

He tied for second place with Al Oliver for the 1969 National League Rookie of the Year Award, which was won by Ted Sizemore.

David Hague

After playing for the Portland, where Hague was nominated for rookie of the year, Hague went to Uruguay to play for Danubio F.C. It was decided that Soccer did not deserve David and he quit instead.

Derrick Harmon

He received the Asa Bushnell Award as the Ivy League Player of the Year, and was named Cornell's first ever Sophomore of the Year in 1981 (now renamed Rookie of the Year).

Des Moines Capitols

The same season, Peter Mara was awarded the Leo P. Lamoureux Memorial Trophy, as the league's leading scorer and the James Gatschene Memorial Trophy, as outstanding playing ability and sportsmanlike conduct; and Frank Demarco won the rookie of the year.

DeWalt

In this time period, Kenseth won 18 races, the 2000 Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year Award, 2003 Sprint Cup Series Championship, 2004 Sprint Cup All Star Race and the 2009 Daytona 500.

Dragón Rojo, Jr.

He was named the Lagunero area "Rookie of the year" for his work in the local promotion that put on shows in Torreón and Gómez Palacio in Durango.

FEU Tamaraws men's basketball

The Tamaraws failed to make it to the Final Four that year after losing to UST for the last Final Four slot, though Santos won season's Rookie of the Year award.

Frederico Moojen

He was also the 2006 PDL MVP and the 2006-2007 Major Indoor Soccer League Rookie of the Year.

Heshimu Evans

Evans, a small forward from Evander Childs High School in The Bronx, went to Manhattan College, where he was named Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) rookie of the year in 1995.

Jang Hyo-Jo

However, he lost the Rookie of the Year award to Park Jong-Hoon of the OB Bears, which has been considered one of the most controversial KBO elections of all time.

Jeff Krogh

Competing full-time in the series, he competed in 14 of the 15 events that season, finishing second in both the championship chase and the Rookie-of-the-Year competition to Lance Hooper.

Jerry Sneva

He raced in the 1977-1982 seasons, with 26 combined career starts, including the 1977-1980 and 1982 Indianapolis 500 and was named 1977 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year.

John Pagano

Pagano also worked closely with Shawne Merriman, who led the NFL in sacks in 2006, was selected to play in three Pro Bowls and won the NFL’s Defensive Rookie of the Year Award in 2005.

Meineke

Don Meineke (1930-2013), former professional basketball player who was the NBA's first Rookie of the Year

NASCAR Racing 2003 Season

Drivers Sterling Marlin, 2003 Rookie of the Year Jamie McMurray, and Casey Mears of Chip Ganassi Racing and Larry Foyt are not in the game as playable drivers but can be added by downloadable content.

Nathan Pretty

He first rose to prominence racing AUSCAR superspeedway sedans becoming rookie of the year in his initial season.

Peter Bullfrog Moore

The National Rugby League decided that the Dally M Rookie of the Year award would be named in his honour.

Sandpoint High School

In 2006 team placed first at the Idaho Academic Decathlon State Competition and traveled to San Antonio for the national finals, placing 17th overall and earning the title "Rookie of the Year" for a division II school.

Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico

Benito Santiago - Baseball player; won unanimously the 1986 the National League's Rookie of the Year Award (San Diego Padres).

Spec Shea

Shea finished third in voting behind Robinson and Larry Jansen, but would have won the award had the American and National Leagues had separate Rookie of the Year winners.

Sven Bärtschi

He played his first professional games in 2009 for SC Langenthal in the National League B before moving to North America to join Portland in the 2010–11 WHL season, where he finished as the runner-up for the league's Rookie of the Year award.

Tom Mutch

The resignation came in the wake of an inappropriate relationship with Kelli Stack, a freshman who was the Hockey East Player and Rookie of the Year.

Warren Schmakel

This group included Bruce Taylor, the 1970 NFL Rookie of The Year (playing for the San Francisco 49ers), Reggie Rucker, Pat Hughes, and Dick Farley, who played for the San Diego Chargers and went on to a Hall of Fame coaching career at Williams College.