Smith and UPI won a Pulitzer Prize for this reporting.

UPI reporters and photographers have won ten Pulitzer Prizes: Russell Jones ( International Reporting, 1957 ), Andrew Lopez ( News Photography, 1960 ), Yasushi Nagao ( News Photography, 1961 ), Merriman Smith ( National Reporting, 1964 ), Kyoichi Sawada ( News Photography, 1966 ), Toshio Sakai ( Feature Photography, 1968 ), Lucinda Franks and Thomas Powers ( National Reporting, 1971 ), and David Hume Kennerly ( Feature Photography, 1972 ).

The Tigers also won a UPI State title in 1967 before Ohio had playoffs.

Georgia Tech won the Florida Citrus Bowl, finished 11 – 0 – 1, and were voted the 1990 UPI national champion.

The following teams entered the tournament ranked # 1 in at least one of the AP, UPI, or USA Today polls and won the tournament:

A newspaper editorial from the Richmond News Leader opined that " Attempts to dismiss the reported sightings under the rationale as exhibited by Project Bluebook ( sic ) won ’ t solve the mystery … and serve only to heighten the suspicion that there ’ s something out there that the air force doesn't want us to know about ", while a Wichita-based UPI reporter noted that " Ordinary radar does not pick up planets and stars.

That year, Cannon won the Heisman Trophy and was again voted the UPI Player of the Year.

, a graduate of Meiji University, a photographer for United Press International, won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography in 1968, for a photograph depicting the Vietnam War .< ref > UPI History: Milestones ( 1961 – 1980 )

) In his four seasons at Alabama as a reserve defensive back, the Tide won four SEC titles and the 1973 UPI ( Coaches ' Poll ) national championship, though they lost the 1973 Sugar Bowl to Notre Dame on New Year's Eve.

Texas also won the 1970 United Press International ( UPI ) National Championship ( i. e., the coaches ' poll ), which until 1974 was awarded prior to the bowl games.

A consensus All-American, Emtman won the Outland Trophy, Lombardi Award, was the Bill Willis Award winner and the UPI Lineman of the Year.

His Spartan teams compiled a 23-6-1 record, including the famous 10-10 tie against Notre Dame on November 19, 1966, and won a share of the national championship in 1965 ( UPI & National Football Foundation ) and 1966 ( NFF tie with Notre Dame ).

Fred Lynn and Ichiro Suzuki are the only two players who have been named Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player in the same year, and Fernando Valenzuela is the only player to have won Rookie of the Year and the Cy Young Award in the same year.

Cal Ripken, Jr. won in 1982, and is one of 14 Hall of Famers to win Rookie of the Year honors.

The " No Name Orioles ", along with Rookie of the Year Eddie Murray, won 97 games and finished tied for second place with Boston.

" Super Joe " Charbonneau won the American League Rookie of the Year award.

In his rookie season, Earnhardt won one race at Bristol, captured four poles, had 11 Top 5 finishes, 17 Top 10 finishes, and finished 7th in the points standings, in spite of missing four races because of a broken collarbone, winning Rookie of the Year honors.

In 2009, the Marlins remained in the playoff chase until the middle of September thanks to Rookie of the Year Chris Coghlan and the breakout season of Hanley Ramirez who won the National League Batting Title.

* Dontrelle Willis ( 2003 – 2007 ) — The " D-Train " was named the National League Rookie of the Year in 2003 and showcased his remarkable ( for a pitcher ) hitting ability by going 3-for-3 with a triple while scoring a run during Game 4 of the 2003 National League Division Series, which the Marlins won 7 – 6 over the San Francisco Giants to advance to the NL Championship Series.

He was selected for six consecutive All-Star Games from 1949 to 1954, was the recipient of the inaugural MLB Rookie of the Year Award in 1947, and won the National League Most Valuable Player Award in 1949 — the first black player so honored.

Bench won the National League Rookie of the Year Award, batting. 275 with 15 home runs and 82 RBIs, marking the first time the award had been won by a catcher.

The team was quickly built through a number of trades engineered by its first General Manager, Cedric Tallis, including a trade for Lou Piniella, who won the Rookie of the Year during the Royals ' inaugural season.

Though by the close of the 1989 season the team boasted a powerhouse bullpen in the AL Cy Young Award winner Bret Saberhagen ( set franchise record with 23 wins in ), two time All-Star Mark Gubicza ( 15 game winner in 1989 ) and 1989 AL Rookie of the Year runner-up Tom Gordon ( won 17 games in 1989 ), the organization felt they were still missing a few pieces that would give the divisional rivals Oakland Athletics a run for their money.

Hosmer won the AL Rookie of the Month award in July and September and Moustakas collected a fifteen game hitting streak, which tied the largest such streak by a Royal rookie.

In 1981, Taylor won the NFL's Defensive Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year awards and the Giants made the playoffs for the first time since 1963.

Four Phillies have won Rookie of the Year honors as well.

In 1958, Latino hitter Orlando Cepeda won Rookie of the Year honors.

The Cowboys finished 7-9, but Smith won the NFL Rookie of the Year Award and Jimmy Johnson was selected as NFL Coach of the Year.

Rookie of the Year, Billy Martin was named Manager of the Year, Jeff Burroughs won American League MVP, and Ferguson Jenkins was named the Comeback Player of the Year after winning 25 games, a club record to this day.

He won three World Series rings, three batting titles, one Most Valuable Player Award, two Gold Gloves, the Rookie of the Year Award, and made 17 All-Star appearances at an unequaled five different positions ( 2B, LF, RF, 3B & 1B ).

He hit. 273 for the year and won the National League Rookie of the Year Award, collecting 17 of 20 votes.

Even with Potvin, who won the Calder Memorial Trophy as NHL Rookie Of The Year, the team still finished last in the East in its second year.

Rookie center Bryan Trottier, who scored 95 points and won the Calder Trophy, was blossoming into a superstar.

Miller won the Rookie of the Year.

Rookie Daniel " Boobie " Gibson scored a career-high 31 points in the series clincher, and the franchise won its first ever Eastern Conference Championship.

In 1987, Animalia won the title of Honour Book in the Children's Book Council of Australia Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book.

Amr Diab also won The African Music Awards 2009, Big Apple Music Awards ; Life Achievements Awards: Best Singer of The Year in 2009, and Best Male Act in African Music Awards 2010.

He won the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award in 1947 for Cartoonist of the Year, and their 1979 Elzie Segar Award ( posthumously ) for his " unique and outstanding contribution to the profession of cartooning.

A member of the England team who won the World Cup and Ballon d ' Or for European Footballer of the Year in 1966, he played almost all of his club football at Manchester United, where he became renowned for his attacking instincts and passing abilities from midfield and his ferocious long-range shot.

Under Selig's watch, the Brewers also won seven Organization of the Year awards, although they posted one of the worst winning percentages in the history of Major League Baseball, over periods of ten years or more.

Jim Leyland, a two-time NL Manager of the Year who had won the World Series with the Florida Marlins two years earlier, was expected to bring the Rockies back into contention in 1999.

The book itself won the 1997 British Book of the Year award.

Trio won the Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year.

Her 1995 re-recording of " I Will Always Love You " ( performed as a duet with Vince Gill ), from her album Something Special won the Country Music Association's Vocal Event of the Year Award for Parton and Gill.

" Exile II: Crystal Souls won the 1995 Eddy Award Honorable Mention for Best Shareware Game of the Year, and received a 5 out of 5 star rating from ZiffNet.

He has won his country's " Player of the Year " award six times, and is regarded as one of the best football players of the 20th century.

The 2002 CD won " Best Pop / Rock Album of the Year " at the 2002 Native American Music Awards.

Torrence ( with Gene Brownell ) won a Grammy Award for " Album Cover of the Year ", for the group Pollution in 1973.

He won the Australian of the Year Award in 1963, the same year he won the Nobel Prize.