The MVP award has been given to a player on the losing team twice, in 1986 to Mike Scott of the Houston Astros and in 1987 to Jeff Leonard of the San Francisco Giants.

He has also won The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award five times, was named an All-Star 11 times, and won the All-Star MVP in 1986.

She has represented Canada at the Winter Olympics four times, capturing three gold and one silver medal and twice being named tournament MVP, and one time at the Summer Olympics in softball.

Jackson has endured three fires to personal property, including a 1991 fire to his home in Oakland which destroyed his 1973 MVP Award.

West was named the first-ever Finals MVP ; this remains the only time that a member of the losing team has won the award.

He has been named MVP more times than any other player in the history of the other three North American Major Professional Leagues ( Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, and National Football League ).

Ray has put out six solo albums, entitled Stag, Prom, Live from Knoxville, Didn't It Feel Kinder, Amy Ray: Live MVP and Lung of Love through Daemon.

The Sun has featured such notable players as the late 7-foot-2 Margo Dydek, Indiana native Katie Douglas, veteran sharpshooter Kara Lawson, University of Connecticut icons Asjha Jones and Nykesha Sales, 2008 MVP runner-up point guard Lindsay Whalen and 2010 Rookie of the Year Tina Charles.

The franchise has been home to many high-quality players such as all-star point guard Sue Bird, sharp-shooter and 2004 Finals MVP Betty Lennox, former UConn star Swin Cash, and Australian power-forward Lauren Jackson.

Although the NHL's leading points scorer often wins the Hart Memorial Trophy as league MVP, only Alexander Ovechkin and Corey Perry have won both the Richard and the Hart in the same season ; Ovechkin has done so twice, in 2007 – 08, and 2008 – 09.

Since the first Super Bowl was held in 1967, the MVP award has been given to 41 players.

The MVP has come from the winning team every year except 1971, when Dallas Cowboys linebacker Chuck Howley won the award despite the Cowboys ' loss in Super Bowl V to the Baltimore Colts.

Rice has won both the NBA All-Star Game MVP and the NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player awards.

He has also won two Super Bowl MVP awards, has been selected to eight Pro Bowls, and holds the NFL record for most touchdown passes in a single regular season.

He was also named the NFL MVP in 2007 and 2010 ( becoming the first player to be unanimously chosen as MVP in the 2010 season ) as well as 2007 Male Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press, the first time an NFL player has been so honored since Joe Montana won the award in 1990.

The men's basketball team has participated in the NCAA tournament on several occasions in past decades ; the 1992 – 1993 team ( led by future NBA MVP Steve Nash ) was one of 6 No. 15 seeds to defeat a No. 2 seed in the tourney.

Over his 20 NHL seasons, Lidström won four Stanley Cups, seven James Norris Memorial Trophies as the NHL's top defensive player, one Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoff MVP, and has been voted into twelve NHL All-Star Games.

The tournament MVP has been presented with the Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player award since 1939.

Historically, the term mitral valve prolapse syndrome has been applied to MVP associated with palpitations, atypical chest pain, dyspnea on exertion, low body mass index, and electrocardiogram abnormalities in the setting of anxiety, syncope, low blood pressure, and other signs suggestive of autonomic nervous system dysfunction.

He has been an MVP caliber player since entering the majors at just 20 years old, having received MVP votes in each of his nine major league seasons, and placing in the top five in the previous three.

Throwing for 261 yards and three touchdowns, Plunkett was named the game's MVP ; subsequently, Plunkett has the distinction of being the first minority to quarterback a team to a Super Bowl victory and the only Latino to be named Super Bowl MVP.

In addition to winning the 1966 MVP, Robinson also won the Triple Crown ( leading the American League in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in ), a feat also achieved the following season by Boston's Carl Yastrzemski but never since.

In, Yastrzemski achieved a peak in his career, leading the Red Sox to the American League pennant for the first time in over two decades, in that season being voted the American League MVP, and being the most recent winner of the triple crown for batters in the major leagues.

He also achieved, by unanimous decision, the MVP award for the second time in his career.

His end-of-season total of 124 goals, achieved in just 17 appearances, earned him his first Coleman Medal as the League's leading goal-scorer, the AFLPA MVP award, his AFLMA Player of the Year Award, and a top ten placing in the Brownlow Medal.

The junior college football team, in particular, was a big money loser for the school, but achieved great on-field success and actually produced a number of NFL players, including Jamal Williams, long-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle for the San Diego Chargers, and future Green Bay Packers Torrance Marshall, the MVP of the 2001 Orange Bowl for the National Champion Oklahoma Sooners.

Anderson is one of only four running backs in NFL history to score rushing touchdowns in two Super Bowls and win Super Bowl MVP ( only Franco Harris and John Riggins accomplished this feat before Anderson, and only Emmitt Smith has achieved it since ).

O ' Neal won his third consecutive Finals MVP award joining only Michael Jordan as players to have achieved such honors, and Jackson won his ninth championship as a head coach, tying Celtics legend Red Auerbach, while surpassing Pat Riley as the coach with the most playoff victories.

Canseco currently holds the Atlantic League single season home run record with 48, which he achieved while playing for the Newark Bears in 2001, After the season ended Canseco was named the league's MVP.

BYU also claims notable professional football players including two-time NFL MVP and Super Bowl MVP Steve Young ' 84 & J. D.

The most notable current players are David Freese, who was both the 2011 National League Championship Series MVP and 2011 World Series MVP for the St. Louis Cardinals, and Juan Pierre, a World Series winner with the Florida Marlins in 2003.

Probably the most notable player to come out of Arena Football into the National Football League is Kurt Warner, former MVP quarterback of the Super Bowl XXXIV champion ( 2000 game, 1999 season ) St. Louis Rams, who had previously quarterbacked the former Iowa Barnstormers of the AFL.

For his role in the Dolphins ' ten-win turnaround, Pennington received notable MVP consideration from several major media outlets.

Among the notable foreign-born players in the NBA today are two-time MVP Steve Nash ( a South Africa-born Canadian ), Peja Stojakovic ( Serbia ), Andrei Kirilenko ( Russia ), Kostas Koufos ( Greece ), Andrea Bargnani ( Italy ), Žydrūnas Ilgauskas ( Lithuania ), Yao Ming ( China ), 2007 Finals MVP Tony Parker ( France ), Gasol brothers Pau and Marc ( Spain ), Manu Ginóbili ( Argentina ), and Dirk Nowitzki ( Germany ), who was the first European player to win the NBA Most Valuable Player Award.

However, that 1969 championship series is notable in that Jerry West was named the first-ever Finals MVP ; this remains the only time that a member of the losing team has won the award.

There, he was notable for hitting the game winning shot in the 1979 NIT championship game, vs. Purdue, earning him the tournament's MVP award, alongside teammate Ray Tolbert.

Other notable players included Les Cunningham, a five-time league All-Star for whom the AHL's MVP award is named, Jack Gordon, Norm Beaudin, Bill Needham ( the team's career leader in games played ), Cal Stearns, Fred Thurier and Les Binkley.

In addition, he became the first of four Twins to lead the league in WAR, a stat that measures a player's overall production both in the field and at the plate, ( along with teammate Zoilo Versalles, Rod Carew, and current Twin Joe Mauer ) and the only one not to win the MVP in the same season ( finishing a distant 15th behind winner Elston Howard and behind teamamates Camilo Pascual, Earl Battey, and Killebrew on the 1963 ballot ).

During his career with the NBA ’ s Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers from 1969 to 1989, Abdul-Jabbar won six NBA championships and a record six regular season MVP Awards.

Page was the first defensive player to be named MVP since the award ’ s inception.

Despite Heilmann ’ s third batting title, the American League MVP award went to Roger Peckinpaugh, whose batting average was almost 100 points below Heilmann ’ s, and who had 70 fewer RBIs and 40 fewer extra base hits than Heilmann.

Heilmann ’ s. 445 on base percentage was second best in the American League, and he once again hit more than 100 RBIs, finishing fifth in the American League MVP voting.

Athletes who have earned degrees from the university include four-time NBA Championship-winner Shaquille O ’ Neal (' 05 ) and three-time WNBA MVP Lisa Leslie.

Despite Goslin ’ s role in leading the Senators to the 1924 and 1925 World Series, the American League MVP award for 1924 and 1925 went to Goslin's teammates Walter Johnson and Roger Peckinpaugh.

The following year, Maranville was the runner-up in the MVP voting to teammate Johnny Evers as the Braves won the National League pennant and then went on to sweep the powerful Philadelphia A ’ s in the World Series.

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The Canadian scorer had a career season, hitting 58 goals and 125 points in Elite League competitions as he ended the year the club ’ s and the league ’ s MVP.

The team paced by CIF MVP tailback Terry Newlin (’ 65 ), is called by many the school ’ s best ever,

Scoring a game-high 25 points and claiming 12 rebounds, Carlton Aaron was named as the game ’ s MVP, adding to his November Player of the Month award.

A day later, the BBL announced the season ’ s All-Star team including Lasker, who finished 8th in the MVP vote.

He was subsequently named the tournament ’ s MVP for his performance during the Cup.

Del Gato ’ s character, Ritter reveals in an interview for the Baker & Taylor book distributor ’ s newsletter, “ was partially based on the real life tragic hero, Ken Caminiti, who was a big league MVP and batting champ in the ' 90s, but struggled with addictions, leaving the game under a cloud, and was dead by age 41 .”

He was among the TOP TEN in these categories: BATTING AVERAGE ( three times ), HOME RUNS ( eight times ), RBI ’ s ( ten times ), MVP VOTING ( eight times ), TOTAL BASES ( six times ).

He was a First-team All-Mid-American Conference selection and league ’ s Defensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive season, in addition to being team captain and team MVP.

He was McKinley High School ’ s MVP for three straight seasons

He went on to be the Dolphins ’ leading scorer that year and not surprisingly ; he became the Dolphins ' first MVP.

As a senior at Redlands High School in Redlands California, Johnson was All-Citrus Belt League, Honorable Mention All CIF, a member of the Tacoma News Tribune ’ s Western top 100 list, and team MVP in his only year of playing running back for the Terriers.

He connected on 182 of 341 throws for 2, 303 yards with 16 touchdowns and 13 interceptions and was subsequently named the Dixie Memorial Award winner as the club ’ s MVP and won the Derrick Thomas Community Award.

During the Pirates ’ championship season, Hoak finished second in National League MVP honors to teammate Dick Groat.