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Sports Star of the Year Past Winners 2000-2008

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2000-Kazuhiro Sasaki
Mariners Pitcher, Rookie of the Year
Sasaki was named American League Rookie of the Year in 2000. The next season, in 2001, Sasaki was nearly unstoppable as the team's closer.  The Mariners went on to win 116 games that year.

2000-Megan Quann
Olympic Gold Medal Swimmer

Quann graduated from Emerald Ridge High School in Puyallup, Washington. She won two gold medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

2001-Ichiro Suzuki
M’s All-Star, AL MVP
After coming to the Mariners from Japan in 2001, Ichiro has been an American League MVP, 9-time MLB All-Star, 8-time Gold Glove winner, and has hit 200 or more hits in 9 consecutive seasons.

2001-Jan Harville
UW National Champion Rowing Coach
Was a rower at the University of Washington and is now the head coach of the women's rowing team. She collected Pac-10 Coach of the Year honors 9 times, has lead UW to 11 consecutive conference championships, and has won numerous national championships.

2002-Jamie Moyer
Mariners Pitcher, Hutch Award Winner
Moyer pitched for the Seattle Mariners from 1996-2006 and made the All-Star Team in 2003. His philanthropy and community service has made a tremendous impact and was recognized with the 2003 Roberto Clemente Award and the 2003 Hutch Award.

2002-Sue Bird
Seattle Storm

Bird is a six-time WNBA All-Star, five-time All-WNBA selection and a WNBA All-Decade Team member. She is also a two-time Olympic gold medalist and is second all-time among WNBA assist leaders.

2003-Lauren Jackson
Seattle Storm
Jackson has won national championships in the U.S., Australia, and Russia, and a world championship as well. She is widely considered to be the best Australian female basketball player of all time and one of the best players in the world.

2003-Matt Hasselbeck
Seattle Seahawks Quarterback

Hasselbeck is an All-Pro and three time Pro Bowl quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks. He owns several of the Seahawks' franchise records and led them to Super Bowl XL in 2005.

2004-Anne Donovan
Seattle Storm Coach
With the Seattle Storm, Donovan became the first female coach to win a WNBA title and the only person to have both played to a national women's college title and coached a team to a professional title. She is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame.

2004-Ryan Moore
Amateur Golfer

Moore currently plays on the PGA Tour.  He broke onto the scene in 2004 by winning The U.S. Amateur, U.S. Public Links, NCAA Championship, Western Amateur and the Sahalee Players Championship.

2005-Christal Morrison
UW Volleyball

Morrison played volleyball for the University of Washington where she was a 4 time All-American and led the Huskies to a National Championship in 2005. She now plays on the on the AVP beach volleyball tour.

2005- Shaun Alexander
Seattle Seahawks

Alexander was a running back for the Seattle Seahawks from 2000-2007. In the 2005 season, Alexander broke several records and was named the NFL's Most Valuable Player en route to a Super Bowl XL appearance.

2006-Brandon Roy
UW Basketball
Roy was named Pac-10 Player of the Year his senior year and received All-American honors at the end of the season. Roy went on to win the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in 2007.  He currently plays for the Portland Trailblazers and is a two time All-Star.

2006-Courtney Thompson
UW volleyball

During her four years with the Huskies, Thompson was a three-time AVCA All-America First-Team selection. She set the PAC-10 Conference record with 6,552 assists and set the NCAA record for career assists per game (14.56). She now is a member of the USA national team.

2007-Bobby Engram
Seattle Seahawks
Is currently a wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs. He played for the Seattle Seahawks from 2001-2008.

2007-Danielle Lawrie
UW Softball
Lawrie led UW to it's first Softball National Championship in dominating fashion and was named the 2009 USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Year.

2008-Hope Solo
USA Soccer Olympian
At the University of Washington, Solo played goalkeeper and was the team's all-time leader in clean-sheets, saves, and goals-against average. She was a 4-time All-Pac-10 selection and a 3-time NSCAA All-American. She is now a member of the United States women's national soccer team.

2008-Jon Brockman
UW Basketball Star
Brockman attended Snohomish High School and was a 4-year letterman. He then attended the University of Washington where he became the school's all time leading rebounder. He now plays in the NBA for the Sacramento Kings.

2009-Felix Hernandez
Seattle Mariners Pitcher
At age 23, he came of age -- establishing himself not only as the Mariners’ ace, but also as one of the best pitchers in baseball. Setting career highs in almost every category, he posted a 19-4 record, a 2.49 earned run average and 217 strikeouts in 238 innings and finished second in voting for the American League Cy
Young Award.

2009-Jake Locker
UW Stand-out Quarterback
The junior from Ferndale was the main man in a big team turnaround, helping the Huskies rebound from a winless 2008 to five victories in Coach Steve Sarkisian’s first season. He led the Pac-10 in total offense and touchdown passes. His season total of 2,800 passing yards ranks third on Washington’s all-time list.

2009-UW Softball Team
NCAA Division I Champs
Coach Heather Tarr’s Huskies made school history by winning the Women’s College World Series. They swept Florida in the Championship Series, with Series MVP and national Player of the Year Danielle Lawrie getting the victory in both games. Washington won its first title in its 16th consecutive year of post-season play.