2004 USOC ATHLETES AND TEAMS OF THE YEAR

2004 Male Athletes of the Year (Sport: Name, Hometown) Archery: Vic Wunderle (Mason City, Ill.) Badminton: Raju Rai (Anaheim, Calif.) Baseball: Ryan Zimmerman (Virginia Beach, Va.) *Basketball: Sean May (Bloomington, Ind.) and Chris Paul (Lewisville, N.C.) Biathlon: Jay Hakkinen (Kasilof, Alaska) Blind Athletes: Royal Mitchell (Hardeeville, S.C.) Bobsled: Todd Hays (Del Rio, Texas) Bowling: Richard Fairley Jr. (Blacksburg, Va.) Boxing: Andre Ward (Oakland, Calif.) Canoe/Kayak: Scott Parsons (Sylvania, Ohio) Curling: Joel Larway (Seattle, Wash.) Cycling: Lance Armstrong (Austin, Texas) Diving: Troy Dumais (Ventura, Calif.) Equestrian: Chris Kappler (Pittstown, N.J.) Fencing: Soren Thompson (San Diego, Calif.) Field Hockey: Shawn Hindy (West Lake Village, Calif.) Figure Skating: Johnny Weir (Newark, Del.) Gymnastics: Paul Hamm (Waukesha, Wis.) Ice Hockey: Zach Parise (Faribault, Minn.) Judo: Jimmy Pedro (Danvers, Mass.) Luge: Tony Benshoof (White Bear Lake, Minn.) Orienteering: Brian May (Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada) Racquetball: Jack Huczek (Rochester, Mich.) Roller Sports: C.J. Yoder (Elizabethtown, Pa.) Rowing: Bryan Volpenhein (Cincinnati, Ohio) Sailing: Johnny Lovell (New Orleans, La.) Shooting: Matthew Emmons (Browns Mills, N.J.) Skeleton: Chris Soule (Trumbull, Conn.) Skiing: Bode Miller (Franconia, N.H.) Softball: Chad Boom (Barnesville, Minn.) Speedskating-Long Track: Chad Hedrick (Spring, Texas) Speedskating-Short Track: Apolo Anton Ohno (Seattle, Wash.) Squash: Preston Quick (Greenwich, Conn.) Swimming: Michael Phelps (Towson, Md.) Table Tennis: Ilija Lupulesku (Chicago, Ill.) Taekwondo: Steven Lopez (Sugar Land, Texas) Team Handball: Italo Zanzi (Manhasset, N.Y.) Tennis: Andy Roddick (Austin, Texas) Tennis-Paralympic: David Wagner (Oro Valley, Ariz.) Track & Field: Justin Gatlin (Raleigh, N.C.) Triathlon: Hunter Kemper (Longwood, Fla.) U.S. Paralympics: Casey Tibbs (San Antonio, Texas), Track & Field Volleyball (Beach): Stein Metzger (Honolulu, Hawaii) Volleyball (Indoor): Kevin Barnett (Naperville, Ill.) Volleyball (Sitting): Chris Seilkop (DeLand, Fla.) Water Polo: Tony Azevedo (Long Beach, Calif.) Water Skiing: Freddy Krueger (Winter Garden, Fla.) Wrestling: Cael Sanderson (Heber City, Utah) *Only one athlete can be listed on SportsMan of Year ballot; if NGB names two, neither is included in the voting. 2004 Female Athletes of the Year (Sport: Name, Hometown) Archery: Jennifer Nichols (Cheyenne, Wyo.) Badminton: Eva Lee (Orange, Calif.) Baseball: Laura Brenneman (Rockville, Md.) Basketball: Dawn Staley (Philadelphia, Pa.) Biathlon: Rachel Steer (Anchorage, Alaska) Blind Athletes: Karissa Whitsell (Springfield, Ore.) Bobsled: Jean Racine (Waterford, Mich.) Bowling: Shannon Pluhowsky (Phoenix, Ariz.) Boxing: Jill Emery (New York, N.Y.) Canoe/Kayak: Rebeccca Giddens (Green Bay, Wis.) Curling: Erika Brown (Madison, Wis.) Cycling: Dede Barry (Milwaukee, Wis.) Diving: Laura Wilkinson (Spring, Texas) Equestrian: Kimberly Severson (Tucson, Ariz.) Equestion-Paralympic: Lynn Seidemann (Coppell, Texas) Fencing: Mariel Zaguinis (Beaverton, Ore.) Field Hockey: Kate Barber (West Chester, Pa.) Figure Skating: Sasha Cohen (Laguna Niguel, Calif.) Gymnastics: Carly Patterson (Baton Rouge, La.) Ice Hockey: Natalie Darwitz (Eagan, Minn.) Judo: Ronda Rousey (Santa Monica, Calif.) Luge: Ashley Hayden (Westborough, Mass.) Orienteering: Erin Olafsen, (Sandwich, N.H.) Racquetball: Rhonda Rajsich (Phoenix, Ariz.) Roller Sports: Julie Glass (Jenison, Mich.) Rowing: Stacey Borgman (Homer, Alaska) Sailing: Paige Railey (Clearwater, Fla.) Shooting: Kim Rhode (El Monte, Calif.) Skeleton: Noelle Pikus-Pace (Orem, Utah) Snowboarding: Lindsey Jacobellis (Windhall, Vt.) Soccer: Abby Wambach (Rochester, N.Y.) Softball: Lisa Fernandez (Long Beach, Calif.) Speedskating-Long Track: Jennifer Rodriguez (Miami, Fla.) Speedskating-Short Track: Hyo-Jung Kim (Fullerton, Calif.) Squash: Meredith Quick (Denver, Colo.) Swimming: Natalie Coughlin (Concord, Calif.) Table Tennis: Gao Jun (Gaithersburg, Md.) Taekwondo: Nia Abdallah (Houston, Texas) Team Handball: Edina Batar (Cortland, N.Y.) Tennis: Martina Navratilova (Sarasota, Fla.) Track & Field: Joanna Hayes (Los Angeles, Calif.) Triathlon: Susan Williams (Springfield, Va.) U.S. Paralympics: Erin Popovich (Silverbow, Mont.), Swimming Volleyball (Beach): Kerri Walsh (Saratoga, Calif.) Volleyball (Indoor): Tayyiba Haneef (Laguna Hills, Calif.) Volleyball (Sitting): Lora Webster (Cave Creek, Ariz.) Water Polo: Brenda Villa (Commerce, Calif.) Water Skiing: Rachel George (Houston, Texas) Wrestling: Sara McMann (Lock Haven, Pa.) 2004 Teams of the Year (Sport: Team, Names/Hometown) Archery: Men's Olympic Team - Vic Wunderle (Mason City, Ill.), Butch Johnson (Woodstock, Conn.), and John Magera (Carterville, Ill.) Badminton: Men's Doubles - Kevin Han (Orange, Calif.) and Howard Bach (San Francisco, Calif.) Baseball: USA Baseball National Team - Daniel Bard (Charlotte, N.C.), J. Brent Cox (Bay City, Texas), Joey Devine (Junction City, Kan.), Luke Hochevar (Fowler, Colo.), Stephen Kahn (Anaheim, Calif.), Ian Kennedy (Hunt Beach, Calif.), Mike Pelfrey (Wichita, Kan.), Cesar Ramos (Pico Rivera, Calif.), Mark Romanczuk (Newark, Del.), Ricky Romero (Los Angeles, Calif.), Jeff Clement (Marshalltown, Iowa), Brett Hayes (Calabassas, Calif.), Taylor Teagarden (Carrollton, Texas), Alex Gordon (Lincoln, Neb.), Jed Lowrie (Salem, Ore.), John Mayberry Jr. (Kansas City, Mo.), Troy Tulowitzki (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Chris Valaika (Newhall, Calif.), Ryan Zimmerman (Virginia Beach, Va.), Travis Buck (Richland, Wash.), Trevor Crowe (Portland, Ore.) and Drew Stubbs (Atlanta, Texas) Basketball: Women's Olympic Team - Sue Bird (Syosset, N.Y.), Swin Cash (McKeesport, Pa.), Tamika Catchings (Duncanville, Texas), Yolanda Griffith (Chicago, Ill.), Shannon Johnson (Hartsville, S.C.), Lisa Leslie (Inglewood, Calif.), Ruth Riley (Macy, Ind.), Katie Smith (Logan, Ohio), Dawn Staley (Philadelphia, Pa.), Sheryl Swoopes (Brownfield, Texas), Diana Taurasi (Chino, Calif.) and Tina Thompson (Los Angeles, Calif.) Blind Athletes: Women's Goalball - Jennifer Armbruster (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Lisa Banta (Boonton, N.J.), Nicole Buck (Paw Paw, Mich.), Jessica Lorenz (San Francisco, Calif.), Asya Miller (Battle Creek, Mich.) and Robin Theryoung (Clarkson, Mich.) Bobsled: Men's Team - Todd Hays (Del Rio, Texas), Bill Schuffenhauer (Ogden, Utah), Pavle Jovanovic (Tom's River, N.J.), Steve Mesler (Buffalo, N.Y.) and Brock Kreitzburg (Akron, Ohio) Bowling: Team USA Men - Dino Castillo (Irving, Texas), David Haynes (Las Vegas, Nev.), Bill Hoffman (Columbus, Ohio), Tony Manna Jr. (Omaha, Neb.), Derek Sapp (Keokuk, Iowa) and Sean Rash (Anchorage, Alaska) Canoe/Kayak: Whitewater Slalom C-2 - Joe Jacobi (Copperhill, Tenn.) and Matt Taylor (Atlanta, Ga.) Curling: Patti Lank rink - Erika Brown (Oakville, Ontario), Nicole Joraanstad (Monona, Wis.), Natalie Nicholson (Bemidji, Minn.) and Patti Lank (Lewiston, N.Y.) Equestrian: Show Jumping Team - Chris Kappler (Pittstown, N.J.), Beezie Madden (Cazenovia, N.Y.), Peter Wylde (Masstricht, The Netherlands), McLain Ward (Brewster, N.Y.), Alison Firestone (Upperville, Va.) and Lauren Hough (Wellington, Fla.) Fencing: Olympic Men's Saber Team - Keeth Smart (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Ivan Lee (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Jason Rogers (Los Angeles, Calif.) Field Hockey: Women's Pan American Cup Team - Katie Barber (West Chester, Pa.), Kelly Baril (Peabody, Mass.), Katie Kauffman Beach (West Lawn, Pa.), April Fronzoni (Larksville, Pa.), Tracey Fuchs (Centereach, N.Y.), Kristi Gannon (Escondido, Calif.), Tara Jelley (Greenfield, Mass.), Meredith Keller (Wilmington, Del.), Tracey Larson (Morrisville, Pa.), Melissa Leonetti (Erdenheim, Pa.), Carrie Lingo (Rehoboth Beach, Del.), Angie Loy (Loysville, Pa.), Kristen McCann (Allentown, Pa.), Dina Rizzo (Walpole, Mass.), Keli Smith (Selinsgrove, Pa.), Mimi Smith (Virginia Beach, Va.), Amy Tran (Grantville, Pa.) and Abbey Woolley (Ocean City, N.J.