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VOTE: AAU James E. Sullivan Award


There is short time left to vote for Jordan Burroughs to win the 86th AAU James E. Sullivan Award, presented annually to the nation’s best amateur athletes.


Fans can vote for Burroughs to win the prestigious award once per day until 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Wednesday, March 23.


Visit www.aausillivan.org/vote to vote for Burroughs.


USA Wrestling asks that you vote as often as you can and share this information with you friends, family and colleagues.


The voting results will be kept secret until the award presentation on Sunday, April 10 at the prestigious New York Athletic Club in Manhattan. That is the exact same day that Burroughs will be competing in the 74 kg men’s freestyle finals at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Iowa City, Iowa.


There have been three previous Sullivan Award winners from wrestling, John Smith (1990), Bruce Baumgartner (1995) and Rulon Gardner (2000). Let’s get a fourth wrestler as a Sullivan Award winner.


Burroughs is a three-time World champions and five-time World level medalist. He was 2012 Olympic champion, won three World titles (2011, 2013, 2105) and was a 2014 World bronze medalist.


Burroughs went undefeated in 2015. He won the World Championships, the Pan American Games, the World Cup, the Alexander Medved International in Belarus, the U.S. Open and the U.S. World Team Trials in 2015. Burroughs has an amazing career record of 122-2. 


Burroughs was a two-time NCAA champion and Hodge Trophy winner for the University of Nebraska. He was a New Jersey state champion for Winslow Township High School


Other finalists are Simone Biles (gymnastics), Brittany Bowe (speedskating), Mikaela Foecke (college volleyball), Derrick Henry (college football), Keenan Reynolds (college football) and Breanna Stewart (college basketball).

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