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The DIAA sponsors the annual Senior Scholar-Athlete Awards. Member schools select one male candidate and one female candidate who then apply for the awards. A selection committee reviews the applications and chooses a male and a female winner who receive a plaque and a $1,500 scholarship to the post-secondary institution of their choice.
The awards have various titles, examples include "Player of the Year" and "Sportspersonality of the Year". In the United States, several states choose a simple "Mr." or "Miss" prefix, such as Mr. Basketball (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, North Dakota, Utah, and Wisconsin).
This category is for awards in the sport of athletics, which are decided by polls or panels of judges. For trophies won in the course of competitive meets, see Category:Athletics (track and field) competitions .
This category is for sports awards that are at least partially based on academic achievement. Such awardees are sometimes referred to as "scholar-athletes." Such awardees are sometimes referred to as "scholar-athletes."
This list of sport awards is an index to articles about notable medals, prizes, and other awards in the field of sport. It is organized by sport. It is organized by sport. For a given sport, awards are often given for the best players or teams in each country.
Clark is only the fourth women’s basketball player to be honored as the female athlete of the year since it was first presented in 1931, joining Sheryl Swoopes (1993), Rebecca Lobo (1995) and ...
The first Athlete of the Year award in the United States was initiated by the Associated Press (AP) in 1931. At a time when women in sports were not given the same recognition as men, the AP offered a male and a female athlete of the year award to either a professional or amateur athlete. The awards are voted on annually by a panel of AP sports ...
This category is for the sport of athletics, comprising track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking. It is not to be used for competitors in other sports or to categorize anyone who is physically fit , two other meanings associated with the word athletics .