2002 USOC FEMALE ATHLETES OF THE YEAR Olympic and Pan American Sport Organizations Basketball: Lisa Leslie (Hawthorne, Calif.) Bowling: Shannon Pluhowsky (Phoenix, Ariz.) Boxing: Natalie Brown (Lithonia, Ga.) Canoe/Kayak: Rebecca Giddens (San Diego, Calif.) Curling: Kari Erickson (Bemidji, Minn.) Cycling: Alison Dunlap (Colorado Springs, Colo.) Diving: Kimiko Hirai Soldati (Magnolia, Texas) Equestrian: Debbie McDonald (Hailey, Idaho) Fencing: Sada Jacobson (Atlanta, Ga.) Field Hockey: Kate Barber (West Chester, Pa.) Figure Skating: Sarah Hughes (Great Neck, N.Y.) Gymnastics: Ashley Postell (Cheverly, Md.) Ice Hockey: Sara DeCosta (Warwick, R.I.) Judo: Ellen Wilson (Salinas, Calif.) Luge: Becky Wilczak (River Forest, Ill.) Modern Pentathlon: Monica Fling (San Francisco, Calif.) Racquetball: Cheryl Gudinas (Lisle, Ill.) Rowing: Kate MacKenzie (Novi, Mich.) Sailing: Paige Railey (Clearwater, Fla.) Skeleton: Tristan Gale (Salt Lake City, Utah) Snowboard: Kelly Clark (Mount Snow, Vt.) Softball: Stacey Nuveman (LaVerne, Calif.) Speedskating: Chris Witty (West Allis, Wis.) Squash Racquets: Latasha Khan (Seattle, Wash.) Swimming: Natalie Coughlin (Concord, Calif.) Synchronized Swimming: Anna Kozlova (St. Petersburg, Russia/Santa Clara, Calif.) Table Tennis: Gao Jun (Gaithersburg, Md.) Team Handball: Lisa Eagen (Oskaloosa, Iowa) Tennis: Serena Williams (Palm Springs Gardens, Fla.) Track and Field: Marion Jones (Cary, N.C.) Triathlon: Barb Lindquist (Victor, Idaho) Volleyball: Logan Tom (Long Beach, Calif.) Water Polo: Brenda Villa (Commerce, Calif.) Water Skiing: Karen Truelove (Winter Garden, Fla.) Wrestling: Tina George (Fort Carson, Colo.) Affiliated Sport Organizations: Orienteering: Pavlina Brautigam (Bethel, Conn.) Rugby: Kerry McCabe (Marlborough, Mass.) Disabled Sports Organizations: U.S. Association of Blind Athletes: Pam McGonigle-Stevens (Ardmore, Pa.) 2002 USOC MALE ATHLETES OF THE YEAR Olympic and Pan American Sport Organizations: Baseball: Michael Aubrey (Shreveport, La.) Basketball: Reggie Miller (Fortville, Ind.) Bobsled: Brian Shimer (Naples, Fla.) Bowling: Andrew Cain (Tempe, Ariz.) Boxing: Lamont Peterson (Washington, D.C.) Canoe/Kayak: Rami Zur (San Diego, Calif.) Curling: Paul Pustovar (Hibbing, Minn.) Cycling: Lance Armstrong (Austin, Texas) Diving: Justin Dumais (Ventura, Calif.) Equestrian: Peter Wylde (Masstricht, Netherlands) Fencing: Keeth Smart (Brooklyn, N.Y.) Field Hockey: Shawn Hindy (West Lake Village, Calif.) Figure Skating: Timothy Goebel (Rolling Meadows, Ill.) Gymnastics: Paul Hamm (Waukesha, Wis.) Ice Hockey: Mike Richter (New York, N.Y.) Judo: Brian Olson (Woodville, Fla.) Luge: Adam Heidt (Northport, N.Y.) Modern Pentathlon: Eli Bremer (Colorado Springs, Colo.) Racquetball: Mike Guidry (Odessa, Texas) Rowing: Bryan Volpenhein (Cincinnati, Ohio) Sailing: Andrew Campbell (San Diego, Calif.) Soccer: Brad Friedel (Bay Village, Ohio) Softball: Michael White (Sioux City, Iowa) Skiing: Bode Miller (Franconia, N.H.) Speedskating: Derek Parra (San Bernardino, Calif.) Squash: Julian Illingworth (Portland, Ore.) Swimming: Michael Phelps (Baltimore, Md.) Synchronized Swimming: Bill May (Cicero, N.Y.) Table Tennis: Han Xiao (Germantown, Md.) Team Handball: Italo Zanzi (New York, N.Y.) Tennis: Pete Sampras (Los Angeles, Calif.) Track & Field: Tim Montgomery (Cary, N.C.) Triathlon: Tim DeBoom (Lyons, Colo.) Water Polo: Ryan Bailey (Long Beach, Calif.) Water Skiing: Freddy Krueger (Winter Garden, Fla.) Wrestling: Dremiel Byers (Fort Carson, Colo.) Affiliated Sports Organizations: Orienteering: Brian May (Duluth, Minn.) Rugby: Dave Hodges (Burry Porg, United Kingdom) Disabled Sports Organizations: U.S. Association of Blind Athletes: Elexis Gillette (Raleigh, N.C.) 2002 USOC TEAMS OF THE YEAR Olympic and Pan American Sport Organizations: BASEBALL: USA Baseball National Team - Abe Alvarez (Fontana, Calif.), Michael Aubrey (Shreve-port, La.), Kyle Bakker (Omaha, Neb.), Chad Cordero (Chino, Calif.), Shane Costa (Visalia, Calif.), Sam Fuld (Durham, N.H.), Ryan Garko (Walnut, Calif.), Aaron Hill (Visalia, Calif.), Philip Humber (Carthage, Texas), Conor Jackson (Woodland Hills, Calif.), Grant Johnson (Burr Ridge, Ill.), Mark Jurich (Louisville, Ky.), Wes Littleton (Oceanside, Calif.), Eric Patterson (Kennesaw, Ga.), Dustin Pedroia (Woodland, Calif.), Landon Powell (Apex, N.C.), Carlos Quentin (Chula Vista, Calif.), Clint Sammons (Stone Mountain, Ga.), Kyle Sleeth (Westminster, Colo.), Huston Street (Austin, Texas), Brad Sullivan (Nederland, Texas), Rickie Weeks (Altemonte Springs, Fla.),Bob Zimmermann (Creve Coeur, Mo.) BASKETBALL: 2002 USA Basketball Women's World Championship Team - Sue Bird (Syosset, N.Y.), Tamika Catchings (Duncanville, Texas), Tamecka Dixon (Linden, N.J.), Jennifer Gillom (Abbeville, Miss.), Shannon Johnson (Hartsville S.C.), Lisa Leslie (Hawthorne, Calif.), DeLisha, Milton (Riceboro, Ga.), Tari Phillips (Orlando, Fla.), Katie Smith (Logan, Ohio), Dawn Staley (Philadelphia, Pa.), Sheryl Swoopes (Brownfield, Texas), Natalie Williams (Taylorsville, Utah) BOBSLED: Women's Bobsled Team - Jill Bakken (Park City, Utah), Vonetta Flowers (Helena, Ala.) BOWLING: 2002 Team USA - Diandra Hyman (Dyer, Ind.), Jeanette Menacho (Sacramento, Calif.), Jennifer Petrick (Canton, Ohio), Shannon Pluhowsky (Phoenix, Ariz.), Lucy Sandelin (Tampa, Fla.), Kari Schwager (Lincoln, Neb.), Kristal Scott (Painesville, Ohio), Lisa Stack-Pawlak (South Elgin, Ill.), Andrew Cain (Tempe, Ariz.), Dino Castillo (Irving, Texas), David Haynes (Las Vegas, Nev.), Bill Hoffman (Columbus, Ohio), Tony Manna Jr. (Omaha, Neb.), Michael Mullin (Congers, N.Y.), Sean Rash (Wichita, Kan.), Royce Rusher (Tulsa, Okla.) BOXING: France Four Nations Team - Angel Villarreal (Milwaukee, Wis.), Joe Zanders (Long Beach, Calif.), Steve Buchanan (Dandridge, Tenn.) CANOE/KAYAK: Sprint Women's K-2Team - Ruth Nortje (Johannesburg, South Africa), Kathy Colin (Kailua, Hawaii) CURLING: Cassie Johnson Rink - Cassie Johnson (Bemidji, Minn.), Jamie Johnson (Bemidji, Minn.), Katie Beck (Omaha, Neb.), Maureen Brunt (Portage, Wis.) CYCLING: 2002 USA Cycling World Cup Track Team - Garth Blackburn (Houston, Texas), Jame Carney ( Durango, Colo.), Dylan Casey (Mountain View, Calif.), Becky Conzelman (Allentown, Pa.), Adam Duvendeck (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Sarah Hammer (Temecula, Calif.), Jeffrey LaBauve (Frisco, Texas), Tanya Lindenmuth (Trexlertown, Pa.), Giddeon Massie (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Erin Mirabella (Chula Vista, Calif.), Marty Nothstein (Trexlertown, Pa.), Colby Pearce (Boulder, Colo.), Jennie Reed (Kirkland, Wash.), Mike Tillman (Santa Monica, Calif.), Sarah Uhl (Perkasie, Pa.) EQUESTRIAN: United States Eventing Team - David O'Connor, Amy Tryon, Kimberly Vinoski-Severson, John Williams FIELD HOCKEY: U.S. Women's National Team - Katie Kauffman Beach (West Lawn, Pa.), Jill Dedman (Orange, Conn.), Jenny Everett (Rutland, Vt.), Tracey Fuchs (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Kelli Gannon (Escondio, Calif.), Tara Jelley (Greenfield, Mass.), Robyn Kenney (Readington, N.J.), Tracey Larson (Morrisville, Pa.), Carrie Lingo (Rehoboth Beach, Del.), Antoinette Lucas (Richmond, Va.), Abby Martin (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.), Kristen McCann (Allentown, Pa.), Melanie Meerschwam (Amstelveen, Netherlands), Kim Miller (Virginia Beach, Va.), Jill Reeve (Hoosick Falls, N.Y.), Dina Rizzo (Walpole, Mass.), Kelli Smith (Selinsgrove, Pa.), Mimi Smith (Virginia Beach, Va.), Peggy Storrar (Mahopac, N.Y.), Carla Tagliente (Cortland, N.Y.), Abbey Woolley (Ocean City, N.J.) ICE HOCKEY: 2002 U.S. Paralympic Sled Hockey Team - Manuel Guerra Jr. (Minneapolis, Minn.), Patrick Sapp (Rockwall, Texas), James Dunham (Garland, Texas), Sylvester Flis (Franklin Park, Ill.), Dan Henderson (Chicago, Ill.), Brian Ruhe (Chicago, Ill.), Kip St. Germaine (Bourne, Mass.), Patrick Byrne (Chicago, Ill.), David Conklin (LaCrosse, Wis.), Matt Coppens (Richton Park, Ill.), Lonnie Hannah (Mansfield, Texas), Joseph Howard (Brockton, Mass.), Chris Manns (Buffalo, N.Y.), Jack Sanders (Pekin, Ill.), Josh Wirt