
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, January 20, 1994                   TAG: 9401200136
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

JORDAN TOP ATHLETE

Michael Jordan became the first three-time winner of The Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year award Wednesday, voted the honor for the third consecutive year.

Tennis player Don Budge in 1937-38, golfer Byron Nelson in 1944-45, pitcher Sandy Koufax in 1963 and '65, sprinter Carl Lewis in 1983-84 and quarterback Joe Montana in 1989-90 were the other double winners of the AP award, which started in 1931.

Jordan received 28 of 71 first-place votes in the media poll, which included three athletes on each ballot, with points awarded on a 5-3-1 basis. The Chicago Bulls star earned 172 points overall, compared to 95 points for San Francisco Giants star Barry Bonds, who had 11 first-place votes.

by CNB