As Everett was quick to tell Thompson on Sunday, he can't earn rookie-of-the-year honors.

Webb, an Australian who turns 22 Saturday, captured rookie-of-the-year honors after a spectacular first season that included four victories and five runner-up finishes.

Jackson averaged 40 minutes a game en route to winning rookie-of-the-year honors.

Much of the optimism can be attributed to the surprising play of Mark Jackson, the point guard, who appears to be headed for rookie-of-the-year honors.

Six drivers are serious contenders for rookie-of-the-year honors, and Truex is fourth among them in points.

His one season in the AHL in 1953, unusually enough, won him rookie-of-the-year honors in that loop as well.

Why would the Cardinals draft another receiver after Anquan Boldin won rookie-of-the-year honors last season?

He made his debut on the grand-prix circuit a month later in Toronto, and is now the leading candidate for 1991 rookie-of-the-year honors.

Chuck Person is the leading candidate for rookie-of-the-year honors.

Hill, a candidate for rookie-of-the-year honors, scored 21 points in the Knicks' 101-93 victory on Dec. 28 at the Garden.