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Friday, September 21, 2001
PGA Tour star Mike Weir, University
of Utah women's basketball coach Elaine Elliott and former coaches Frank
Layden and LaVell Edwards were among the sports figures honored Thursday
during one of the state's most prestigious annual awards programs. The
23rd Multiple Sclerosis Dinner of Champions, presented by the McCarthey
family, recognized athletic contributions and achievements related to MS.
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Weir, a former Brigham Young golfer
who lives in Draper, ranks among the PGA Tour's top 15 money-winners this
season, after winning the American Express Championship in Spain last November.
He was named the professional of the year.
Elliott, who took the Utes to the
Sweet 16 in March, their biggest achievement in the program's 27 years,
was named the sportsperson of the year. Layden, a longtime Jazz coach and
executive, received the Our Man Award for efforts on behalf of the Multiple
Sclerosis Society's Utah chapter. Edwards, the former BYU football coach,
received the T.K. McCarthey Silver Hope Award.
Other honorees included Donna Liebrecht,
MS champion of the year; John Rose, MS Above and Beyond Award; Weber State
track coach Chick Hislop, amateur athletics lifetime achievement award;
WSU high jumper Charles Clinger, top male collegiate athlete; Utah skier
Petra Svet, top female collegiate athlete; Lone Peak multisport athlete
Sam Burgess, top male high school athlete; Timpanogos volleyball player
Lauren Richards, top female high school athlete; and BYU's men's volleyball
national champions and Mountain View High's girls basketball national champions,
co-teams of the year.
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