College Football 1994

1. Ki Jana Carter: Was consensus a consensus All-American and 2^nd in the Heisman voting. He was the Rose Bowl MVP.

In the regular season he ran 1539 yards (7.8 ypc) and 23 TDs. He had 1743 all-purpose yards.

He opened the season with 210 yards and 3 TDs against Minnesota.

Against #12 Michigan he ran for 165 yards. Ki Jana ran for 137 yards and 3 TDs on just 19 carries in a 63-14 pounding of #12 Ohio St.

He finished his career in Happy Valley with 227 yards and 5 TDs vs Michigan St.

In the Rose Bowl, Carter opened up the scoring with an 83 TD bolt. With the score tied at 14 in the third quarter, he scored twice in the quarter. Penn St would go on to win 38-20 over #11 Oregon. Carter finished with 156 yards on 21 attempts.

Penn St. finished 12-0 and #2 in the polls. They average 46 points per game and routed opponents by 26 a game.

2. 2. Rashaan Salaam: Won the Heisman Trophy and Walter Camp as National Player of the Year. He was the POY named by Sporting News. He was named RB of the Year (Doak Walker).

He led NCAA in scoring (13.1), touchdowns (24), all-purpose yards per game (213.6) and rushing (186.6).

He became the 4^th player in NCAA history to run for over 2,000 and totaled 2,055 yards for the regular season.

His break out game was against #25 Texas when Salaam rambled for a school record 317 rushing yards and 368 total yards, and added a TD.

Against the eventual national champs Nebraska, he put 134 yards and a score.

In the Fiesta Bowl against Notre Dame, Salaam had 83 yards and three TDs, in the Buffs 41-24 rout.

Colorado finished the season 11-1, including 6-1 in the Big 8 and #3 in the final poll. Their lone loss was to Nebraska, 24-7. They came from behind to stun Michigan 27-26 in a game Salaam had 141 yards and 2 TDs.

3. 3. Lawrence Phillips: Ran for 1722 yards and 16 TDs (6.0 ypc). He had a Nebraska record 11 straight 100 yard games.

He finished 8^th in the Heisman voting and was All-Big 8.

His top performance was 221 yards and 3 scores vs. Oklahoma St.

He topped the 100 yard mark (103 yards on 24 carries) in Huskers 24-7 win over #3 Colorado.

In the Orange Bowl Phillips ran for 96 yards on 19 carries, against Miami’s #1 ranked defense (10.4 PPG) and posted the longest run (25 yards) that the Canes gave up all year.

Nebraska finished #1 in both polls and was named National Champions. They won the Big Eight and knocked off then #3 Miami in the Orange Bowl. The Huskers finished first in the NCAA in rushing (340 yards/game).

Baseball 1994

1. Jeff Bagwell: All-Star (2-4 R), ML Player of the Year (Sporting News, AP, Players Choice, Baseball Digest), NL Player of the month in June and July.

Bagwell was unamiously voted NL MVP.

He was also a silver slugger and gold glover at first base.

He led the NL with 116 RBIs and 104 Runs. He was also the led the league in OPS (1.201) and total bases (300).

He was second in the NL in batting (.368), hits (147), and HR (39).

He set many Astros team records.

He was on a full season pace of 55 HR, 164 RBI, 147 R, 207 H, and 21 SB.

The Astros were 66-49 (93 W pace) and .5 games behind the Reds in the NL Central.

2. Frank Thomas: Was the AL MVP for the second straight season. He was the starting 1B for the AL (2-2 RBI, R, BB).

He was a Silver Slugger and Player of the Month in May and July.

He led the AL in OPS (1.217), runs (106), and walks.

He was 2^nd in HR (38), and third in RBI (101), batting (.353) and total bases (291).

The Big Hurt was on pace for 54 HR, 145 RBI, 152 R, 202 H, 156 BB.

The White Sox won 67 games (96 win pace) and led the AL Central and had the AL's 2^nd best record.

3. Albert Belle: Was 3^rd in the MVP voting, an All-Star and Silver Slugger.

He finished 2^nd in batting (.357) and OPS (1.152). He was third in HR (36) and RBI (101).

Joey was on pace for pace 52 HR, 145 RBI, 129 R, 211 H, 422 TB.

From May 13^th- June 19^th Cleveland won 18 straight home games and in that streak Belle drove in 21 runs and scored 21 more.

The streak propelled the Indians to 66 wins (95 win pace) and the third best record in the AL (wild card position).