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SUBJ/2000 NAVY ATHLETES OF THE YEAR//
 
REF/A/DOC/NAVPERSCOM/02DEC1992//
 
AMPN/REF A IS BUPERSINST 1710.20, ADMINISTRATION OF NAVY SPORTS
PROGRAMS//
 
RMKS/1.  IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I ANNOUNCE THE 2000 NAVY
MALE AND FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR SELECTIONS.
 
2.  ENS MICHAEL RYAN IS SELECTED AS THE 2000 NAVY MALE ATHLETE OF
THE YEAR.  HE IS ASSIGNED TO THE NAVY NUCLEAR POWER TRAINING
COMMAND IN GOOSE CREEK, SC.  HIS ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS
INCLUDE A 2ND PLACE FINISH IN THE 1,500 METER RUN AT THE 2000 UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA TRACK AND FIELD INDOOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AND
A 9TH PLACE FINISH IN THE 1,500 METER RUN AT THE 2000 U.S. OLYMPIC
TRIALS.
 
3.  LTJG BRIDGET STAMP-RUIZ IS SELECTED AS THE 2000 NAVY FEMALE
ATHLETE OF THE YEAR.  SHE IS ASSIGNED TO A SHIP HOMEPORTED IN SAN
DIEGO, CA.  LTJG STAMP-RUIZ IS THE CURRENT AND 1999 WORLD CHAMPION
IN INDIVIDUAL NAVAL PENTATHLON, AND SHE IS THE FIRST U.S. WOMAN TO
EVER WIN THIS EVENT.
 
4.  BOTH OUTSTANDING ATHLETES WERE HONORED AT THE 2000 PRIDE OF
THE NATION CEREMONY IN ARLINGTON, VA.  A SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL
COMMANDS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED NAVY PERSONNEL IN THEIR QUEST TOWARDS
ATHLETIC EXCELLENCE, AND TO ALL SAILORS WHO HAVE REPRESENTED NAVY AT
ALL LEVELS OF ATHLETIC COMPETITION.
 
5.  CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS YEAR'S AWARDEES AND TO ALL THE
INDIVIDUALS NOMINATED FOR THIS AWARD.
 
6.  POC IS MR. JOHN HICKOK, NAVPERSCOM (PERS-651E), AT
(901) 874-6632/DSN 882.
 
7.  RELEASED BY VADM NORB RYAN, JR., N1.//
 
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