Ochoa Wins A.P. Award
Lorena Ochoa was named the A.P.’s Female Athlete of the Year for 2006. I say that’s outstanding news for Lorena and it caps an excellent season in which she also unseeded Annika Sorenstam as LPGA Player of the Year as well. As I said in yesterday’s post, she needs to have a great 2007 season to prove all the naysayers wrong (and more importantly, gain even more confidence).
Ochoa more than doubled the second-place vote getter, Amelie Mauresmo (who?). I know I don’t follow other sports nearly as much as I used to, but I’ve never heard of Amelie Mauresmo until today. Evidently, she didn’t sway a lot of voters her way with her tennis accomplishments (and that’s not to diminish Ochoa’s award).