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Chamber Board Member Receives Prestigious NBA Award

Tuesday, May 24, 2005

Orlando Magic forward Grant Hill is the recipient of the Joe Dumars Trophy presented to the 2004-05 NBA Sportsmanship Award winner. Mr. Hill is a member of the Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce Board of Governors.

Originally presented following the 1995-96 season, the Sportsmanship Award honors a player who exemplifies the ideals of sportsmanship on the court -- ethical behavior, fair play and integrity. The trophy is named for former Detroit Pistons All-Star guard Joe Dumars, the award's first recipient.

Hill received 2,778 points, including 134 first place votes, the highest received among Sportsmanship Award finalists. NBA players voted on this award, with eleven points given for each first-place vote, nine points for each second-place vote, seven points for third, five points for fourth, three points for fifth and one point for each sixth place vote received. Each team nominated one of its own players for this award, then former NBA players Tom Heinsohn, Eddie Johnson, Steve Mix, Kelly Tripucka and Stu Lantz selected the six divisional winners.

An 11-year NBA veteran, Hill was one of six divisional winners which included Indiana's Austin Croshere, Memphis' Shane Battier, New Jersey's Jacque Vaughn, Phoenix's Steve Nash and Utah's Andrei Kirilenko.

The NBA will donate $25,000 on behalf of Hill to The Club, which provides quality and affordable recreation for the youth of Orange County, Florida. The NBA will donate another $10,000 each to the divisional winners' charities of choice: The Alzheimer's Association of Greater Indiana on behalf of Croshere, The Shane Battier Foundation, Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Douglas County, Kansas on behalf of Vaughn, The Steve Nash Foundation and Kirilenko's Kids.

Following is a list of this year's voting totals and all-time winners of the NBA Sportsmanship Award:

2004-05 NBA SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD VOTING TOTALS

PLAYER	TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	POINTS
Grant Hill	Orlando	134	78	58	27	15	16	2778
Steve Nash	Phoenix	63	79	86	49	34	17	2370
Shane Battier	Memphis	36	65	69	73	37	48	1988
Andrei Kirilenko	Utah	38	36	45	69	73	68	1689
Jacque Vaughn	New Jersey	33	47	41	58	87	61	1685
Austin Croshere	Indiana	24	23	29	52	82	118	1298

ALL-TIME NBA SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD WINNERS
Inaugural (1996): Joe Dumars
1996-97: Terrell Brandon, Cleveland
1997-98: Avery Johnson, San Antonio
1998-99: Hersey Hawkins, Seattle
1999-2000: Eric Snow, Philadelphia
2000-01: David Robinson, San Antonio
2001-02: Steve Smith, San Antonio
2002-03: Ray Allen, Seattle
2003-04: P.J. Brown, New Orleans
2004-05: Grant Hill, Orlando

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