Awardee to visit Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in January
SEATTLE, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- A national committee of Major League
Baseball and media representatives has released a list of 10 players, one
of whom will go on to receive the prestigious Hutch Award(R) in January.
The 2007 Hutch Award finalists are:
-- Paul Byrd, Cleveland Indians
-- Matt Holliday, Colorado Rockies
-- Orlando Hudson, Arizona Diamondbacks
-- Raul Ibanez, Seattle Mariners
-- David Ortiz, Boston Red Sox
-- Russ Ortiz, San Francisco Giants
-- Johan Santana, Minnesota Twins
-- Mike Sweeney, Kansas City Royals
-- Nick Swisher, Oakland Athletics
-- Woody Williams, Houston Astros
The 2007 Hutch Award recipient will be selected in mid-November through
a vote of all surviving former awardees. Through the years, 42 players have
been honored. Mickey Mantle accepted the inaugural award in 1965, the year
after baseball great Fred Hutchinson (known as "Hutch") succumbed to cancer
at age 45. Hall-of-Famers Sandy Koufax, Carl Yastrzemski, Al Kaline, Wille
McCovey and Lou Brock all have received the Hutch Award, and in more recent
years Jamie Moyer, Trevor Hoffman, Craig Biggio and Mark Loretta have
joined their ranks.
The Hutch Award is given annually to the major league player who best
exemplifies the fighting spirit and competitive desire of Hutch. The Fred
Hutchinson Cancer Research Center -- which was named in Hutch's honor by
his brother Bill, a surgeon -- is an independent, nonprofit research
institution dedicated to the understanding, treatment and prevention of
cancer and other potentially fatal diseases.
Each year in January the award is presented in Seattle, Hutch's
hometown and the site of the renowned cancer center that bears his name.
While in Seattle, Hutch Award recipients often visit with young cancer
patients undergoing treatment on the Hutchinson Center campus. The 2007
Hutch Award will be presented at a luncheon honoring the awardee on
Wednesday, Jan. 23 at Safeco Field in Seattle.
For more information about the Hutch Award, including a full list of
recipients, or to learn more about the January award luncheon, visit
http://www.fhcrc.org/hutchaward.
At Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, our interdisciplinary teams
of world-renowned scientists and humanitarians work together to prevent,
diagnose and treat cancer, HIV/AIDS and other diseases. Our researchers,
including three Nobel laureates, bring a relentless pursuit and passion for
health, knowledge and hope to their work and to the world. For more
information, please visit http://www.fhcrc.org.
CONTACT
Christi Ball Loso
(206) 667-5215
closo@fhcrc.org
SOURCE Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
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CONTACT:
Christi Ball Loso of Fred Hutchinson Cancer
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