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Sabrina Ionescu, IA wrestler Spencer Lee share Sullivan Award

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April 30th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Oregon women’s basketball star Sabrina Ionescu and Iowa wrestler Spencer Lee shared the Sullivan Award on Wednesday night as the country’s top amateur athlete. They are the third co-winners in the 90-year history of the Amateur Athletic Union award, following Coco Miller and Kelly Miller in 1999 and Keenan Reynolds and Breanna Stewart in 2005.

FILE – In this Nov. 24, 2019, file photo, Iowa’s Spencer Lee wins by technical fall against Iowa State’s Alex Mackall at 125 pounds during the Cy-Hawk dual wrestling match at Hilton Coliseum, in Ames, Iowa. Lee and Oregon women’s basketball star Sabrina Ionescu shared the Sullivan Award on Wednesday night, April 29, 2020, as the country’s top amateur athlete. (Kelsey Kremer/The Des Moines Register via AP, File)

The award ceremony was done remotely and streamed on Facebook. The scheduled ceremony at the New York Athletic Club was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.