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Jet, April 4, 1994

Florida State's Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Charlie Ward recently accepted the Sullivan Award -- for the outstanding amateur athlete of 1993 -- during an awards banquet in Indianapolis.

Ward, who is the first football player to win the award since 1946, noted he did not expect to win this honor.

"I guess this is different from the Heisman. I kind of knew what was going to happen there, but tonight, was a big surprise," Ward reflected.

The Sullivan winner is chosen each year in a vote of more than 2,000 people, including members of U.S. Amateur Athletic Union, the U.S. Olympic Committee, past Sullivan winners and selected news media.

Ward, who is also a star basketball player at FSU, led the football seminoles to its first national title in the Orange Bowl (JET, Jan.17).

Other finalists included women's basketball star Sheryl Swoopes and Olympic track and field star Gail Devers.

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