JJ Redick
76th Annual AAU Sullivan Award Winner
Sport: Basketball
Hometown: Cookeville, TN
Biography: Duke star J.J. Redick won the Sullivan Award for 2005, becoming the first men's basketball player since Bill Walton in 1973 to be honored as the nation's top amateur athlete.
Redick attended Cave Spring High School in Roanoke, Virginia. He finished his prep career as Virginia's all-time AAA leading scorer with 2,215 career points, and shot better than 44 percent from the 3-point arc during his career. He also led his team to the 2002 AAA State Championship with 43 points in the championship game. Additionally, he won the 2002 McDonald's All-American Three-Point Contest, along with the 2002 McDonald's All-American Game MVP award. Redick scored 26 points in the game.
Redick set the record for the most consecutive free throws made in the ACC with 54 This record began on March 20, 2003 and ended on January 15, 2004. Redick entered his final post-season with a chance to go down as the NCAA's all-time leading free-throw shooter.
He would be named the consensus National Player of the Year in 2006, and would go on to be a staple in the NBA for over a decade and a half.