Derrick Rose Updates His Resume



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Resume of Bulls point guard Derrick Rose (recently updated):

• McDonald's High School All-American, representing Chicago's Simeon Career Academy, 2007.
• Third-team All-American, representing the University of Memphis, in his first and only year of college ball, 2008.
• First player selected in NBA draft, 2008.
• NBA Rookie of the Year, 2009.
• NBA All-Star in his second year in the league, 2010.
• All-Star Game starter in his third year in the league, 2011.
• All-NBA first team, 2011.
  
• NBA Most Valuable Player (the youngest in league history), 2011.

References (partial list):

• "If you don't see something special in Derrick Rose, then you're blind." -- Bulls chairman Jerry Reinsdorf.
• "What a humble star! How humble is that kid, and how great is he and how great will he be." -- former Bulls forward Horace Grant.
• "He has handled everything with such class and grace." -- Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau.
• "That kid is out of this world." -- Indiana Pacers head coach Frank Vogel.
• "In addition to being a great basketball player, he's a very nice and well-rounded young man." -- NBA commissioner David Stern.

Athletes who have won Most Valuable Player award for a Chicago team (in chronological order):

• Frank "Wildfire" Schulte, Cubs outfielder 1911
• Rogers Hornsby, Cubs second baseman 1929
• Gabby Hartnett, Cubs catcher 1935
• Sid Luckman, Bears quarterback 1943
• Phil Cavarretta, Cubs first baseman 1945
• Max Bentley, Blackhawks center 1946
• Hank Sauer, Cubs outfielder 1952
• Al Rollins, Blackhawks goalie 1954
• Ernie Banks, Cubs shortstop 1958, 1959
• Nellie Fox, White Sox second baseman 1959
• Bobby Hull, Blackhawks left wing 1965, 1966
• Stan Mikita, Blackhawks center 1967, 1968
• Dick Allen, White Sox first baseman 1972
• Walter Payton, Bears running back 1977
• Ryne Sandberg, Cubs second baseman 1984
• Andre Dawson, Cubs outfielder 1987
• Michael Jordan, Bulls guard 1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998
• Frank Thomas, White Sox first baseman 1993, 1994
• Sammy Sosa, Cubs outfielder 1998
• Derrick Rose, Bulls guard 2011