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Article: Hillman accepts FSAJ Sportsman of Year Award.
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- Japan Times (Tokyo, Japan)
- Article date:
- January 31, 2007
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Byline: Stephen Ellsesser
Jan. 31--It's a little early in the year to be receiving hardware, but Trey Hillman's cup overflowed in 2006.
In his fourth year managing the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, Hillman led the team to nearly every championship possible: the regular-season Pacific League crown, the postseason Pacific League championship, the Asia Series title and the franchise's first Japan Series crown in 44 years.
Monday night in Tokyo, Hillman received a bit of individual recognition when the Foreign Sportswriters Association of Japan presented him its Foreign Sportsman of the Year award for 2006.
As he did during the Fighters' ...