TENNESSEAN OF THE YEAR
A Knoxville Tennessee native, and University of Tennessee standout was a first-round Draft pick to the Colorado Rockies’ in 1995 and it’s where he retired at the end of last season. In Denver Helton became not only a star player, but a fan favorite. With an old-school mentality he finished out a run of more than 2,200 games with the same franchise where he holds the Rockies records for hits (2,519), home runs (369),doubles (592),walks (1,335)runs scored (1,401), games played(2,247) and total bases(4,292)