Top 10 Female Athlete "Newcomers" of 2007 (hotness heavily weighted)
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Ana, You Had Me at Zdravo...You Had Me at ZdravoOk, so ES's post the other day asked about a worthy recipient for the 2007 "Hottest Breakout Athlete Chick on the Planet" award. He was almost begging for nominations. It pains us to see a friend in need. We felt is was our obligation, hell our duty, to give it a shot.
Ask and you shall receive, my bloggin' brother. While there are many "hot female athlete" lists out there, we've tried to bring to the forefront a few of the lesser-publicized names of 2007 (along with a couple of the headliners). We also got some help from our loyal readers and commenters.
In terms of our honorres, they needed to qualify as relative "newcomers" (hence, the title of the post) and be decidedly not sucky at their respective sports. Therefore, people like Maria Sharapova, Jennie Finch, Amanda Beard, Natalie Gublis and Danica Patrick will not be found here (been around awhile and/or aren't all that good).
Other than that, the rules are our own and unspoken. Speaking of...no more talkie. We kindly accept additional nominations in the comments, as well as furious arguments. Something tells us people have opinions on such things.
10. Hope Solo, 26, U.S. Soccer
OK, so she's not a complete newcomer. But, Solo did what most athletes don't do because it's "not right" earlier this year. The U.S. Women's team had won a ridiculous 51 straight games. Solo had allowed only two goals in four World Cup games -- and none in nearly 300 minutes. She was benched. The team lost 4-0. Afterwards, Hope basically ripped the coach, saying it was the wrong decision and that she would've made the saves Scurry allowed. Many fans and members of the media called Solo out for basically being a selfish baby. We liked the competitive fire. She's also cute in that seemingly-approachable girl-next-door kind of way. Don't ya think?
Other than that, the rules are our own and unspoken. Speaking of...no more talkie. We kindly accept additional nominations in the comments, as well as furious arguments. Something tells us people have opinions on such things.
10. Hope Solo, 26, U.S. Soccer
OK, so she's not a complete newcomer. But, Solo did what most athletes don't do because it's "not right" earlier this year. The U.S. Women's team had won a ridiculous 51 straight games. Solo had allowed only two goals in four World Cup games -- and none in nearly 300 minutes. She was benched. The team lost 4-0. Afterwards, Hope basically ripped the coach, saying it was the wrong decision and that she would've made the saves Scurry allowed. Many fans and members of the media called Solo out for basically being a selfish baby. We liked the competitive fire. She's also cute in that seemingly-approachable girl-next-door kind of way. Don't ya think?
9. Maria Kirilenko, 20, WTA
Maria turns 21 in late January. She is a young, rising star from Russia who finished the season at #25, her best career finish including a singles win at Kolkata over fellow attractive, youn star, Daniela Hantuchova (one could argue Daniela should also be on this list, but we don't like her waifish, model aura). Maria is among an Eastern Bloc uprising that includes the likes of Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Jankovic and Anna Chakvetadze .
8. Anna Rawson, 26, LPGA
OK, we've broken our own rules already. But we swear it will be the only time. Rawson just got her Q card (we think she lost her other card a LONG time ago) and, therefore, has pretty much zero in the name of LPGA credentials. By the way, outside of the Natalie Gublis's of the world, who knew of the hidden hotness in the world of women's golf? Well, GolfPunkOnline for one. Check this out.
7. Tanith Belbin, 23, Ice Dancing (US Figure Skating)
We do not watch much figure skating. Maybe we should. Tanith won a silver medal at the most recent Winter Olympics and is, by all accounts, one of the rising stars in the couples-dancing-on-the-ice thing. You know, the thing our mothers always seem to be unable to take their eyes off of come Olympic time. Belbin is worth keeping one's eyes on. Read more about her here (and ignore the annoying goateed partner guy).
6. Allison Stokke, 18, Polevaulting
One could argue Stokke had the biggest breakthrough year of almost anyone - whether her dad liked it or not. She's a state champion pole-vaulter who will be heading to Cal next year on scholarship. We wouldn't put breaking a few records (and hearts) next year at Berkley past her.
5. Chrissie Zartman, 24, AVP
Fresh-faced with mad skills, Chrissie was on of the top rookies on the AVP Tour following an All-American career at UCLA. She's also only 5'3 which is mini-me-sized in the world of professional volleyball, putting her at an immediate disadvantage in trying to make it on the pro beach circuit. Hence, she is feisty, hot and good. Yes, we like her.
4. Ashley Force, 25, NHRA Drag Racer
Ashley was named the NHRA's rookie of the year and became the first female racer to advance to a final round in Funny Car in NHRA history, finishing 10th place overall in the NHRA POWERade Series points standings. It was the highest season-ending standing for a female driver in funny car history (what makes a car "funny," by the way?). Mrs. Force also was named the "hottest athlete in sports" earlier this year by AOL. It is an honor proudly promoted on her Web site. In the words of a Young Prince, "drive fast, speed turns me on."
3. Ana Paula Mancino, 35, Volleyball Player?
Once again we are knowingly and blatanly breaking the rules. This is our blog, so we're allowed to break the rules whenever the hell we choose (in Teddy KGB accent for effect). Mancino was an Olympic volleyball player for Brazil. At least, that's what we are told. We kept looking for more information on her athletic career but somehow wound up in that damn photobook. On a side note, my new favorite name could be Ana or Anna, as in Ivanovic, Kournikova, Rawson, Mancino, etc. This list could be made up on Anna's alone and be no less impressive.
2. Kristi Leskinen, 26, Freestyle Skiier
As one can clearly deduce from this photo, Kristi is a wicked nasty freestyle skiier. No, really. She won a silver medal at the 2005 X Games, a gold at the 2006 Gravity games. She finished third at the World Skiing Invitational in Whistler competing in the superpipe, and we think that's nice. Read more Kristi news here.
1. Ana Ivanovic, 20, WTA
Ivanovic is...a...tennis player...she is...very good...from Serbia, yes? I'm sorry, I can't concentrate. Sersiously, though, she hit the top 100 in 2004 and jumped from #14 (in 2006) to a #4 in the world finish this year. Ana won t And she a gallery like this on her personal Web site?! If this were a BCS-style poll, she would get every one of my first-place votes, regardless of the opposition or strength of schedule.
Happy New Year, all. We'll be back to the monotony of performance-enhancing drugs and the random.com.suckiness bowl talk after the break. Oh yes, Erie's Scribe will also likely be lamenting a once-promising Brownies season again ending in frustration.
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15 comments:
You are busted, dear!!
Looks like Ana has granny panties on!
Stokke at #5? What? Is there something better than #1, because if there is, that's her.
Gotta be honest. wrote this one up pretty quicly in response to a previous post where the question was posed. didn't put as much thought as needed in the actual rankings...spending too much research trying to find 10 folks and not all that everyone had heard of...
for me, ivanovic or stokke are #1. i'm not breaking any laws by saying that, right?
Zartman...no thanks
#5 is a MAN, baby...
Stokke is clearly #1
Some dude reccomended this WVU soccer player, Amanda Chicchini, she's gotta be in the mix, check her out.
http://www.thestream.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?
I'm pretty sure that Kristi Leskinen is a skier and not a snowboarder.
cool ... but i love
Jelena Jankovic
Kyra Gracie. Nuf said
This girl is smoking hot, she’s a volleyball player at USD. Cool name too, Mahinalani. Not sure what it means but it sounds hot! Mahinalani.com
Kristi Leskinen is very sexy girl but she it NOT a snowboarder she is a really great freestyle skier.
Check her website: http://kristileskinen.com/
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