After all of the fan votes were counted for the ESPY's best bowler award, Sean Rash came out on top.  Rash who had already won the Chris Schenkel PBA Player of the Year was in Los Angeles at the Nokia Theatre Wednesday evening to accept his award.  The ESPY's are completely based on fan voting, so as a player you've always got to fell nice when the fans recognize the time of fantastic year Rash had this past year.

"This is very special because it's an award voted on by the fans —bowling fans and sports fans," said Rash, "The fans are why we do what we do—they’re why I get up in the morning."

“Winning the Tournament of Champions, Player of the Year, getting married (to Sara) and winning the ESPY has made it just an unbelievable year,” Rash added. “Even though I had a frustrating start to the season, I had a lot of support from my family, fans, friends and Brunswick and without them I couldn’t have done it.”

Rash was definitely deserving of all the awards he has taken home this year.  He won the PBA Tournament of Champions and had six championship finishes.  At one point in the season Rash qualified for a record five consecutive TV finals during the World Series of Bowling, not to mention the he finished in first for average points and earnings.

Joining Rash at the ceremonies were fellow ESPY candidates Jason Belmonte and Mike Fagan who also were finalists for the PBA Player of the Year crown which was announced on pba.com’s Xtra Frame online bowling channel in May.

ESPY Award candidates are selected by ESPN staff for a variety of sports categories and special moments in athletic competition. Winners are determined by fan voting through espn.com.