He never played an entire 16 game schedule and averaged just 7.6 starts with the Seahawks largely because of injuries. During 2002 King tore his calf muscle which caused him to miss half the season. He started 3 games in 2003 while only active for 9.
The highest temperature statewide was 118 °F which was recorded in a remote area south of St. George proper, near the Arizona border on July 4, 2007, breaking the previous record-holder, in St. George itself, at 117° set on July 5, 1985.
Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals was also honored twice, but shared his second award with Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs. In 2009, the award was replaced by two awards: Pro Athlete of the Year and College Athlete of the Year.
In their first expansion outside of California, company owned stores were opened in the Seattle area at the Great Wall Shopping Center in 1998 and a second store at the Edmonds Shopping Center in 2003.
In 2013, the university received over 6,000 applications and admitted 56.5% of those that applied. The university maintains a Rolling Admissions program. Of those students admitted, SAT scores range 390–480 in Critical Reading, 370–460 in writing, and 410–500 in Math.
Aftermath released 50 Cent’s multi-platinum major-label debut album Get Rich or Die Tryin’ through a joint venture with Shady Records in 2003. Rapper The Game, who signed with the label in 2003, also released his debut album The Documentary through a joint venture with 50 Cent’s G-Unit Records in 2005.
One interesting feature, adopted by LaSalle in these years, was a Sunroof, marketed as the Sunshine Turret Top. Sales climbed up from 15,501 in 1938 to 23,028 in 1939. The final 1940 LaSalles were introduced in October 1939 with, as it had in its first year, a full array of semi-custom body styles, including a convertible sedan.