Cal alum and current Green Bay Packers Super Bowl champion quarterback Aaron Rodgers has been named the Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year for 2011, the organization announced this morning.

He received 112 votes out of the 212 ballots submitted from U.S. news organizations that make up the AP's membership. Rodgers led the Packers to a Super Bowl title in February and has guided Green Bay to an NFL-best 13-1 record this fall.

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