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1835:Dana Rettke
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1790:Kyle Snyder
1775:Kyle Snyder
1674:Megan Hodge
1670:Evan Turner
1614:Cole Konrad
1584:Luis Vargas
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1295:Jim Abbott
1265:Chuck Long
1235:Sunder Nix
1224:Judi Brown
1209:Jim Spivey
944:Ahmet Ayık
898:İsmet Atlı
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396:Lou Banach
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1876:Zach Edey
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1036:Ed Banach
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