Rhode's Gold Medal Listed as One of Top Sports Moments

The Los Angeles Kings winning their first Stanley Cup was named as the top sports moment of 2012 in the Los Angeles/Orange County area.

The region's top 10 sports moments of 2012 were announced at the eighth annual LA Sports Awards at The Beverly Hilton Sunday. The list was determined by a blue-ribbon media panel combined with on-line fan voting conducted by the Los Angeles Sports Council, which also conducts the LA Sports Awards.

A "moment'' refers to anything from a specific instant in time -- such as a winning goal, hit or shot -- to a special event, individual or team record, or career achievement. The moments must have taken place in the Los Angeles/Orange County area or involved an area athlete or team.

Here are the remainder of the top 10 moments in order:

• Los Angeles Galaxy win MLS Cup
•  Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim outfielder Mike Trout wins American League Rookie of the Year Award
• Los Angeles Clippers win team-record 17 consecutive games
•  Guggenheim Baseball Management purchases the Los Angeles Dodgers
• Steve Nash and Dwight Howard join the Los Angeles Lakers
• Shooter Kim Rhode from Monrovia becomes the first U.S. athlete to win a medal in five consecutive Olympic Games
• UCLA defeats USC to win the Pacific-12 Conference South Division football championship
• Clippers defeat the Memphis Grizzlies in a seven-game, first-round NBA playoff series
• Sprinter Allyson Felix wins three Olympic gold medals.

The Los Angeles Sports Council is a nonprofit organization that seeks to promote economic development in Southern California through sports.