Although he was not yet on the first-level main tour, this victory brought qualification for the Masters —a prestigious non-ranking invitation tournament with places for members of the top 16, the winner of the qualifying tournament, and a limited number of wildcards.
With the win, they clinched the Pac 10 title, first place in the BCS rankings, and an invitation to the Rose Bowl, which served as the national championship game.
The Masters, which was won by Mark Selby for the third time on Sunday, is not a ranking tournament and will remain an invitation-only event.
The 46-year-old Australian, No. 113 in the world rankings, was the only player to receive a special invitation, which Augusta reserves for international players.
The top 14 women in each weight class based on international rankings automatically qualified, while 8 women across all classes from Asia qualified based on the contintental rankings, with 20 total additional spots available through special invitation of the IOC, ANOC and the IJF.
The invitation letter, co-signed by a high-ranking officer of the QFGP, contained a hyperlink directing the family physicians to the questionnaire through a secure Web site.
This left three open positions: two were allotted to South Africa and New Zealand, based on their World Tour rankings, and the third was given to Mauritius by direct invitation.
It was Winnebago's first Lakota Invitational: the team scored an invitation after winning Nebraska's C1 state tournament last spring, despite ranking, in size, fifty-sixth among the fifty-nine schools.
He re-emerged in the news in 2004 when he became the highest-ranking former South Vietnamese official to return to Vietnam, at the invitation of the Communist government.
He serves on the Senate Committees on Banking and Insurance, Corrections and Penology, General, Invitations, Judiciary, and Labor, Commerce and Industry, and is the ranking Democrat on several committees.
The 37-year-old secured his invitation by finishing inside the top 50 in the world rankings at the end of 2012.
