John Humphrys, whose interview with Entwistle on Radio 4's Today programme preceded the DG's resignation later that day, won the Harvey Lee Award for outstanding contribution to broadcasting.
The 22-year-old right-hander's locker is between those of two-time Cy Young Award winner Johan Santana and Matt Harvey, who made a sparking big league debut last summer.
Snatched up in a flash by Harvey Weinstein's TWC-Radius at Sundance, it's on track for the same Academy Award that "Searching for Sugar Man" claimed a few months ago.