Western Athletic Conference football individual awards


Coaches and media of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) bestow the following individual awards at the end of each college football season.

Offensive Player of the Year

Season Winner Pos. Team
1962 Eldon Fortie HB BYU
1963 Tony Lorick FB Arizona State
1964 Stan Quintana QB New Mexico
1965 Virgil Carter QB BYU
1966 Virgil Carter (2) QB BYU
1967 Paul Toscano QB Wyoming
1968 Art Malone FB Arizona State
1969 Dave Buchanan RB Arizona State
1970 Joe Spagnola QB Arizona State
1971 Rocky Long QB New Mexico
1972 Woody Green RB Arizona State
1973 Danny White QB Arizona State
1974 Gary Sheide QB BYU
1975 Bruce Hill QB Arizona
1976 Gifford Nielsen QB BYU
1977 Marc Wilson QB BYU
1978 Jim McMahon QB BYU
Mike Williams RB New Mexico
1979 Marc Wilson (2) QB BYU
1980 Jim McMahon (2) QB BYU
1981 Jim McMahon (3) QB BYU
1982 Steve Young QB BYU
1983 Steve Young (2) QB BYU
1984 Robbie Bosco QB BYU
1985 Bart Weiss QB Air Force
1986 Steve Bartalo RB Colorado State
1987 Todd Santos QB San Diego State
1988 Randy Welniak QB Wyoming
1989 Dee Dowis QB Air Force
1990 Ty Detmer QB BYU
1991 Ty Detmer (2) QB BYU
1992 Marshall Faulk RB San Diego State
1993 Trent Dilfer QB Fresno State
1994 Stoney Case QB New Mexico
1995 George Jones RB San Diego State
1996 Beau Morgan QB Air Force (Pacific)
Marcus Harris WR Wyoming (Pacific)
Steve Sarkisian QB BYU (Mountain)
1997 Moses Moreno QB Colorado State (Pacific)
Graham Leigh QB New Mexico (Mountain)
1998 Jamie Kimbrough TB Fresno State (Pacific)
Blane Morgan QB Air Force (Mountain)
1999 LaDainian Tomlinson RB TCU
2000 LaDainian Tomlinson (2) RB TCU
2001 David Carr QB Fresno State
2002 Brock Forsey RB Boise State
2003 Ryan Dinwiddie QB Boise State
2004 Ryan Moats RB Louisiana Tech
2005 B. J. Mitchell RB Nevada
2006 Colt Brennan QB Hawaii
2007 Colt Brennan (2) QB Hawaii
2008 Colin Kaepernick QB Nevada
2009 Kellen Moore QB Boise State
2010 Colin Kaepernick (2) QB Nevada
Kellen Moore (2) RB Boise State
2011 Robert Turbin RB Utah State
2012 Colby Cameron QB Louisiana Tech

Defensive Player of the Year

Season Winner Pos. Team
1981 Steve Clark DL Utah
Kyle Whittington LB BYU
1982 Johnny Jackson LB New Mexico
1983 Raymond Morris LB UTEP
1984 Chris Funk DL Air Force
Kyle Morrell DB BYU
Filipo Mokofisi DL Utah
1985 Jason Buck DT BYU
1986 Al Noga DT Hawaii
1987 Chad Hennings DT Air Force
1988 Pat Rabold DT Wyoming
1989 Mitch Donahue DE Wyoming
1990 Mitch Donahue (2) DE Wyoming
1991 Carlton McDonald DB Air Force
1992 Carlton McDonald (2) DB Air Force
1993 Barron Wortham LB UTEP
1994 Luther Elliss DT Utah
1995 Brady Smith DE Colorado State
1996 Chris Gizzi LB Air Force (Pacific)
Shay Muirbrook LB BYU (Mountain)
1997 Chris Gizzi (2) LB Air Force (Pacific)
Chris Bordano LB SMU (Mountain)
1998 Rob Morris LB BYU (Pacific)
Bryce Fisher DT Air Force (Mountain)
1999 Brian Young DE UTEP
2000 Aaron Schobel DE TCU
2001 Alan Harper DT Fresno State
2002 Quintin Mikell DB Boise State
2003 Travis LaBoy DE Hawaii
2004 Robert Rodriguez LB UTEP
2005 Garrett McIntyre DL Fresno State
2006 Korey Hall LB Boise State
2007 Marcus Riley LB Fresno State
2008 Solomon Elimimian LB Hawaii
Jarron Gilbert DT San Jose State
2009 Dontay Moch DE Nevada
2010 Chris Carter DL Fresno State
2011 Bobby Wagner LB Utah State
2012 Travis Johnson DL San Jose State

Special Teams Player of the Year

Season Winner Pos. Team
1991 Robert Rivers RS Wyoming
1992 Jason Elam K Hawaii
1993 Chris MacInnis K Air Force
1994 David Dunn RS Fresno State
1995 James Dye RS BYU

Lineman of the Year

Season Winner Pos. Team
1962 Dave Costa OT Utah
1963 Eddie Stokes C New Mexico
1964 John Briscoe C Arizona
1965 Phil Odle SE BYU
1966 John Stipech DT Utah
1967 Curley Culp MG Arizona State
1968 Tom Nelson DT Arizona
1969 Jeff Slipp DE BYU
1970 Bill McKinley DE Arizona
1971 Gordon Gravelle OL BYU
1972 John Urban OT New Mexico
1973 Ron Rydalch DT Utah
1974 Bob Bruenig LB Arizona
1975 Mike Dawson DL Arizona
1976 Robin Cole DL New Mexico
1977 Mike Bell DL Colorado State
1978 Ken Fantetti LB Wyoming
1979 Tom Bell DL BYU
1980 Nick Eyre DL BYU

Newcomer of the Year

Season Winner Pos. Team
1971 Woody Green RB Arizona State
1972 Paul Linford DT BYU
1973 Bruce Hill QB Arizona
1974 Bobby McKinley QB UTEP
1975 Willie Scroggins DL Arizona State
1976 Jack Steptoe S / WR Utah
1977 Myron Hardeman RB Wyoming
1978 Jeff Lyall DE Utah
1979 Tom Tuinei DL Hawaii
1980 Niko Noga DL Hawaii
1981 Johnny Jackson LB New Mexico
1982 Jay Haynes OLB Wyoming
1983 Steve Bartalo RB Colorado State
1984 Eddie Johnson RB Utah
Galand Thaxton LB Wyoming
1985 Larry Egger QB Utah
1986 Anthony Sargent WR Wyoming
1987 Pat Hegarty QB UTEP
1988 Dabby Dawson RB Wyoming

Freshman of the Year

Season Winner Pos. Team
1989 Jamal Farmer RB Hawaii
1990 Barron Wortham LB UTEP
1991 Marshall Faulk RB San Diego State
1992 Winslow Oliver RB New Mexico
1993 Steve Scifres OT Wyoming
1994 Will Blackwell WR San Diego State
1995 Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala RB Utah
1996 Jon Denton QB UNLV (Pacific)
Ronney Jenkins RB BYU (Mountain)
1997 Charles Tharp RB Hawaii (Pacific)
Jaron Dabney S BYU (Mountain)
1998 Jerome Haywood DT San Diego State (Pacific)
James Sunia LB UNLV (Mountain)
1999 Josh Blankenship QB Tulsa
2000 Timmy Chang QB Hawaii
2001 Chance Kretschmer RB Nevada
2002 Paul Pinegar QB Fresno State
2003 Nick Bunting LB Tulsa
2004 Ryan Wendell OT / C Fresno State
Quintin Demps S UTEP
2005 Davone Bess WR Hawaii
2006 Paul Igboeli LB Utah State
2007 Colin Kaepernick QB Nevada
2008 Kellen Moore QB Boise State
2009 Brandon Wimberly WR Nevada
2010 Keith Smith LB San Jose State
2011 Cody Fajardo QB Nevada
2012 Kenneth Dixon RB Louisiana Tech

Coach of the Year

League coaches have made selections since 1962.

Conference champion.[a]
Season Winner Team
1962 Hal Mitchell BYU
1963 Frank Kush Arizona State
1964 Ray Nagel Utah
1965 Tommy Hudspeth BYU
1966 Lloyd Eaton Wyoming
1967 Lloyd Eaton (2) Wyoming
1968 Darrell Mudra Arizona
1969 Bill Meek Utah
1970 Frank Kush (2) Arizona State
1971 Frank Kush (3) Arizona State
1972 LaVell Edwards BYU
1973 Jim Young Arizona
1974 Gil Bartosh UTEP
1975 Frank Kush (4) Arizona State
1976 Fred Akers Wyoming
1977 Frank Kush (5) Arizona State
1978 Wayne Howard Utah
1979 LaVell Edwards (2) BYU
1980 LaVell Edwards (3) BYU
1981 Dick Tomey Hawaii
1982 Ken Hatfield Air Force
1983 LaVell Edwards (4) BYU
1984 LaVell Edwards (5) BYU
1985 Fisher DeBerry Air Force
1986 Denny Stolz San Diego State
1987 Paul Roach Wyoming
1988 Paul Roach (2) Wyoming
1989 Bob Wagner Hawaii
1990 LaVell Edwards (6) BYU
1991 Al Luginbill San Diego State
1992 Bob Wagner (2) Hawaii
1993 Dennis Franchione New Mexico
1994 Sonny Lubick Colorao State
1995 Fisher DeBerry (2) Air Force
1996 Joe Tiller Wyoming
LaVell Edwards (7) BYU
1997 Dennis Franchione (2) New Mexico
Sonny Lubick (2) Colorado State
1998 Ted Tollner San Diego State
Fisher DeBerry (3) Air Force
1999 June Jones Hawaii
2000 Gary Nord UTEP
2001 Jack Bicknell Jr. Louisiana Tech
2002 Dan Hawkins Boise State
2003 Steve Kragthorpe Tulsa
2004 Dan Hawkins (2) Boise State
2005 Chris Ault Nevada
2006 June Jones (2) Hawaii
2007 June Jones (3) Hawaii
2008 Chris Petersen Boise State
2009 Chris Petersen (2) Boise State
2010 Chris Ault (2) Nevada
2011 Sonny Dykes Louisiana Tech
2012 Gary Andersen Utah State

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ^ Does not include co-championships.
General references
  • [1]
  • "WAC Offensive Player of the Year Winners". Sports Reference. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
  • "WAC Defensive Player of the Year Winners". Sports Reference. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
Footnotes
  1. ^ Blevins, Dave (2012). College Football Awards: All National and Conference Winners Through 2010. McFarland. p. 146. ISBN 9780786490806. Retrieved 2 February 2016.

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