MWC 2007 Football Awards

by Jeremy Mauss on Dec 4, 2007 3:08 PM PST

Offensive Player of the Year: Chad Hall, Sr., RB/WR, Air Force
Defensive Player of the Year: Beau Bell, Sr., LB, UNLV
Special Teams Player of the Year: Louie Sakoda, Jr., PK/P, Utah
Freshman of the Year: Harvey Unga, RB, BYU
Coach of the Year: Troy Calhoun, Air Force

2007 Mountain West Conference Postseason Football Honors
Position	Player	Class	School
FIRST TEAM - OFFENSE
QB	Max Hall	So.	BYU
WR	Travis Brown*	Sr.	New Mexico
WR	Marcus Smith	Sr.	New Mexico
RB	Chad Hall	Sr.	Air Force
RB	Rodney Ferguson*	Jr.	New Mexico
TE	Dennis Pitta	So.	BYU
OL	Blaine Guenther	Sr.	Air Force
OL	Ray Feinga	Jr.	BYU
OL	Dallas Reynolds	Jr.	BYU
OL	Devin Clark	Sr.	New Mexico
OL	Vince Natali	Sr.	New Mexico
PK	John Sullivan	Sr.	New Mexico
PR/KR	Brian Bonner*	Sr.	TCU
FIRST TEAM - DEFENSE
DL	Jan Jorgensen	So.	BYU
DL	Tyler Donaldson	Sr.	New Mexico
DL	Chase Ortiz**	Sr.	TCU
DL	Martail Burnett	Sr.	Utah
LB	Jon Rabold	Sr.	Air Force
LB	Bryan Kehl	Sr.	BYU
LB	Beau Bell	Sr.	UNLV
DB	Carson Bird	Sr.	Air Force
DB	DeAndre Wright	Jr.	New Mexico
DB	Steve Tate	Sr.	Utah
DB	Julius Stinson	Sr.	Wyoming
P	Louie Sakoda	Jr.	Utah
--Two-Time First-Team Selection *--Three-Time First-Team Selection
SECOND TEAM - OFFENSE

QB	Kevin O'Connell	Sr.	San Diego State
WR	Austin Collie	So.	BYU
WR	Brett Swain	Sr.	San Diego State
RB	Harvey Unga	Fr.	BYU
RB	Darrell Mack	Jr.	Utah
TE	Wade Betschart	Sr.	Wyoming
OL	Nick Charles	So.	Air Force
OL	Nick Allotta	Sr.	Colorado State
OL	Blake Schlueter	Jr.	TCU
OL	Zane Beadles	So.	Utah
OL	Robert Conley	Jr.	Utah
PK	Louie Sakoda	Jr.	Utah
PR/KR	Derrek Richards	Sr.	Utah
SECOND TEAM - DEFENSE

DL	Jesse Nading	Sr.	Colorado State
DL	Michael Tuohy	Sr.	New Mexico
DL	Gabe Long	Sr.	Utah
DL	John Fletcher	So.	Wyoming
LB	Drew Fowler	Sr.	Air Force
LB	Kelly Poppinga	Sr.	BYU
LB	Jason Phillips	Jr.	TCU
DB	Stephen Hodge	Jr.	TCU
DB	David Roach	Sr.	TCU
DB	Mil'Von James	Sr.	UNLV
DB	Brice McCain	Jr.	Utah
P	Michael Hughes	Sr.	San Diego State
HONORABLE MENTION
Air Force: Shaun Carney, Sr., QB; Travis Dekker, Jr., TE; Ryan Kemp, Jr., DL; Chris Thomas, So., DB. BYU: Austin Collie, So., KR; Quinn Gooch, Sr., DB. Colorado State: Jeff Horinek, Jr., LB; Gartrell Johnson, Jr., RB; Jimmie Kaylor, Sr., P; Damon Morton, Sr., WR; Eric Sandie, Sr., DL; LB; Darryl Williams, Sr., DB. New Mexico: Glover Quin, Jr., DB; Jordan Scott, Sr., P; O.J. Swift, Sr., DB. San Diego State: Russell Allen, Jr., LB; Ray Bass, Sr., DB; Mike Kravtez, Sr., OL; Nick Osborn, Sr., DL; Will Robinson, Sr., OL. TCU: Robert Henson, Jr., LB; Chris Manfredini, Sr., PK; Marshall Newhouse, So., OL; Rafael Priest, So., DB; Derek Wash, Sr., P. UNLV: Matt Murphy, Fr., OL; Frank Summers, Jr., RB; Ryan Wolfe, So., WR. Utah: Robert Johnson, So., DB; Paul Kruger, Fr., DL; Derrek Richards, Sr., WR; Stevenson Sylvester, So., LB. Wyoming: Ward Dobbs, Jr., LB; Kyle Howard, Jr., OL; Mitch Unrein, So., DL; Billy Vinnedge, Sr., P.

The few surprises I see are that 6 New Mexico players make the first team offense, and that BYU's Harvey Unga did not make first team over Rodney Ferguson who is a good player but Unga in my opinion was a more versatile back. Oh and my only other complaint is that The Mtn. which decided to have its own show for presenting the awards (which I like) but showing it at 2PM? That was crazy because first off all who will really see this on a Tuesday, the only reason this was done is so that talk radio can talk about the awards during the day.