As expected TCU lead the way with all-conference selections, but they ran away with 15 first and second team selections which more then doubles second place BYU with seven spots. The Horned Frogs also took home three of four player of the year awards, and coach of the year -- the one loss was freshman of the year which went to Wyoming's QB Austyn Carta-Samuels.
Some irony in the list is that New Mexico had the first team punter; he did have the most chances to impress. A choice that was not expected when the season started was Utah RB Eddie Wide who ran for over 1,000 yards but was to be the back up before Matt Asiata tore his ACL in the Louisville game.
The offensive player of the year award went to TCU's QB Andy Dalton while the defensive award went to TCU's DE Jerry Hughes. The rest of the awards are after the jump.
| 2009 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST FOOTBALL FIRST-TEAM | |||
| Offense | |||
| Pos. | Player | Cl. | School |
| QB | Andy Dalton | Jr. | TCU |
| WR | David Reed | Sr. | Utah |
| WR | Ryan Wolfe** | Sr. | UNLV |
| RB | Harvey Unga | Jr. | BYU |
| RB | Eddie Wide | Jr. | Utah |
| TE | Dennis Pitta**# | Sr. | BYU |
| OL | Matt Reynolds | So. | BYU |
| OL | Erik Cook | Sr. | New Mexico |
| OL | Marshall Newhouse | Sr. | TCU |
| OL | Marcus Cannon | Jr. | TCU |
| OL | Zane Beadles* | Sr. | Utah |
| PK | Ross Evans | So. | TCU |
| PR/KR | Jeremy Kerley*# | Jr. | TCU |
| Defense | |||
| Pos. | Player | Cl. | School |
| DL | Jan Jorgensen** | Sr. | BYU |
| DL | Jerry Hughes*# | Sr. | TCU |
| DL | Koa Misi | Sr. | Utah |
| DL | John Fletcher | Sr. | Wyoming |
| LB | Carmen Messina | So. | New Mexico |
| LB | Daryl Washington | Sr. | TCU |
| LB | Stevenson Sylvester | Sr. | Utah |
| DB | Reggie Rembert | Jr. | Air Force |
| DB | Rafael Priest | Sr. | TCU |
| DB | Nick Sanders | Sr. | TCU |
| DB | Robert Johnson | Sr. | Utah |
| P | Adam Miller | Sr. | New Mexico |
*--Two-Time First-Team Selection **--Three-Time First-Team Selection #--Unanimous Selection |
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| 2009 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST FOOTBALL SECOND-TEAM | |||
| Offense | |||
| Pos. | Player | Cl. | School |
| QB | Max Hall | Sr. | BYU |
| WR | Vincent Brown | Jr. | San Diego State |
| WR | DeMarco Sampson | Sr. | San Diego State |
| RB | Joseph Turner | Sr. | TCU |
| RB | Jared Tew | Jr. | Air Force |
| TE | Andrew George | Sr. | BYU |
| OL | Nick Charles | Sr. | Air Force |
| OL | Peter Lusk | Sr. | Air Force |
| OL | Caleb Schlauderaff | Jr. | Utah |
| OL | Jake Kirkpatrick | Jr. | TCU |
| OL | Zane Taylor | Jr. | Utah |
| PK | Erik Soderberg | So. | Air Force |
| PR/KR | Dion Morton | Sr. | Colorado State
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| Defense | |||
| Pos. | Player | Cl. | School |
| DL | Wayne Daniels | Jr. | TCU |
| DL | Ben Garland | Sr. | Air Force |
| DL | Johnathan Rainey | So. | New Mexico |
| DL | Cory Grant | Jr. | TCU |
| LB | Tank Carder | So. | TCU |
| LB | Mychal Sisson | So. | Colorado State |
| LB | Brian Hendricks | So. | Wyoming |
| DB | Andrew Rich | Jr. | BYU |
| DB | Anthony Wright | So. | Air Force |
| DB | Tejay Johnson | Jr. | TCU |
| DB | Chris Prosinski | Jr. | Wyoming |
| P | Brian Stahovich | So. | San Diego State
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| OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Andy Dalton, Jr., QB, TCU |
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| DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Jerry Hughes, Sr., DE, TCU |
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| SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR Jeremy Kerley, Jr., KR, TCU |
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| FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Austyn Carta-Samuels, QB, Wyoming |
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| COACH OF THE YEAR Gary Patterson, TCU |
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| 2009 HONORABLE MENTION | |
| Air Force: | John Falgout, Sr., LB; Brandon Geyer, Sr., P; Ryan Gonzales, Sr., OL; Chris Thomas, Sr., DB. |
| BYU: | Coleby Clawson, Sr., LB; Brett Denney, Sr., DL; Scott Johnson, Sr., DB; Brian Logan, Jr., DB; Riley Stephenson, Fr., P; R.J. Willing, Sr., OL. |
| Colorado State: | Adrian Martinez, Sr., OL; Nick Oppenneer, Sr., DB; Cole Pemberton, Sr., OL; Shelley Smith, Sr., OL; Tim Walter, Sr., OL. |
| New Mexico: | Kendall Briscoe, Sr., DL. |
| San Diego State: | Davion Mauldin, Sr., KR; Jerry Milling, Sr., LB. |
| TCU: | Evan Frosch, Jr., TE; Antoine Hicks, So., WR; Jeremy Kerley, Jr., WR; Ed Wesley, Fr., RB; Jimmy Young, Jr., WR. |
| UNLV: | Jason Beauchamp, Sr., LB; Joe Hawley, Sr., OL; Matt Murphy, Jr., OL. |
| Utah: | Joe Phillips, Jr., K; Sean Sellwood, Fr., P; Sealver Siliga, So., DL; Mike Wright, Sr., LB. |
| Wyoming: | David Leonard, Jr., WR; Austin McCoy, So., P; Mitch Unrein, Sr., DL. |