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2011 Mountain West Football Awards: Boise State's Kellen Moore Is Player Of The Year

The 2011 Mountain West football post season awards have been released. There was only one unanimous selection and one would think it would go to Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore, but it actually went to San Diego State running back Ronnie Hillman. So, it is somewhat odd that Hillman was a unanimous selection, yet Moore won player of the year.

San Diego State and Boise State tied for the most first team selections with seven a piece and New Mexico wide receiver Deon Long is the first freshman to earn all-conference honors since UNLV wide receiver Ryan Wolfe was a freshman back in 2006. I was somewhat surprised that Casey Pachall beat out Brett Smith for the second-team quarterback spot.

The complete awards after the jump.

2011 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST FOOTBALL FIRST-TEAM
Offense
Pos. Player Cl. School
QB Kellen Moore Sr. Boise State
WR Josh Boyce So. TCU
WR Tyler Shoemaker Sr. Boise State
RB Ronnie Hillman*# So. San Diego State
RB Doug Martin Sr. Boise State
TE Gavin Escobar So. San Diego State
OL Kyle Dooley Sr. TCU
OL Tommie Draheim Sr. San Diego State
OL Blaize Foltz Jr. TCU
OL Nate Potter# Sr. Boise State
OL A. J. Wallerstein Sr. Air Force
PK Parker Herrington Jr. Air Force
PR/KR Greg McCoy Sr. TCU
Defense
Pos. Player Cl. School
DL Nordly Capi So. Colorado State
DL Tyrone Crawford Sr. Boise State
DL Stansly Maponga So. TCU
DL Shea McClellin Sr. Boise State
LB Miles Burris* Sr. San Diego State
LB Tank Carder* Sr. TCU
LB Carmen Messina* Sr. New Mexico
DB Jon Davis Sr. Air Force
DB George Iloka Sr. Boise State
DB Leon McFadden* Jr. San Diego State
DB Larry Parker Sr. San Diego State
P Brian Stahovich* Sr. San Diego State
*--Two-Time First-Team Selection
#--Unanimous Selection
2011 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST FOOTBALL SECOND-TEAM
Offense
Pos. Player Cl. School
QB Casey Pachall So. TCU
WR Deon Long Fr. New Mexico
WR Chris McNeill Jr. Wyoming
RB Asher Clark Sr. Air Force
RB Chris Nwoke So. Colorado State
TE Crockett Gillmore So. Colorado State
OL Nick Carlson Jr. Wyoming
OL Alec Johnson Jr. San Diego State
OL Clayton Kirven Sr. Wyoming
OL Paul Madsen Sr. Colorado State
OL Weston Richburg So. Colorado State
PK Ross Evans Sr. TCU
PR/KR Deante' Purvis Sr. UNLV
Defense
Pos. Player Cl. School
DL Josh Biezuns Sr. Wyoming
DL Gabe Knapton Sr. Wyoming
DL Jerome Long Sr. San Diego State
DL Billy Winn Sr. Boise State
LB Brady Amack Sr. Air Force
LB Kenny Cain Jr. TCU
LB Brian Hendricks Sr. Wyoming
DB Tekerrein Cuba Sr. TCU
DB Tashaun Gipson Sr. Wyoming
DB Luke Ruff Jr. Wyoming
DB Anthony Wright Sr. Air Force
P Pete Kontodiakos Jr. Colorado State
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Kellen Moore, Sr., QB, Boise State
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Tank Carder, Sr., LB, TCU
SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Greg McCoy, Sr., KR, TCU
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Brett Smith, QB, Wyoming
COACH OF THE YEAR
Dave Christensen, Wyoming