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 |
|||