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 2021 Xavier Gipson WR Stephen F. Austin 2022 Xavier Gipson (2) WR Stephen F. Austin
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 2021 Devin Hafford DB Tarleton State 2022 Kavian Gaither DB Sam Houston
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 2022 Jake Gerardi P Southern Utah
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 2022 Beau Allen QB Tarleton State
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 SuniaLB 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 2021 Kamren Washington DL Sam Houston
Coach of the Year League coaches have made selections since 1962.
Conference champion. 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 2021 K. C. Keeler Sam Houston 2022 Keith Patterson Abilene Christian
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