Ray Guy Award

Ray Guy Award
Awarded forCollege football's top punter
CountryUnited States
Presented byGreater Augusta Sports Council
History
First award2000
Most recentEddie Czaplicki, USC
Websitehttp://www.augustasportscouncil.org/

The Ray Guy Award is presented annually to college football's most outstanding punter as adjudged by the Augusta Sports Council. The award is named after punter Ray Guy, an All-American for Southern Mississippi and an All-Pro in the National Football League for the Oakland Raiders. The Ray Guy Award winner is determined by a national selection committee of football writers, FBS college coaches, sports information directors, and past Ray Guy Award winners.[1]

Winners

Year Winner School Ref
2000 Kevin Stemke Wisconsin [2]
2001 Travis Dorsch Purdue [3]
2002 Mark Mariscal Colorado [4]
2003 B. J. Sander Ohio State [5]
2004 Daniel Sepulveda Baylor [6]
2005 Ryan Plackemeier Wake Forest [7]
2006 Daniel Sepulveda (2) Baylor [8]
2007 Durant Brooks Georgia Tech [9]
2008 Matt Fodge Oklahoma State [10]
2009 Drew Butler Georgia [11]
2010 Chas Henry Florida [12]
2011 Ryan Allen (2) Louisiana Tech [13]
2012 [14]
2013 Tom Hornsey Memphis [15]
2014 Tom Hackett (2) Utah [16]
2015 [17]
2016 Mitch Wishnowsky [18]
2017 Michael Dickson Texas [19]
2018 Braden Mann Texas A&M [20]
2019 Max Duffy Kentucky [21]
2020 Pressley Harvin III Georgia Tech [22]
2021 Matt Araiza San Diego State [23]
2022 Adam Korsak Rutgers [24]
2023 Tory Taylor Iowa [25]
2024 Eddie Czaplicki USC [26]

FCS Punter of the Year

FCS Punter of the Year Award was created in 2019 to honor FCS punters with leadership qualities as well as outstanding statistics.[27]

Winners[27]
Season Player School
2019 Alex Pechin Bucknell
2020 D. J. Arnson Northern Arizona
2021 Brian Buschini Montana
2022 Patrick Rohrbach Montana
2023 Aidan Laros UT Martin

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Ray Guy Award information". Ray Guy Award. Archived from the original on May 9, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
  2. ^ Mallozzi, Vincent M. (December 31, 2000). "Champions 2000; From Sydney To the Bronx, the Winners". The New York Times. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  3. ^ "Dorsch wins Ray Guy Award". The Augusta Chronicle. December 7, 2001. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  4. ^ "Colorado punter wins award". The Augusta Chronicle. December 13, 2002. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
  5. ^ "2003 Home Depot College Football Awards". ESPN.com. December 11, 2003. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  6. ^ "Sports Briefing". The New York Times. December 10, 2004. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  7. ^ Cagle, Spencer (December 8, 2005). "Plackemeier Wins Ray Guy Award". Scout.com. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  8. ^ "Sepulveda Earns Second Guy Award". baylorbears.com. Baylor Athletics. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  9. ^ "College 2007 Award Winners". Indiana Gazette. December 7, 2007. p. 18. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  10. ^ Trotter, Jake (December 11, 2008). "Oklahoma State punter Matt Fodge wins Ray Guy Award". The Oklahoman. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  11. ^ Weiszer, Mark (December 11, 2009). "Butler named nation's top punter". Athens Banner-Herald. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  12. ^ English, Antonya (December 10, 2010). "Florida Gators' Chas Henry wins Ray Guy Award". Tampa Bay Times. Archived from the original on December 13, 2010. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  13. ^ "Louisiana Tech's Ryan Allen wins Ray Guy Award". USA Today. Associated Press. December 8, 2011. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  14. ^ Gay, Chris (December 6, 2012). "Louisiana Tech punter Ryan Allen wins Ray Guy Award". The Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  15. ^ "Memphis punter Tom Hornsey wins Ray Guy Award". Boston Herald. Associated Press. December 13, 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  16. ^ Hightower, Kyle (December 11, 2014). "Utah punter Tom Hackett wins Ray Guy award". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  17. ^ "Utah punter Tom Hackett wins second consecutive Ray Guy Award". Fox News. December 10, 2015. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  18. ^ "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie: Utah's Wishnowsky wins Ray Guy Award". USA Today. Associated Press. December 8, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
  19. ^ "Texas P Michael Dickson wins the Ray Guy Award". Burnt Orange Nation. SB Nation. December 7, 2017. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  20. ^ "Texas A&M's Braden Mann honored as nation's best punter, wins Ray Guy Award". Dallas Morning News. December 6, 2018. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  21. ^ Franklin, Drew (December 12, 2019). "Max Duffy wins Ray Guy Award for NCAA's best punter". Kentucky Sports Radio. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  22. ^ Bonagura, Kyle (January 8, 2021). "Bama players take home several major awards". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  23. ^ Kenney, Kirk (December 9, 2021). "Aztecs' Matt Araiza wins Ray Guy Award as nation's top punter". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  24. ^ Iseman, Chris (December 2, 2022). "Rutgers' Adam Korsak named Ray Guy Award winner as college football's top punter". Ashbury Park Press. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  25. ^ Illustrated, Sports (December 8, 2023). "Tory Taylor Wins Ray Guy Award". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  26. ^ On Sports, Last Word (December 12, 2024). "USC's Eddie Czaplicki Wins 2024 Ray Guy Award". Last Word On Sports. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
  27. ^ a b "The FCS Punter of the Year". rayguyaward.com. Retrieved August 1, 2024.

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