Team Award Winners JAMES M. “BINGO” BROWN AWARD (MOST VALUABLE OFFENSIVE PLAYER) The James M. “Bingo” Brown Award is awarded annually to the Eastern Michigan University football player who is voted by his teammates to have been the outstanding offensive player. The award is named for one of the most beloved and well known figures in the history of the Ypsilanti campus, James M. “Bingo” Brown. He died Sept. 1, 1965, at the age of 73. Known to thousands of young men and women only as “Bingo,” he served as football coach for two years (1923 and 1924) before being appointed dean of men in 1927, a position he held for 35 years until his retirement in 1962.
Past Winners 1978 - Rollie Hansen 1979 - Tom Parm 1980 - Albert Williams 1981 - Jeff Dackin Ricky Calhoun 1982 - Chris Babini 1983 - Chris Babini 1984 - Jerry Gaydash 1985 - Dale Boone 1986 - Gary Patton 1987 - Ron Adams Gary Patton 1988 - Craig Ostrander 1989 - Tom Sullivan
1967 - Robert Edelbrock 1968 - Garry Grady 1969 - Robert Lints 1970 - Pete Kalogeras 1971 - Larry Ratcliff 1972 - Darrell Mossburg 1973 - Reggie Garrett 1974 - Mark Hilla Mike Strickland 1975 - Clarence Chapman Jeff Bixler 1976 - Mark Carter Ron Johnson 1977 - Steve Raklovits
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
- Steve Brockelbank - Kwame McKinnon - Bobby Pandelidis - Anthony Cicchelli - Stephen Whitfield - Charlie Batch - Ontario Pryor - Savon Edwards - Jermaine Sheffield - Brandon Campbell - Kenny Christian - Kevin Walter - Troy Edwards - Kevin Zureki
2004 - Matt Bohnet 2005 - Mike Romeli 2006 - Trumaine Riley 2007 - Andy Schmitt 2008 - Andy Schmitt 2009 - Andy Fretz 2010 - Alex Gillett 2011 - Andrew Sorgatz 2012 - Bronson Hill 2013 - Dustin Creel Tyreese Russell 2014 - Lincoln Hansen 2015 - Darius Jackson
JOHN E. BOROWIEC AWARD (MOST VALUABLE DEFENSIVE PLAYER) The John E. Borowiec Award was first given in 1952 when center Chris Armelagos was named MVP. The award was discontinued in 1965 but resumed again in 1976 and is now given to the defensive MVP. John Borowiec, one of Eastern Michigan’s most enthusiastic supporters, and one of the original members of the EMU Football Bust committee, died June 28, 1980.
Past Winners 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1964 1976 1977
- Chris Armelagos - Robert Boyd - Robert Middlekauff - Virgil Windom - Thomas McCormick - Kerry Keating - Alex Klukach - Albert E. Day - Leonard Natkowski - Norman Jacobs - Terrance Hurley - Ron Johnson - Tom Averett
1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
- Tom Williams - Kevin Wilkinson - Brian Cottom - David Marshall - Joe Iliano - David Marshall - Derrick Whitehead - Mike Skiver - Mike Skiver - Jim Haefner - Tom Menard - Bob Navarro - Mike Danley
1991 - Werner Blakely 1992 - Sean Shoda 1993 - Walter Campbell 1994 - Ron Rice 1995 - Reese McCaskill 1996 - Mark Langkos 1997 - Lional Dalton Terry Reed 1998 - Troy Campbell 1999 - Ashley Travis 2000 - Kenny Philpot 2001 - James Turner 2002 - David Lusky
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
- David Lusky - Kevin Harrison - Jason Jones - Kevin Howe - Eric Young - Brad Ohrman - Andre Hatchett - None chosen - Brad Ohrman - Andy Mulumba - Pat O’Connor - Pat O’Connor - Ray Tillman
TEAM MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD The 1997 season marked the first time in EMU football history that a football coaching staff gave an award to an individual player as the team’s MVP. Quarterback Charlie Batch won the inaugural award. The award will continue into the future.
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 144
- Charlie Batch - L.J. Shelton - Donald “Blake” McCall - Walter Church - Scott Russell - Kevin Walter - David Lusky
Past Winners Anthony Sherrell 2004 - Eric Deslauriers 2005 - Kevin Howe 2006 - Jason Jones 2007 - Pierre Walker 2008 - Tyler Jones 2009 - Brandon Downs
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
- Ben Thayer - The Team - Andy Mulumba - Orlando McCord - Pat O’Connor - Darius Jackson
Eastern Michigan University Football 1971 Pioneer Bowl Appearance • 1987 Mid-American Conference Champion • 1987 California Bowl Champion