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O’Brien Award Penn State quarterback Kerry Collins was presented the 1994 Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award, which includes a scholarship to the recipient’s school. Todd Blackledge was the Nittany Lions’ first recipient of the award in 1982. The award was established in memory of the late Davey O’Brien, who quarterbacked Texas Christian to the 1938 National Championship and was the winner of the Heisman, Walter Camp and Maxwell trophies. Sponsored by the Davey O’Brien Educational and Charitable Trust and the Fort Worth Club, the award is presented for competitive sportsmanship, academic standing and scholarship, leadership qualities and the ability to inspire others, dedication to team success, and quarterback skills and achievements. 1982 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Todd Blackledge 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kerry Collins
Outland Trophy Mike Reid was awarded the Outland Trophy in 1969. Presented annually by the Football Writers Association of America since 1946, the award honors “the outstanding interior lineman” in the nation. Reid, who was inducted into the National Football Foundation College Football Hall of Fame in 1987, was an All-Pro performer for the Cincinnati Bengals. Rimington Trophy Penn State All-America senior A.Q. Shipley won the 2008 Rimington Trophy, given annually to the nation’s most outstanding center in college football. The award was first presented in 2000 and is sponsored by the Boomer Esiason Foundation. Doak Walker Award Tailback Larry Johnson was the recipient of the 2002 Doak Walker Award, presented to the nation’s most outstanding running back. The award has been presented annually since 1990. Penn State’s Ki-Jana Carter (1994) and Curtis Enis (1997) were finalists for the
honor, with Johnson the first Nittany Lion to receive the prestigious accolade. The award is sponsored by the SMU Athletic Forum and is named in honor of Doak Walker, the 1948 Heisman Trophy winner and a three-time All-American at SMU. The first junior to win the Heisman, Walker is a member of the College and Pro Football Halls of Fame. Candidates for the award must be in good academic standing and on schedule to graduate, and have demonstrated leadership, good citizenship and exhibit the characteristics of sportsmanship and fair play associated with Doak Walker. John Bruno Jr. Memorial Award The John Bruno Jr. Memorial Award is presented to the outstanding member of the special teams. The award honors former Nittany Lion John Bruno Jr., who died of cancer in 1992. Bruno was the squad’s punter from 1984-86 and his 41.7-yard career average was then the third-highest in school history. His 42.9 average in 1985 was third-highest in a season and included a career-best 71yard effort against Boston College. 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Cisar 1993 . . . . . Shelly Hammonds, V.J. Muscillo 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marlon Forbes 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian King 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brett Conway 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ahmad Collins 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt Joyner 1999 . . . . . . . . . Travis Forney, Pat Pidgeon 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brandon Steele 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bruce Branch 2002 . . . . . . . Bryant Johnson, David Royer 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Kimball 2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Derek Wake 2005 . . . . . . . . . Ethan Kilmer, Calvin Lowry 2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeremy Kapinos 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Weber 2008. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Kelly 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeremy Boone
Mitinger Award The Robert B. Mitinger Jr. Award is presented to a squad member who exhibits courage, character and social responsibility. The award honors Robert Mitinger Jr., a former Nittany Lion AllAmerican end and State College community leader. 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Taliaferro 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tamba Hali 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Price 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rodney Kinlaw 2008 . . . . . . . Deon Butler, Jordan Norwood 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerome Hayes
SUCCESS WITH HONOR
AWARDS/HONORS Outstanding Senior Player
Jim O’Hora Award
The Outstanding Senior Player Award is presented by the State College Quarterback Club to honor Penn State’s top senior player. The honor previously was known as the Hall Foundation Athletic Award.
The Jim O’Hora Award is presented to a defensive player for “exemplary conduct, loyalty, interest, attitude and improvement” during spring practice. The award honors Penn State assistant head coach Jim O’Hora, a 31-year member of the coaching staff.
1978 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chuck Fusina 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt Suhey 1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Booker Moore 1981 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sean Farrell 1982 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Curt Warner 1983 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kenny Jackson 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nick Haden 1985. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Zordich 1986 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shane Conlan 1987 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt Knizner 1988. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steve Wisniewski 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blair Thomas 1990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leroy Thompson 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tony Sacca 1992. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O.J. McDuffie 1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lou Benfatti 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kerry Collins 1995. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bobby Engram 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brandon Noble 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike McQueary 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brad Scioli 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Courtney Brown 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Justin Kurpeikis 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Gilmore 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Larry Johnson 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sean McHugh 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zack Mills 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Robinson 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Posluszny 2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dan Connor 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Derrick Williams 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daryll Clark
Maginnis Award The Richard Maginnis Memorial Award is presented to the outstanding offensive lineman who exemplifies the spirit, dedication and commitment which Maginnis displayed as a member of the 1980-83 Nittany Lion teams. The award was established by the members of the 1982 National Championship team in memory of Maginnis. 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tim Freeman 1990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pat Duffy 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Siever 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greg Huntington 1993 . . . . . . . Mike Malinoski, Derick Pickett 1994. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bucky Greeley 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Hartings 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Tielsch 1997 . . . . . . . . Kevin Conlin, Phil Ostrowski 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Floyd Wedderburn 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Blick 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kareem McKenzie 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greg Ransom 2002. . . . . . . . . . . . Gus Felder, Tyler Lenda 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dave Costlow 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Davis 2005. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lance Antolick 2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Levi Brown 2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Shaw 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.Q. Shipley 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dennis Landolt
94 FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS 46 ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS 36 NFL FIRST ROUND SELECTIONS 22 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joe Lally 1978 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karl McCoy 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gene Gladys 1980. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grover Edwards 1981. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walker Lee Ashley 1982. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Luton 1983 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brad Saar 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bob White 1985 . . . . . . . . . Chris Collins, Tim Johnson 1986 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Beckish 1987. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quintus McDonald 1988. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andre Collins 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jorge Oquendo 1990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Keith Goganious 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Flythe 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vin Stewart 1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tony Pittman 1994. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Mazyck 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shino Prater 1996 . . . . . . . . Matt Fornadel, Chris Snyder 1997. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Buzin 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jason Wallace 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Askari Adams 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bruce Branch 2001. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Haynes 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony Adams 2003 . . . . . . . . . Andrew Guman, Matt Rice 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tim Shaw 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jay Alford 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dontey Brown 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lydell Sargeant 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abe Koroma 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Mauti 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bani Gbadyu
Frank Patrick Memorial Award The Frank Patrick Total Commitment Award is presented to the junior who consistently displays a total commitment to academic pursuits, off-season preparation, in-season commitment and community service. The award honors Frank Patrick, a member of the coaching staff from 1949-73. He was instrumental in the academic advising of players and remained in an advisory capacity with the program after his retirement in 1973. 1995. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Davis, Carl Gray, Jeff Hartings, Andre Johnson 1996. . Jason Henderson, Wally Richardson 1997 . . . . Mike McQueary, Bob Stephenson 1998 . . . . . . . Maurice Daniels, Chad Kroell, Jon Sandusky 1999. . . . Courtney Brown, Justin Kurpeikis, Brandon Steele, Andrew Stewart 2000 . Joe Hartings, Bob Jones, Josh Mitchell 2001. . . . . . . . Shamar Finney, Matt Schmitt 2002 . . . . . . Dave Costlow, Damone Jones, Mike Lukac, Bryan Scott, Scott Shirley 2003. . . . . . . . . . . Robbie Gould, Zack Mills 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Senk 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tim Shaw 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Weber 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ross Muir 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . Jeremy Boone, Josh Hull 2009. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brett Brackett 2010 . . . Chris Colasanti, Andrew Szczerba
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