MONTANA AWARDS
STEVE CARLSON (MVP)
The Steve Carlson award is given to the team’s most valuable player in memory of the former Grizzly football player who died in 1977. 1977........................................... Ron Lebsock 1978................................................. Tim Kerr 1979................................................. Jim Hard 1980.......................................... Kent Clausen 1981.......................................... Rocky Klever 1982....... Greg Iseman, Marty Mornhinweg 1983......................................... Brian Salonen 1984............................... Marty Mornhinweg 1985................................................Mike Rice 1986............................................. Brent Pease 1986................................................Mike Rice 1987........................... Pat Foster, Bill Venard 1988..............................................Tim Hauck 1989..............................................Tim Hauck 1990.......... Grady Bennett, Mike McGowan 1991....................... Brad Lebo, Marvin Turk 1992.............................................Sean Dorris Brad Lebo 1993..................................... Dave Dickenson 1994............ Shalon Baker, Dave Dickenson Scott Gurnsey 1995..................................... Dave Dickenson 1996........................................... Brian Ah Yat 1996.................... Jason Crebo, Joe Douglass 1997.................... Brian Ah Yat, Josh Branen Jason Crebo 1998........................................... Brian Ah Yat 1999............................................ Drew Miller 2000..................... Jimmy Farris, Andy Petek 2001.................................Vince Huntsberger 2002..............................................Trey Young 2003...................................Dylan McFarland 2004..............................................Craig Ochs 2005.............................................Lex Hilliard 2006......................................... Mike Murphy 2007................Kroy Biermann, Lex Hilliard 2008........................................Colt Anderson 2009............ Marc Mariani, Chase Reynolds 2010.......Chase Reynolds, Brody McKnight 2011........ Caleb McSurdy, Brody McKnight 2012.......................................... Peter Nguyen 2013............... Brock Coyle, Jordan Johnson 2014..... Jordan Johnson, Zack Wagenmann 2015...............Tyrone Holmes, Jamaal Jones 2016.................. Josh Buss, Brady Gustafson
TONY BARBOUR
The Tony Barbour award is given in memory of a loyal Grizzly fan. It is presented annually to a UM player, “who best exemplifies outstanding practice habits and makes an unselfish contribution to the betterment of the Grizzly football team.” 1987............................................Nate Odden
TONY BARBOUR AWARD (CONTINUED) 1988.......................................... Clay Clausen 1989........................................Grady Bennett 1990................Kevin Morris, Galen Lawton 1991................. Greg Ferguson, Kyle Mirich 1991...........................................Scott McCoy 1992........Quentin Burns, Marc Monestime 1993................ Keith Burke, Bert Wilberger 1994........Mike Goicoechea, Kelly Stensrud 1995............... Marty Duffin, Kelly Stensrud 1996.............. Brian Toone, Josh Paffhausen 1997........................................Darren Rowell 1997..................Jake Dennehy, Eric Buehler 1998...................Dallas Neil, Jamie Robbins 1999..............................................Dallas Neil 2000......................................... Matt Thuesen 2001...........................................Dan Orizotti 2002........................................ Brandon Neill 2003....................................... Chris Connors 2004............................................ Colt Palmer 2005....................................Shane MacIntyre 2006.................... Colt Anderson, Kyle Ryan 2007.................. Brandon Dwyer, Kyle Ryan 2008.......Colt Anderson, Shann Schillinger 2009.................................. Shann Schillinger 2010.................................................Erik Stoll 2011...........................................Sam Gratton 2012...........................................Jordan Tripp 2013...................................... Tyrone Holmes 2014................................... Matt Hermanson 2015.............................................Nate Harris 2016......................................... Chad Chalich
LARRY MILLER
The Larry Miller Award is given in memory of the great Grizzly lineman and wrestler who competed for UM in 1969 and 1970. Miller died in an automobile accident in 1974. The award honors the team’s outstanding defensive lineman. 1976...........................................Doug Betters 1977.............................................Steve Fisher 1978.............................................Steve Fisher 1979.............................................Sam Martin 1980...........................................Arnie Rigoni 1981................................................ Pat Curry 1982................................................... Joe Nuu 1983...............................................Cliff Lewis 1984..........................................Dave Seaman 1985................................................ Pat Foster 1986..............................Pat Foster, Jason Ray 1987................................................ Pat Foster 1987..........................................Scott Camper 1988.................J.C. Campbell, Rick Sullivan 1989..................... Dan Edwards, Joe Kalafat 1991...............Kirk Murphy, Gregg Smerker 1992........................................ Sam Davidson 1993.............................................Lance Allen 1994............................................... Jay Turner -1-
LARRY MILLER AWARD (CONTINUED) 1995.............................Yohanse Manzanarez 1996.......................Corey Falls, Randy Riley 1997.................................... Eric Manzanarez 1998............................................Eric Buehler 1999..........................................Kelley Bryant 2000............................................. Andy Petek 2001.......................................... Ciche Pitcher 2002................................................ Tim Bush 2003................................................ Tim Bush 2004......................................... Mike Murphy 2005.............................................. Alan Saenz 2006..............Dustin Dlouhy, Mike Murphy 2007.......................................Kroy Biermann 2008.................Craig Mettler, Mike Stadnyk 2009................. Austin Mullins, Jace Palmer 2010........... Severin Campbell, Tyler Hobbs Bryan Waldhauser 2011................................. Bryan Waldhauser 2012..................................Zack Wagenmann 2013..................................Zack Wagenmann 2014............................................ Tonga Takai 2015.......................................Tyrone Holmes 2016......................................... Ryan Johnson
PAT NORWOOD
Pat Norwood was a four-year starter at offensive tackle for the Griz (1979-82) from Billings who died of cancer in 1983. This award is given to the most inspirational player, who oftentimes has to overcome an injury. 1982......................................... Brian Salonen 1983.......................................Dave Dummett 1984....................................Kelly Richardson 1985......................................Tim Monterossi 1986..................... Rob Kunka, Rick Sullivan 1987....................... David Reeves, Jason Ray 1988................................................ Jason Ray 1989.......................... Don Graves, Jay Fagan 1990...............................................Matt Clark 1991....................Nels Kludt, Steve Premock Sam Davidson 1992..................................... Kelly McCallum 1993..........................................Frank Garrett 1993...............................................Matt Wells 1994................... Matt Wells, Eric Simonson 1995.................Josh Branen, Mike Kowalski 1995.......................................Scott Spraggins 1996.......................................... Mike Erhardt 1996................................................. Billy Ivey 1997................Josh Paffhausen, Joe Lehman 1998...................Raul Pacheco, Paul Jenkins 1999......................D.J. Colter, Travis Walker 2000............................................ Drew Miller 2001......John Fitzgerald, Spencer Frederick 2002..................................... Herb Fernandez 2003..................................... Levander Segars 2004..........................................Jonny Varona