FWAA 2002 Season News

Ohio State coach Jim Tressel was named the 2002 FWAA/Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year on Thursday night during a banquet at Phoenician Resort.

University of Toledo football coach Tom Amstutz figured he needed only one story to explain why William Bratton was presented with the Football Writers Association of America Courage Award on Friday.

Ohio State tailback Maurice Clarett highlights the 2002 Scripps/FWAA Freshman All-America Team.

Dan Foster, long-time South Carolina sports writer and editor, has won the 2003 Bert McGrane Award.

Jacqueline O'Toole, a senior at Gaithersburg High School in Gaithersburg, Md., has been named the sixth winner of the Volney Meece Scholarship.

Miami's Larry Coker, Iowa's Kirk Ferentz, Ohio State's Jim Tressel and Notre Dame's Tyrone Willingham have been named finalists for the 2002 FWAA/Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award.

Washington State defensive tackle Rien Long was named the winner of the 2002 Outland Trophy during the ESPN College Football Awards Show on Thursday night.

Arizona State's Terrell Suggs won the 2002 Bronko Nagurski Trophy, which is awarded to college football's best defensive player by the Football Writers Association of America and the Charlotte Touchdown Club.

Big Ten co-champions Ohio State and Iowa dominated the Football Writers Association All-America team announced on Monday. Those two teams each placed three players on the 25-man squad, which is selected by a nationwide panel of FWAA writers.

Utah's Jordan Gross, Washington State's Rien Long, and Miami's Brett Romberg have been named finalists for the 2002 Outland Trophy, the third oldest award in college football.

Miami continued its run at the top of the FWAA/Grantland Rice Super 16 Poll, earning each of the 16 first-place votes for the third straight week since recapturing the top spot. Ohio State, which has finished its season at 13-0, is ranked second and has again captured every second place vote. The unanimous choice of Miami and Ohio State as the top two teams in the poll also continues for a third straight week.

Five finalists for the 2002 Bronko Nagurski Trophy, which is awarded to the best defensive player in college football by the Football Writers Association of America and the Charlotte Touchdown Club, were announced on Tuesday.

The California Golden Bears upset Michigan State in East Lansing, 46-22, to earn the Football Writers Association of America's "Team of the Week" for games of the weekend of Sept. 14.

The Miami Hurricanes handed Florida its worst home loss in 23 years, 41-16, and were named the Football Writers Association of America's "Team of the Week" for games of the weekend of Sept. 7.

Miami junior safety Maurice Sikes is the season's first recipient of the Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week Award for his performance in the Hurricanes' decisive 41-16 victory over Florida this past Saturday in Gainesville.

By virtue of their 23-16 win over East Carolina, the Duke Blue Devils have been named as the Football Writers Association of America's "Team of the Week" for games of the weekend of Aug. 31.

The following players are considered the top candidates for the 2002 Outland Trophy, which is presented by the Football Writers Association of America to the top interior lineman in college football each season.

The Charlotte Touchdown Club and the Football Writers Association of America have announced the 2002 watch list of candidates for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, awarded annually to the nation’s top defensive college player.

Legendary sportswriter Orville Henry died Saturday night at his home in Malvern, Ark., of pancreatic cancer. Mr. Henry was the sports editor for the Arkansas Gazette for 46 years and later was a columnist for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and the Stephens Media Group (including The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas).

Kelly Whiteside of USA Today became the 49th president of the Football Writers Association of America during the association's annual meeting on Thursday morning at the Century Plaza Hotel.