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Ray Guy Award

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]

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

Winners

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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]

FCS Punter of the Year

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FCS Punter of the Year Award was created in 2019 to honor FCS punters with leadership qualities as well as outstanding statistics.[26]

Winners[26]
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

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  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. ^ a b "The FCS Punter of the Year". rayguyaward.com. Retrieved August 1, 2024.

General references

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