Lulay Candidate for Draddy Trophy

GOKATS · Post by **GOKATS** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 10:29 am

From MSU.

Montana State quarterback Travis Lulay earned consideration as a
semifinalist for the National Football Foundation's 2005 Draddy Trophy,
considered college football's academic equivalent to the Heisman Trophy,
Tuesday. The NFF presents the award to the top college football player
in each division.
Lulay, an All-Big Sky and Honorable Mention All-America
quarterback last year, is among the top 20 Division I-AA players
all-time in total offense and passing yards. The award, named for former
NFF Chairman and Manhattan College quarterback Vince DePaul Draddy,
carries a $25,000 post-graduate scholarship and a trophy, and is
presented on the basis of leadership, citizenship and academic
achievement.
The NFF pares the list of 184 semifinalists, including 44 from
Division I-AA, to 15 finalists on October 27. Each finalist earns an
$18,000 post-graduate scholarship.

DIVISION I-A

Anderson, David; Colorado State
Avant, Jason; Michigan
Basanez, Brett; Northwestern
Bassler, Blade; Houston
Bazaldua, Nick; North Texas
Betts, Josh; Miami (Ohio)
Bienemann, Troy; Washington State
Bracken, Richard; Arkansas
Brooks, Darrell; Arizona
Castillo, David; Florida State
Clary, Jeromy; Kansas State
Culver, Lanell; Fresno State
Dawson, Trinity; Toledo
Day, Timothy; Oregon
Degory, Mike; Florida
Dewan, Brendan; Duke
Eslinger, Greg; Minnesota
Foltz, Ryan; California
Fredrick, Nate; Utah State
Gostkowski, Stephen; Memphis
Green, John; U.S. Naval Academy
Gross, John; Temple
Haas, Robert; Western Michigan
Hoyte, Brandon; Notre Dame
Huffman, Atonino; Kentucky
Hughes, Connor; Virginia
Jennings, Kelly; Miami (FL)
Johnson, Darcy; Central Florida
Johnson, Luke; Southern Mississippi
Justice, Doug; North Carolina
Kane, Kevin; Kansas
King, Jeffrey; Virginia Tech
Kirkwood, Gregory; U.S. Air Force Academy
Lorello, Mike; West Virginia
Love, Grayling; Arizona State
Lumpkin, William; Indiana
Miller, Matthew; Ohio
Mills, Michael; Tulsa
Mullins, James; Marshall
Neill, Ryan; Rutgers
Niswanger, Rudy; Louisiana State
Obomanu, Benjamin; Auburn
Pace, Andrew; Vanderbilt
Person, Francis; South Carolina
Reis, Christopher; Georgia Tech
Robinson, Michael; Pennsylvania State
Ryans, DeMeco; Alabama
Sanders, Aaron; Buffalo
Scandrett, Devarick; Middle Tennessee St.
Schnittker, Brandon; Ohio State
Sessler, Jon; Kent State
Shimmelman, Kevin; Stanford
Shockley, D.J.; Georgia
Smith, Bradley; Missouri
Swiger, Jason; Akron
Thaler, Mike; Bowling Green State
Thomas, John; Texas
Toone, Spencer; Utah
Torp, John; Colorado
Traina, Matthew; Tulane
Turner, Matthew; Purdue
Wenger, Edward; Florida International
White, Spencer; Brigham Young

DIVISION I-AA

Bennett, Maurice; Lafayette College
Bretsch, Philip; San Diego
Chromiak, Peter; Columbia
Curiel, Thomas; Cal Poly
Cwik, Joseph; Eastern Washington
Davis, Stafford; Illinois State
Degraffenreid, Adam; Charleston Southern
Dooley, Joshua; Dartmouth
Doughty, Reed; Northern Colorado
Farrel, Brook; Liberty
Forrest, Jason; Robert Morris
Golightly, Gerell; Hampton
Grande, Matthew; Marist College
Haley, Cole; Hofstra
Handlon, Matthew; Yale
Hartigan, Nick; Brown
Hoelscher, Matt; Stephen F. Austin State
Horvath, Ryan; Drake
Jetton, Mark; Elon
Johnson, Henry; Nicholls State
Johnson, Will; Harvard
Jones, Chris; McNeese State
Kehayas, Terence; Iona College
Kesic, Miro; Northeastern
Klein, Mitch; South Dakota State
Lulay, Travis; Montana State
MacIntyre, Shane; Montana
Magerko, Matthew; James Madison
McMahon, David; Butler
Mefford, Paul; Northwestern State
Moshier, Randall; Texas State
Parham, Charles; Alabama State
Parks, Thomas; Delaware
Pietzak, Eugene; Stony Brook
Pricolo, Edward; Sacret Heart
Richardson, Jordan; Austin Peay State
Rosser, Bryson; Tennessee State
Schabilion, John; Northern Iowa
Singleton, Jeff; Northern Arizona
Smith, Brandon; Sacramento State
Smith, Joshua; Wofford College
Smith, Steven; Southern Utah
Sniewski, Luke; Idaho State
Zimmerman, Kole; North Dakota State

DIVISION II

Callins, James; East Central
Cangelosi, Cory; Central Arkansas
Cooley, Brandon; Minnesota-Duluth
Dunn, Jermaine; Virginia Union
Fragale, Seth; Edinboro
Frisbee, Raymond; Ashland
Grace, Darryl; Central Missouri State
Koch, Jason; St. Cloud State
Koester, Brandon; Tiffin
Kratt, Roy; Winona State
Lamberson, Josh; Northwest Missouri St.
Lawrence, Charlie; Fayetteville State
Looney, Joshua; Washburn
Marr, James; Texas A&M - Kingsville
McCoy, Patrick; West Texas A&M
Neville, Jeremy; Pittsburgh State
Price, Lloyd; California University of PA
Spankuch, Andrew; Southeastern Okla. State
Vaughn, Timothy; Kentucky State
Woodhead, Benjamin; Chadron State College

DIVISION III
Carlson, Andy; Puget Sound
Cathcart, Peter; St. Olaf College
Cochran, Grant; Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.
Collings, Cameronl; Whitworth College
Connor, David; Thomas More College
Coughlin, Timothy; Trinity College
Darlage, Clayton; Franklin College
Day, Andrew; Wheaton College (IL)
Donaldson, Dwight; Linfield College
Edwards, Chris; Washington & Jefferson
Ellington, Matthew; Austin College
George, Joe; Baldwin-Wallace College
Good-Malloy, Nicholas; Salisbury
Hadbavny, Adam; Westminster College (PA)
Hammack, Andrew; Kenyon College
Hamoy, Dustin; Ferrum College
Hare, Benjamin; North Central College
Hawn, Matt; Saint John's (MN)
Kashnig, Casey; Earlham College
Kessler, Benjamin; St. Thomas
Knoblauch, Adam; Delaware Valley College
Kuzniar, Aaron; Augustana College (IL)
Lentz, Christopher; Frostburg State
Leszczynski, Jim; Wisconsin-Whitewater
Loiseau, Michael; Rowan
Magoon, Patrick; Tufts
Maimone, Santo; Case Western Reserve
Manning, Thomas; Mount Union College
Mikolaichik, Mike; Buffalo State College
Parnell, Andrew; Bethel College (MN)
Phillips, Douglas; John Carroll
Rhone, Thomas; Randolph-Macon College
Sanders, James; Johns Hopkins
Satterfield, Darrell; Thiel College
Schlack, Douglas; Widener
Sleight, Travis; Olivet College
Swartzentruber, Michael; Centre College
Tamillow, Robert; Chicago
Tanney, Mitch; Monmouth College (IL)
Toboy, Nicholas; Kalamazoo College
Venturino, Gerald; Moravian College
Wiethoff, Ross; DePauw
Ziegler, Justin; Ursinus College

NAIA
Emmert, Tyler; Carroll College (MT)
Hemje, Mark; Hastings College
Jones, Bred; William Jewell College
Keller, Scott; Nebraska Wesleyan
Labus, Garrett; Friends
Rohrbough, Christopher; Georgetown College (KY)
Scalmato, Vincent; Urbana
Scheel, Evan; Malone College
Schmidly, James; Evangel
Smail, Justin; Ottawa
Stroud, Ryan; Mid-American Nazarene
Synowicki, John; Dana College
Van Kley, Kurtis; Northwestern College (IA)
Walsh, Brian; Jamestown College

Launched in 1959, the NFF scholar-athlete program became the first
initiative in history to credit a player for both academic and athletic
accomplishments. The Draddy, first awarded in 1990, adds to the
program's
mystique. Past Draddy winners, including two Rhodes Scholars, a Rhodes
Scholar finalist, a Heisman winner and a 3.7 average GPA, are: Chris
Howard
(Air Force, 1990); John B. Culpepper (Florida, 1991); Jim Hansen
(Colorado,
1992); Thomas Burns (Virginia, 1993); Robert Zatechka (Nebraska, 1994);
Bobby Hoying (Ohio State, 1995); Danny Wuerffel (Florida, 1996); Peyton
Manning (Tennessee, 1997); Matt Stinchcomb (Georgia, 1998); Chad
Pennington
(Marshall, 1999); Kyle Vanden Bosch (Nebraska, 2000); Joaquin Gonzalez
(Miami, 2001); Brandon Roberts (Washington University-Mo., 2002); Craig
Krenzel (Ohio State, 2003); and Michael Munoz (Tennessee, 2004).

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El_Gato · Post by **El_Gato** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 10:35 am

Congrats to Travis & Shane MacIntyre of the Griz. I don't know what their post-graduate plans are, but I'm sure the $18,000 available for making the finals is a nice incentive.

Just curious, do you suppose the winner of this award has ever uttered the phrase "Who's your Draddy?"

Platinumcat · Post by **Platinumcat** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 10:48 am

I would love to see our society take a closer look at the people who are nominated for this award.

These are the kind of quality humans that I look for to have my children look up to.

Thank you Travis, Shane, et al for your contributions on and off the field.

suckitgriz · Post by **suckitgriz** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 11:06 am

Tyler Emmert was on that list too- Congrats Tyler!

torrybruce · Post by **torrybruce** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 11:21 am

what a great honor for Travis...I also saw Joey Cwik from EWU on there and that makes me happy. I was Joey's RA his freshman year at EWU. Those are both two classy guys and by looking at the previous winners they are in an elite group...hopefully someone from this side of the Mississippi can win it this year and maybe it will be someone from the greatest football conference (with the exception of the officials), the BSC.

grizband · Post by **grizband** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 11:25 am

Im not sure if it was the same award, but Vince Huntsberger won an award of this nature his senior year. He won something like $20-40,000 for graduate work (he wanted to go into medicine I think). It truly is an honor for the Big Sky conference to be recognized in this manor, and not just for the football that we play.