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Reggie Williams,2002AssociatedPress,FootballWriters,ESPN .com

ThemostprolificreceiverinWash-ingtonhistory,WilliamsinjustthreeseasonscrushedtheHuskies'career

recordsforreceptions(238)andreceivingyards(3,536) .ThosetotalswerehighlightedbyanAll-America2002season in which the Lakewood, Wash . native tallied94catchesand1,454yards,justtwoyardsshyofthePac-10single-seasonrecord .Williams'firsttwoseasonsat Washington were, statistically, the best two-yearrun of any receiver in Pac-10 history, with no otherconferencewideoutboastingmorereceptions,yardsandtouchdownsinanytwo-yearperiod .Afterreturn-ingin2003toclimbtosecondonthePac-10'scareerlistsforreceptionsandreceivingyards,WilliamswasdraftedeighthoverallbytheJacksonvilleJaguars inthe2004NFLDraft .

Larry Tripplett,2001FootballNews

Tripplett ledWashingtontoa26-10recordinthreeseasonsasastarteron the defensive line, starting 36consecutivegamesfrom1999-2001 .

HeearnedAll-Pac-10firstteamhonorsineachofhisfinaltwoseasons .HewasdominatinginWashington’sruntothe2001RoseBowlChampionship,includinganoutstandingperformanceagainstColoradothatearnedhimNationalDefensivePlayeroftheWeekhonors .Oneof12semifinalistsforthe2001RotaryLombardiAward,talliedacareer-best14tacklesforlossin2001 .HewasselectedbytheIndianapolisColtsinthesecondroundofthe2002NFLDraft .

Chad Ward,2000Associated Press, Walter CampFootballFoundation,FootballNews,TheSportingNews

Earnedfirst-teamAll-AmericahonorsafterleadingWashingtontoitsfirst

Rose Bowl title since 1992 and a postseason No . 3ranking .Oneofsixseniorsontheoffensivelinein2000,Ward earned Morris Trophy honors as the Pac-10'sbestoffensivelineman,helpingtheHuskiestorushforaPac-10best211 .7yardspergameenroutetoan11-1record .Athree-timeAll-pac-10honoree,WardstartedeverygameinhisHuskycareer,andwasdraftedinthe6throundbyJacksonville .

Husky First-Team All-Americans

Olin Kreutz,1997Associated Press, Walter CampFootballFoundation,FootballNews,TheSportingNews(ConsensusAll-American)

Afiery team leaderwhoproved tobeadominatingforceontheHuskies’offensive line .InadditiontohisAll-Americanhonors,hewasvotedthePac-10'sMorrisTrophywinnerastheleague'stopoffensivelineman .Atwo-timefirst-teamAll-Pac-10pick,KreutzhelpedtheHuskiestoleadtheleagueinsacksallowedin1997 .HedeclaredfortheNFLdraftafterhisjuniorseasonandwasselectedbytheChicagoBearsinthethirdround .

Benji Olson,1996&1997Associated Press (1996, '97), TheSportingNews(1996),FootballNews(1996) and Walter Camp FootballFoundation(1997)

Thefirsttwo-timeAll-Americanof-fensivelinemaninUWhistory .EvenmoreimpressivewasthefactOlsonwasnamedaAll-AmericanasbothasophomoreandjuniorbeforedeclaringfortheNFLdraftpriortohisseniorseason .AsasophomorehepavedthewayforrunningbackCoreyDillon,whorushedforaschoolrecord1,555yardsand22touchdowns,andprovidedprotectionforthequarterbacksastheteamallowedonly18sacks,thesecondfewestinthePac-10 .Asajuniorheralliedfromoff-seasonbacksurgerytohelptheteamleadthePac-10insacksallowedandfigure third in total offense . He was a first-team All-Pac-10selectioninboth1996and1997andwasnamedtheteam’sJohnP .AngelOffensiveLinemanoftheYear(1996) .HewasdraftedbytheTennesseeOilersinthefifthroundofthe1998NFLdraft .

Jerome Pathon,1997FootballCoaches

JeromePathonhadthemostproduc-tive season ever by a Husky widereceiverin1997 .HesetUWsingle-season records for receptions (69)

andreceivingyards(1245)tobecomethefirstHuskyreceiversinceMarioBaileyin1991toearnfirst-teamAll-America honors . Pathon's yardage total was thesecondmost-receivingyardsinaPac-10season,trailingonlyUSC'sJohnnieMorton's1,373yardsfromthe1993campaign .PathonfinishedhiscareersecondonUW'scareerreceivingyardagelist(2,063)andwasfourthincareerreceptions(125) .DraftedbytheIndianapolisColtsinthesecondroundofthe1998NFLdraft .

ReggieWilliamsisWashington’sall-timeleadingreceiverandfelljusttwoyardsshyofthePac-10markduringhisAll-Americaseasonin2002 .

OlinKreutzearnedthePac-10’sMorrisTrophyastheleague’sbestoffensivelinemanduringhisAll-Americaseasonin1997beforeturning

professionalasajunior .

BenjiOlsonisWashington’smost-recenttwo-timeAll-Americaselectionandtheschool’sfirstattheoffensivelineposition .Heturnedprofes-sionalfollowinghisstellarjuniorseasonin1997 .

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Jason Chorak,1996TheSportingNews,FootballNews

JasonChorak,adefensiveendwithCroatianheritage,hadoneofthemoststellardefensiveseasons inHuskyhistory in1996 .Hewasnamed the

Pac-10Conference’sdefensiveplayeroftheyearafterrecordingateamrecordandconference-leading14 .5sacksandateamrecord22tacklesforloss .Chorakwasathird-teamAll-AmericaselectionbytheAssociatedPress . He was named a second-team All-Americanby theFootballNews in1997 .Hefinishedhiscareerasatwo-timefirst-teamAll-Pac-10performer .Hehad59 .5tacklesforlossduringhiscareertorankNo .1onWashington'sall-timelist .His25 .5careersacksranksasthethirdbestmarkinUWhistory .

Lawyer Milloy,1995Football Writers Association ofAmerica, Football News, WalterCampAssociation,AssociatedPress,UnitedPressInternational,Newspa-per Enterprise Association, KodakCoaches,andTheSportingNews

LawyerMilloywasamulti-talentedathletewhobecamethefirstHuskydefensivebacktoleadWashingtonintacklesinback-to-backseasons,recording115inhislastyearasajunior .Hewasnamedthenation’sdefensivebackoftheyearbytheTouchdownClubofColumbusandwasoneofthreefinalistsfortheJimThorpeAwardasthenation’stopdefensiveback .Atwo-timefirst-teamAll-Pac-10freesafety,MilloywasawardedtheChuckNiemiBigHitAwardin1995 .MilloydeclaredfortheNFLdraftafterhishighlydecoratedjuniorseasonandwasselectedby the New England Patriots in the secondroundasthe36thpickoverall .

Mark Bruener,1993NewspaperEnterpriseAssociation

Asajuniorin1993,MarkBruenerledthe Husky receivers in receptions(30),yards(414),touchdowns(three),andlongcatch(66) .Hewasthefirst

tightendtoleadtheHuskiesinreceptionssinceJohnBradydiditin1972with30 .Bruenerrecordedhisonlycareer100-yardandmultipletouchdowngameinthe1993seasonopenerversusStanford,gaining101yardsand scoring two touchdowns . He was also named afirst-teamAll-Pac-10selection .Bruenereventuallywentontobecometheschool’scareerreceptionsleaderbyatightendwith90 .

Dave Hoffmann,1991&1992FootballNews,FootballWriter’sAs-sociation,andKodakCoaches

Alinebackerknownforhisintensityandferocioushitting,DaveHoffmannbecame the first Husky since Rick

Redman in 1963 and 1964 to be named a first-teamAll-American in consecutive seasons . He collectednumerousotherhonorshisseniorseasonincludingthePac-10DefensivePlayeroftheYearaward,theHuskyTyeeClubFootballAthleteoftheYearaward,theKIROPeteGrossplayeroftheyearaward,andtheGuyFlahertyMostInspirationalAward .HeledtheHuskiesintackleshisfinalthreeseasons,thefirstHuskytoaccomplishthatsinceDavidRillfrom1985to1987 .HoffmanfinishedhiscollegiatecareernumberthreeontheHuskyall-timelistfortackles-for-losswith45 .

Lincoln Kennedy,1992AssociatedPress,UnitedPressIn-ternational,KodakCoaches,FootballNews,WalterCampFootballFounda-tion,SportingNews

LincolnKennedywastheonlyunani-mousfirst-teamAll-AmericapickamongPac-10playersand the top offensive tackle in the nation his seniorseason .TheHuskyoffenseaveraged387 .6yards-per-gamelargelyduetohisblocking .Hewasalsoatwo-timefirst-team All-Pac-10 pick and Pac-10 Morris Trophywinner (top offensive lineman) . Kennedy was one offourfinalistsfortheLombardiAwardandasemifinalistfortheOutlandTrophy .HeallowedonlytwosacksinhisfouryearsatWashingtonandwastheninthplayerselectedinthe1993NFLdraftasafirst-roundpickoftheAtlantaFalcons .

Steve Emtman,1991Associated Press, United PressInternational,FootballNews,WalterCampFootballFoundation,FootballWritersAssociation,KodakCoaches,andSportingNews

SteveEmtmanwasthemostdecorateddefensiveline-maninHuskyhistory .BesideshisAll-Americanacco-lades,EmtmangarnerednumerousotherrecognitionsinleadingUWtothe1991NationalChampionship .Hewastheanchorofadefensethatallowedonly67 .1yardspergamerushingandonly9 .2pointspergametoopponents .HeistheonlyHuskytoearntheLombardiAwardandOutlandTrophyandisthehighestHuskyfinisherfortheHeismanTrophy,placingfourth .EmtmanledtheHuskydefensivelinemenwith60tackles,includingateam-best19 .5tacklesforlosses,6 .5ofwhichwerequarterbacksacks .EmtmanskippedhisseniorseasontoentertheNFLdraftandwasthefirstoverallpickbytheIndianapolisColts,thehighestHuskydraftpickever .

MarkBruenerwasastarforaprogramthatwaslabledasthenation’sbestinproducing

tightendsbySportsIllustrated .Atwo-timeAll-America,heoncestated“Igetmoreofacharge

runningoverguysthanrunningaroundthem .”

DaveHoffmannledtheHuskiesintacklesthreestraightseasonsandwasatwo-time

All-Americaselection .HewasafinalistfortheButkusAwardandwasthePac-10defensive

playeroftheyear .

SteveEmtmanisoneofthemorerecognizablefiguresinHuskyfootballhistory .Heearned

boththeLombardiAwardandOutlandTrophybeforeturningprofollowinghisjuniorseason .

Hewasthefirstpickinthe1992NFLdraft .

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Mario Bailey,1991Associated Press, United PressInternational and Football WritersAssociation

MarioBaileywasaspeedyreceiveron the 1991 Championship team

whoholdsmostoftheHuskyreceivingrecords .HesetthePac-10andWashingtonstandard for touchdownreceptions with 17 and also boasts Husky recordsforcareerreceivingyards(2,093),careertouchdownreceptions(17),receptionsinaseason(62)andtouch-downreceptionsinagame(three) .Baileyfinishedhiscollegiatecareerwiththesecondmostreceptions(131)inWashingtonhistoryandissecondinsingle-seasonreceivingyardswith1,037 .Inthe1992RoseBowl,Baileycaughtsixpassesfor126yards,whileHeismanTrophywinnerDesmondHowardofMichiganwasheldtoonecatchfor35yards .

Greg Lewis,1990WalterCampFootballFoundationandSportingNews

GregLewis is theHuskies’highestoffensive finisher in the HeismanTrophy race, achieving a seventh-

placefinishafterastellarseniorseason .HonoredasthePac-10OffensivePlayeroftheYear,LewisalsowasnamedtheinauguralDoakWalkerAwardwinnergiventothetopjuniororseniorrunningbackinthenation .Lewis’1,279yardsand127 .9yardspergameweretheHuskies’bestsingle-seasonperformancesatthetime .He rushed for 100-plus yards in all but one game, astandardstillyettobeequaled .LewiswasnamedtheGuyFlahertyAwardwinnerbyhis teammatesas theteam’smostinspirationalplayer .

Bern Brostek,1989SportingNews

Bern Brostek was a hard-nosedcenterwhoanchoredtheoffensiveline which helped produce 364 .5yardsoftotaloffensepergame .He

wontheMorrisTrophyawardasthePac-10’soffensivelinemanoftheyearandearnedfirst-teamAll-Pac-10accolades .BrostekwasnamedtheJohnP .Angelwin-nerastheHuskies’topoffensivelinemanbyteammatesandcoaches .

Reggie Rogers,1986United Press International, WalterCamp Foundation, Scripps HowardNews,andTheSportingNews

ReggieRogerswasalsoabasketballstandout,whoanchoredadefense

whichallowedonly88 .9yardsrushingand182 .2yardspassingpergame .HewasnamedtheMorrisTrophy

winnerasthetopdefensivelinemaninthePac-10andwasafirst-teamAll-Pac-10pick .Rogersrecordedateamhigh13tacklesforlossesof81yards .HeamassedteamawardsastheKIROPlayeroftheYear,theL .WaitRisingLinemanoftheYearandtheJohnP .AngelDefensiveLinemanoftheYear .

Jeff Jaeger,1986AssociatedPress,UnitedPressIn-ternational,WalterCampFoundation,FootballNews,andScrippsHowardNewsService

JeffJaegeristheall-timeHuskyscor-ingleaderwith358pointsandholdstheNCAArecordwith80careerfieldgoals .Heconnectedon17-of-21fieldgoalattemptsand42-of-43extrapointattemptsinhisseniorseason .Jaegerwassix-of-sevenonfieldgoalattemptsfrom40+yardsout,hisonlymisscomingfrom51yards .

Tim Peoples,1986TheSportingNews

Tim Peoples collected 101 tacklesinhisseniorseasonfromthesafetypositiononhiswaytonumerousac-colades .HewasafinalistfortheJim

ThorpeawardastheNationalDefensiveBackoftheYear,afirst-teamAll-Pac-10selectionandanhonorablemen-tionAssociatedPressAll-American .Peopleswaspartofadefensivebackfieldthatallowedonlyninetouchdownpassesallseason .Herecordedtwointerceptionsandwas therecipientof the team’sBigHitAward for thethirdconsecutiveseason .

Ron Holmes,1984United Press International, FootballWriters Association, Football News,WalterCampFoundation

RonHolmeswasanunanimousAll-Americanselectionwhowasnamed

theMostValuableLinemanintheHuskies’28-17victoryoverOklahomaintheOrangeBowl .Holmesrecorded117tacklesfromhisdefensivetacklepositionincluding12tackles-for-loss .Holmesreceivedfirst-teamAll-Pac-10recognitionandwasvotedtheMorrisTrophywinnerasthemostoutstandingdefensivelinemanbyPac-10foes .TeammateshonoredhimastheL .WaitRisingLinemanoftheYearandtheJohnP .AngelDefensiveLinemanoftheYear .Hewentontobeafirst-roundselectionintheNFLdraftbytheTampaBayBuccaneers .

TheinauguralwinneroftheDoakWalkerAward,GregLewiswasthePac-10playerofthe

yearandsurpassed100yardsinninestraightgameshisseniorseasonin1990 .

AfirstroundNFLdraftpickin1985,RonHolmeswasnamedthemostvaluablelinemaninUW’s

winoverOkalhomaintheOrangeBowl .HeearnedtheMorrisTrophyasthePac-10’sbest

linemanaswellasAll-Americahonors .

Atwo-sportstandoutinbothbasketballandfootball,ReggieRogershadnotplayedafull

seasonoffootballsincehisjunioryearinhighschool .HejoinedtheHuskyfootballteamasa

junioratUWandbecameanAll-Americaselec-tionandMorrisTrophywinner .

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Chuck Nelson,1982Associated Press, United PressInternational,WalterCampFounda-tion,SportingNews,FootballNews,NewspaperEnterpriseAssociation,Football Writers Association, andKodakCoaches

ChuckNelsonholdstheHuskyrecordforpointsbykick-inginaseason,scoring109pointsinhisrecord-breakingseniorseason .Nelsonconverted25-of-26fieldgoalsfor a .962 percentage, establishing an NCAA record .Nelsonconvertedall34extrapointsheattempteddur-ingtheseason .HestillholdstheNCAArecordfor30consecutivefieldgoalsfrom1981-82 .Hiscareerfieldgoalpercentageof .819isthebestall-timeintheUWand Pac-10 history and stands second in the NCAArecordbooks .Nelsoncappedhisstellar1982seasonbywinningtheKIROPlayeroftheYear,theSeattlePostIntelligencerStaroftheYear,andmakingthefirst-teamCoSIDAAcademicAll-Americateam .

Mark Stewart,1982Associated Press, Walter CampFoundation,SportingNews,FootballNews

MarkStewartamassed104tackles,including17tacklesforlossand10

sacksonhiswaytonumeroushonors .HissacktotalisthethirdhighestinaseasonbyaHuskyandhis47careertacklesforlossisthesecondmostinWashingtonhistory .StewartwasalsonamedanhonorablementionAll-AmericanbyUnitedPressInternationalandafirst-teamAll-Pac-10selection .StewartwasnamedSportsIllustratedandtheAssociatedPressdefensiveplayeroftheweekforhisplayagainstUCLAwhenhetotaled17tackles,includingfivesacks,andtwoothertacklesforloss .Stewartwasalsoanacademicstandout .HewasnamedtothePac-10All-Academicteamandwasa second-team selection to the CoSIDA AcademicAll-Americateam .

Tony Caldwell,1982NewspaperEnterpriseAssociation

Tony Caldwell was an unheraldedlinebackerwhorecorded75tacklesinhisseniorseason .Caldwellwasnamed the defensive MVP of the

Aloha Bowl against Maryland . He had eight tackles,includingthreeforlossinthatgame .

Ray Horton,1981NewspaperEnterpriseAssociation

Ray Horton was one of the bestone-on-onecoveragemeninHuskyhistory . He recorded two of his10 career interceptions and was

responsiblefor14passbreakupsinhisAll-Americanseason .Hortonwasafirst-teamAll-Pac-10selectionandanhonorablementionAssociatedPressAll-Ameri-can .HealsoreturnedpuntsfortheHuskies,amassing113yardsonateamhigh23puntreturns .HortonwasdraftedbytheCincinnatiBengalsinthesecondroundoftheNFLdraft .

Jeff Toews,1978SportingNews

Jeff Toews led the way on the of-fensivelinefor1,111-yardrusherJoeSteele . Besides earning first-teamhonorswithTheSportingNewsand

thePac-10,hewasnamedasecond-teamAll-AmericanbytheAssociatedPress,UnitedPressInternational,andFootballNews .Toewswasnamed theL .WaitRisingAward as the Huskies’ most outstanding lineman in1977and1978 .HewasdraftedinthesecondroundoftheNFLdraftbytheMiamiDolphins .

Skip Boyd,1974TheSportingNews

SkipBoydwasatwo-timeAll-Pac-8performerwhoaveraged42 .2yardsperpuntinhisAll-Americaseason .That stands as the second-best

single-seasonaverageinHuskyhistory,surpassedonlybyhis43 .0averagefromthe1973season .His1974totalsincludedtwopuntsthatwent70yards .Hiscareerpuntingaverageof41 .2yardsperpuntistiedwithJeffPartridgeastheall-timebestinWashingtonhistory .

Calvin Jones,1972AssociatedPress

CalvinJoneswasaspeedycorner-backforWashingtonwhoamassedtwointerceptionsandwasinfamousfor his open field prowess . He re-

turnedeightkickoffsfor193yardsand15puntsfor200yardsandonetouchdown .JoneswasthewinneroftheGuyFlahertyAwardfor the team’smost inspirationalplayer .HewasalsonamedaUPIAll-Coastfirst-teammemberanunprecedentedthreetimes,afirst-teamAll-AmericanCompetitormember,aGridironsecond-teamAll-American,andtheinauguralwinneroftheKIRO-TVPlayeroftheYear .

Atagenine,ChuckNelsonfinishedsixthinthenationalPunt-Pass-and-Kickcompetition .In1982,hecrushedtheNCAArecordbymaking

30-straightfieldgoals .HewasalsoearnedAcademicAll-AmericaandPac-10Medal

honorsasasenior .

TonyCaldwellwasnamedthedefensiveMVPintheinauguralAlohaBowlin1982,a21-20winoverMaryland .HelaterplayedinSuperBowl

XVIIIwiththeLosAngelesRaiders .

Oneofthemostinspirationalplayersofhisera,CalvinJoneswasathree-timeall-league

honoreeandtheinauguralwinneroftheteam’sofficialPlayeroftheYearawardpresentedby

KIRO-TV .

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Jim Krieg,1971PopWarnerAll-American

JimKriegteamedwithSonnySixkillertoformoneofthebestpassingcom-binations in college football in 1970and1971 .Kriegcaught22passesfor

482yards inhisAll-Americanseasonandreturned12kickoffsfor284yardsandonetouchdown .His99-yardtouchdownreturnagainstTCUistiedforthelongestinHuskyhistory .Healsohada95-yardkickoffreturnforatouchdown in1970againstStanford .Krieg’s27 .7yardaverageforcareerkickoffreturnsisthe11thbestaver-ageinNCAAhistory .

Al Worley,1968AssociatedPress,UnitedPressInter-national,AmericanFootballCoachesAssociation,FootballNews

AlWorley,nicknamed“TheThief”,set an NCAA record with 14 inter-

ceptions in 1968 . He finished his Husky career with18 interceptions to be the program’s all-time leaderinthatcategory .BesideshisnumerousAll-Americanaccolades,Worleywasdecoratedasasecond-teamSportingNewsAll-American,afirst-teamAll-Pac-8pick,afirst-teamUPIAll-CoastselectionandtheKING-TVMostImprovedPlayer .Heendedhiscollegiatecareerbyparticipating in theHulaBowlwherehemadeaninterception .

Tom Greenlee,1966AssociatedPress,UnitedPressInter-national,AmericanFootballCoachesAssociation,FootballDigest

Tom Greenleewasa gifted athletewhoflewaroundtheendondefense

tomakebigplays .HewasvotedtheL .WaitRisingAwardastheteam’stoplineman .Atonly6-0and195pounds,hewasabletoreturnkicksandalsohadoneinterception .BesideshisAll-Americanhonors,Greenleewasafirst-teamAll-Pac-8selection,afirst-teamAll-CoastpickandparticipatedintheShrineGameandHulaBowl .

Rick Redman,1963&1964United Press International (2 times),Look Magazine (2 times), AmericanFootballCoachesAssociation(2times),Newspaper Enterprises Association,NBCSports,CBSSports,HelmsFoun-dation,andFootballDigest

RickRedmanisoneofWashington’smostdecoratedath-letesinhistory,claimingAll-Americanrecognitioninthreeseasons .Heaveraged12-15tacklesagameandwasalsotheteam’spunter,averaging37 .6yardsinhis134careerpunts .Redmanwastheteam’sL .WaitRisingAwardwinnerasthetoplinemanin1964andwastheDetroitSportsExtra

LinemanoftheYearin1963 .RedmanplayednineyearsintheAFLwithSanDiegoandhasbeeninductedintotheCollegeFootballHallofFame .

Roy McKasson,1960Associated Press, Look Magazine,AmericanFootballCoaches,News-paper Enterprise Association, ABCSports

RoyMcKassonwasundersizedandnotwidelyrecruitedbutbecameoneofWashington’sgreatest players . He was a consensus All-Americanasacenterin1960aswellasanAll-Conferenceandunanimous All-Coast selection . McKasson won the1960L .WaitRisingAwardastheschool’sLinemanoftheYear .HewasUPIandSportsIllustrated’sLinemanoftheWeekversusStanford .McKassonwasselectedastheBigFivelinemanoftheweekthreetimesduringtheseason .

Kurt Gegner,1960ABCSports

KurtGegnerplayedtacklewithequalfervorontheoffensiveanddefensivesideoftheball .HepavedthewayonoffenseforthelikesofBobSchloredt,

DonMcKetaandGeorgeFleming .GegnerearnedAll-BigFiverecognition,UPIAll-Coastandwasnamedtothe AP’s second-team All-Coast squad . Gegner waspresentedtheL .WaitRisingAwardbythecoachesastheteam’slinemanoftheyearin1959 .

Bob Schloredt,1959AssociatedPress

BobSchloredtbeganthe1959seasonasareserve,butendeditasanAll-American .Ajack-of-all-tradeswholedtheteaminpassing,touchdowns,

interceptionsandhada40-yardaverageastheteam’spunter . Schloredt’s honors included a second-teamHearstNewspaperAll-Americanaward .HewasnamedtheoutstandingplayerintheRoseBowl,thefirstoftwotimesheearnedthatdistinction .SchloredtwasnamedtheWestCoastPlayeroftheYearbytheAPandUPIandwontheW .J .VoitTrophyforthePlayeroftheYearontheWestCoast .

Milt Bohart,1953LookMagazineMilt Bohart was a second-teamAll-AmericapickbytheAssociatedPressandUnitedPressInternational .Hewas recognizedasafirst-teamAll-Coast pick by the AP and UPI .

Bohartbeganhiscareerasalinebackeranddefensiveguardbeforeswitchingtooffensiveguard .HewastheAPNationalLinemanoftheWeekversusUSC,thefirst

JimKreigreturnedakickofffor99yardsagainstTCUandalsorecordeda95-yardreturnagainst

Stanford .HecaughtaTDpassfromSonnySixkilleragainstPurdueinoneofthegreatthrill-

erseverinHuskyStadium .

Seattle’sRickRedmanearnedfirst-teamAll-Americahonorstwice,wasnamedthetopline-manattheEast-WestShrineGameandplayed

intheHulaBowl .RedmanisamemberoftheCollegeFootballHallofFame .

TomGreenleestartedhiscareerasarunningback,movedtodefensiveback,thenearnedAll-

Americahonorsasa6’-0”defensiveend .TheGarfieldHighSchoolgradwasafourthround

pickintheNFLdraftafterappearingintheEast-WestShrineGameandHulaBowl .

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UWlinemantowinthehonor .BohartwasawardedtheFlahertyAwardbyhisteammatesasthesquad’smostinspirationalplayer .

Don Heinrich,1950,1952AssociatedPress(twotimes)

Despite missing the 1951 season duetoaseparatedshoulder,DonHeinrichfinishedhiscareerasoneofthegreat-estquarterbacksincollegiatehistory .

Hewasafirst-teamAll-Coastselectionbothseasonsheplayed . Heinrich led the nation with 1,846 passing yardsandcompletedanNCAArecord134passes(60 .6comple-tionpercentage)in1950 .Heinrichledthenationwith137completionsin1952 .Hepassedfor296yardsagainstKansasStatein1950andthrew70passeswithoutaninterception .Heinrich’s80-yardTDconnectiontoGeorgeBlackversusStanfordin1952ranksasoneofthelongestinHuskyhis-tory .Hestillranksfifthall-timeamongHuskyquarterbacksinpassingyardsandissixthintotaloffense .

Hugh McElhenny,1951Associated Press and NewspaperEnterpriseAssociation

Hugh McElhenny was a big-playspecialistandscoringmachinedur-inghisUWcareer .Knownas“The

King,”hesettheWashingtonscoringrecordwith233points,themostbyanon-kickerinHuskyhistory .His125pointsin1951stoodfor45yearsasthemostproductiveseasoneverbyaHusky .HefinishedeighthintheHeis-manballotingafterrushingfor936yards,catching24passesfor339yardsandscoring17touchdownsin1951 .Hereturnedapunt100yardsforatouchdownagainstUSC, still the longest in Husky history . McElhenny’s77-yard touchdown reception against Illinois stillranksasoneofthelongestinHuskyhistory .HeistheonlyHuskytohaveapuntreturn,akickoffreturnandarushfromscrimmagethatexceeds90yards .HestillholdstheHuskysingle-gamerushingrecordwith296yards,accomplishedagainstWashingtonStatein1950 .McElhennyisamemberoftheNFLHallofFameandCollegeFootballHallofFame .

Dick Sprague,1950FootballWriters’Association

DickSpraguewasathree-sportath-leteatWashington,letteringinfoot-ball,basketball,and track .HewasthefirstsophomoreAll-Americanin

theschool’shistory .Spraguemadeseveninterceptionsin1950,theseventhmostinHuskyhistoryandhad13duringhiscareer .Spraguealsoplayedhalfbackontheoffensivesideoftheball .HewasanAll-CoastselectionbythecoachesinthePacificCoastConference .

Ray Frankowski,1940,‘41ConsensusAll-America

RayFrankowskiwassaidtobethebestguard in thenationduringhiscollegecareer .HewasaconsensusAll-Americaninboth1940and1941 .

FrankowskiwaspickedoneveryAll-Opponentteamin1940-41andwasunanimousonmost .HewasalsoamemberoftheHuskyfencingteamandwastheNorthernDivisionHeavyWeightwrestingchampionin1941 .

Jay MacDowell,1940

Jay MacDowell caught 12 passesfor 170 yards (14 .2 average) in hisAll-Americanseason .Hewasonly19yearsoldduringhisseniorseason .MacDowell also performed well in

1938,catchingeightpassesfor139yardsandearningAll-Coastrecognition .

Rudy Mucha,1940ConsensusAll-American

Rudy Mucha played center on thelinenexttoRayFrankowski,formingoneofthegame'smostfearedlines .MuchahelpedtheHuskiespostfive

shutoutsduringtheseason .

Vic Markov,1937Walter Camp Football Foundation,Liberty Magazine, InternationalNewsService

Vic Markov was considered thepremierlinemanontheWestCoast

during his three-year career . He was a member ofthe All-Coast Team in 1936 and 1937 and made theAll-Opponent’sTeam .Heplayedinthe1937RoseBowland 1938 Pineapple Bowl . Markov was the secondhighest vote-getter and captain for the 1938 CollegeAll-Stars that defeated the Washington Redskins .MarkovwasanaccomplishedwrestlerwhoqualifiedfortheOlympictrials .

Max Starcevich,1936ConsensusAll-American

Max Starcevich was an All-Coastmember in 1935 and 1936, despiteonlyplayingoneyearofhighschoolfootball . Starcevich worked in a

steelmillforayearandahalfafterhighschooluntilthedepressionforcedhimbacktoschool .Heplayedinthe1937RoseBowlandwasapartofaCollegeAll-StarteamthatwasthefirsttodefeataproteamwhentheydownedtheGreenBayPackers .

BremertonnativeDonHeinrichwasnamedaAll-Americainhisfirstcollegeseasonasasophomorein1950 .Hefinishedninthinthe

HeismanTrophyballotingin1953andisamem-beroftheNationalFootballFoundationCollege

HallofFame .

DickSpraguenabbed13interceptionsduringhiscareerandjoinedDonHeinrichasthefirst

UWsophomorestoearnAll-Americahonorsin1950 .Aversatileplayer,heplayedoffense,de-fense,puntedandreturnedpuntsandkickoffs .

RudyMuchawasthefirstHuskycentertoearnAll-Americahonors .Heteamedwtihfellow

All-AmericaRayFrankowskitohelpformthenation’smostfearedoffensiveline .Helater

wonaNFLtitlewiththeChicagoBears .

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Jim Cain,1936All-American

Jim Cain was an aggressive run-ning back who garnered All-CoastrecognitionbesideshisAll-Americanaccolades .Cain led theHuskies in

scoring in1936with37points .Heplayed in the1937RoseBowlandwasapartofaCollegeAll-StarteamthatwasthefirsttodefeataproteamwhentheydownedtheGreenBayPackers .

Bill Smith,1933

BillSmithwasanAll-Coastselection,aswellasteamcaptainandMVPin1933 .Hescored39points,thesecondmostinthePacificCoastConference .Smith handed Stanford a 6-0 loss,

theironlyconferencedefeatinthreeseasons,withtwofieldgoals .Heplayedinthe1934East-WestGame,thefirstevercollegeall-stargame .

Dave Nisbet,1932

DaveNisbetwasanendwhomadeanameforhimselfasablocker,defen-siveplayerandspecialistatblockingpunts .Hewasalsoasecond-teamAll-American in 1931 . Nisbet made

NationalChampionSouthernCalifornia’sAll-OpponentTeamin1931andwasanAll-Coastmemberin1931and1932 .Heplayedinthe1933East-WestAll-StarGameinChicagoandblockedtwopuntsinthegame,oneofwhichhereturned35yardsforatouchdown .

Paul Schwegler,1930,‘31AssociatedPress,UnitedPressandPopWarner

Paul Schwegler was a first-teamAll-Americaninboth1930and1931andalsoanAll-Coastperformerfrom

1929-31 .Hewascaptainin1931andwontheGuyFlahertyAward,givenannuallytothemostinspirationalHusky .SchweglerplayedintheEast-WestShrineGameandwaspickedasthecontest’sdefensivestar .

Merle Hufford,1929UnitedPress

Merle Hufford earned All-Coasthonors and became Washington’sfourth football All-American . Healso received all-coast honors in

1930despitebeinginjuredformostoftheseason .Hewasatwo-yeartracklettermanandanaccomplishedwrestler .HuffordwasdraftedbytheRedskinsin1932,butneverplayedafterinjuringhiskneeduringthefirstdayofpractice .

Chuck Carroll,1928Associated Press, United Press,New York Evening Post, Interna-tionalNews,AmericanDailyNews,Chicago Evening Post, New YorkSun,J .HeismanandKnuteRockne,Pop Warner, Howard Jones All-

AmericanTeam

ChuckCarroll,knownastheIronMan,isoneofonlythree footballplayers tohavehisnumber (2) retired .HeledtheteamandPacificCoastConferenceinscor-ingin1927and1928andhelpedleadtheHuskiestoa24-8 record during his collegiate career . Carroll wasinductedintotheNationalFootballFoundationHallofFamein1964 .

George Wilson,1925Associated Press, Collier’s Maga-zine

GeorgeWilsonisthefirstconsensusAll-American in Husky history . Hisnumber(33)isoneofthreeretired .

Wilson was the Guy Flaherty Award winner as theHuskies’mostinspirationalplayerandconsideredthebestplayerofthefirst50yearsofHuskyfootball .Hewasathree-timeAll-Americanhalfbackandamemberof the 1924 and 1926 Rose Bowl teams . As a senior,Wilson rushed for 134 yards and threw two touch-downsagainstAlabamaintheRoseBowl,generatingvirtuallyallofWashington’soffense .HewaselectedtotheCollegeFootball(1951)andtheRoseBowl(1991)HallofFames .

Louis Seagraves,1916

Louis Seagraves was a guard ona6-0Huskysquad thatscored189pointsandallowedjust16points .HewillforeverholdthehonorofbeingWashington’s first-ever first-team

All-Americaselection .

ChuckCarrollisoneofonlythreeWashingtonfootballplayerstohavehisjerseyretiredand

promptedthen-StanfordcoachPopWarnertoexclaim“Theseoldeyeshaveneverseena

finerfootballplayer .”

FollowinghiscareeratWashington,PaulSchweglerwasnamedthedefensiveMVPof

theEast-WestShrineGamein1931and,in1967,wasinductedintotheNationalFootball

FoundiationCollegeHallofFame .

BillSmithwasashiningstaronthe1933teamthatwonjustfivegamesbuthandedStanford

itsonlylossinthreeseasons,a6-0defeatthatfeaturedapairofSmithfieldgoals .

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Academic All-Americans1955JimHouston,1stteam

1959MikeCrawford,1stteam

19�0BobHivner,1stteam

19�3MikeBriggs,1stteam

19�5SteveBramwell,1stteamRonMedved,2ndteam

19��MikeRyan,1stteamCliffCoker,3rdteam

19��DonMartin,2ndteam

19�0BobLovlien,2ndteam

19�1DickGaluska,2ndteam

19�2SteveWiezbowski,2ndteam

19�9BruceHarrell,1stteam

1981MarkJerue,1stteamChuckNelson,1stteamMarkStewart,District9

1982ChuckNelson,1stteamMarkStewart,2ndteam

1985HughMillen,DistrictVIIIDavidRill,DistrictVIII

198�DavidRill,1stteam

198�DavidRill,1stteam

1989EdCunningham,DistrictVIII

1990EdCunningham,2ndteam

1991EdCunningham,1stteam

1993JimNevelle,DistrictVIII

1994EricBjornson,2ndteam

1995JohnFiala,DistrictVIIISteveHoffmann,DistrictVIIIDamonHuard,DistrictVIIIDaveJanoski,DistrictVIII

199�NigelBurton,DistrictVIIIJohnFiala,DistrictVIIIDaveJanoski,2ndteam

199�NigelBurton,DistrictVIIIAaronDalan,DistrictVIIIBrockHuard,DistrictVIII

1998NigelBurton,DistrictVIIITonyCoats,DistrictVIIIAaronDalan,DistrictVIIIBrockHuard,DistrictVIII

1999RyanFleming,DistrictVIIIChrisJuergens,DistrictVIII

2000RyanFleming,DistrictVIII

2001KyleBenn,DistrictVIII

National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Award(Originatedin1959)Year Player,Pos .1960 BarryBullard,t1963 MikeBriggs,t1964 BillDouglas,qb1966 MikeRyan,og1972 BillCahill,cb1979 BruceHarrell,lb1984 DanEernissee,c1985 HughMillen,qb1987 DavidRill,ilb1993 JimNevelle,c

NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship RecipientsYear Name1965 BilDouglas1967 MikeRyan1972 JimKrieg1973 JohnBrady1977 ScottPhillips1978 BlairBush1980 BruceHarrell1982 MarkJerue1983 ChuckNelson1983 MarkStewart1988 DavidRill1992 EdCunningham1997 DaveJanoski1999 NigelBurton2001 MarquesTuiasosopo

Husky Academic Award Winners

JimHouston,1955

BruceHarrell,1979

EdCunningham,1989-91

MikeRyan,1966

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National Award WinnersDoak Walker Award WinnerYear Player, Pos.1990 GregLewis,tb

Lombardi Trophy WinnerYear Player, Pos.1991 SteveEmtman,dt

Outland Trophy WinnerYear Player, Pos.1991 SteveEmtman,dt

WarrenMoon

ArnieWeinmeister

HughMcElhenny

SteveEmtman

Huskies and the HeismanNote:TherehavebeensixformerWashingtonplayersrankedamongthetopvote-gettersinpreviousHeismanTrophyballoting .Here’salookatthoseplayersandwheretheyfinishedintheannualvoting:

Name Finish YearHughMcElhenny 8th 1951DonHeinrich 9th 1952GregLewis 7th 1990SteveEmtman 4th 1991NapoleonKaufman 9th 1994MarquesTuiasosopo 8th 2000

Huskies in thePro Football Hall of Fame

Hugh McElhennyHalfback • �-1, 198 • Los Angeles, Calif.Inducted: 1970NFL Teams: SanFrancisco49ers(1952-60),MinnesotaVikings(1961-62),NewYorkGiants(1963),DetroitLions(1964)Career Highlights:5,281rushingyards,360points .Scored40-yardtouchdownrunonfirstproplay .

Arnie WeinmeisterDefensive Tackle • �-4, 235 • Rhein, Saskatchewan, CanadaInducted: 1984NFL Teams:NewYorkYankees(AAFC,1948-49),NewYorkGiants(1950-53)Career Highlights:Dominantdefensivetackleofhistime .Four-timeAll-NFLselection,fourProBowls .

Warren MoonQuarterback • �-1, 195 • Los Angeles, Calif.Inducted: 2006CFL Teams:EdmontonEskimos(1978-83)NFL Teams:HoustonOilers(1984-93),MinnesotaVikings(1994-96),SeattleSeahawks(1997-98),KansasCityChiefs(1999-2000)Career Highlights:LedtheEdmontonEskimostofivestraightGreyCuptitles .Anine-timeNFLProBowlselection .Threwfor70,553yardsand435touchdownsin23seasonsinCFLandNFL .ThefirstAfrican-AmericanquarterbackevertobeenshrinedintheHallofFame .FirstplayertomakeCFLandNLFHallsofFame .

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All-Conference Selections(first-teamselectionsonly)

1952 GeorgeBlack,e DonHeinrich,qb LouYourkowski,t1953 MiltBohart,g1955 FredRobinson,t1956 GeorgeStrugar,t1957 JimJones,fb1959 ChuckAllen,g DonMcKeta,hb BobSchloredt,qb1960 ChuckAllen,g GeorgeFleming,hb KurtGegner,t RayJackson,fb RoyMcKasson,c DonMcKeta,hb1961 JohnMeyers,t CharlieMitchell,hb JimSkaggs,g1962 JuniorCoffey,fb CharlieMitchell,hb RickRedman,g RodScheyer,t1963 MikeBriggs,t JuniorCoffey,fb BillDouglas,qb RickRedman,g1964 KollHagen,g JimLambright,de RickRedman,lb1965 FredForsberg,t DaveWilliams,oe1966 TomGreenlee,de MikeRyan,g SteveThompson,dt1967 SteveThompson,dt1968 GeorgeJugum,lb AlWorley,db1970 TomFailla,dl ErnieJanet,og CalJones,db1971 GordyGuinn,dl CalvinJones,db TomScott,wr1972 GordyGuinn,dl CalvinJones,db1973 SkipBoyd,p1974 SkipBoyd,p1975 AlBurleson,db DanLloyd,lb RayPinney,c1976 CharlesJackson,ng1977 BlairBush,c NesbyGlasgow,cb MichaelJackson,lb JeffToews,g1978 NesbyGlasgow,cb KyleHeinrich,db MichaelJackson,lb DougMartin,dt JeffToews,ot

1979 BruceHarrell,ilb MarkLee,cb/rs DougMartin,dt AntowaineRichardson,olb JoeSteele,tb1980 ChuckNelson,pk1981 AnthonyAllen,rs RayHorton,cb FletcherJenkins,dt MarkJerue,ilb ChuckNelson,pk1982 ChuckNelson,pk JacqueRobinson,tb PaulSkansi,wr MarkStewart,olb1983 RonHolmes,dt RickMallory,og StevePelluer,qb*1984 RonHolmes,dt TimMeamber,ilb FredSmall,olb1985 VesteeJackson,cb JoeKelly,ilb ReggieRogers,dt1986 LonzellHill,se JeffJaeger,pk RodJones,te TimPeoples,ws ReggieRogers,dt MikeZandofsky,og1987 MikeZandofsky,ot1988 DennisBrown,dt1989 BernBrostek,c1990 BenoBryant,rs SteveEmtman,dt+ DonaldJones,lb DeanKirkland,og GregLewis,rb* CharlesMincy,cb JeffPahukoa,ot TravisRichardson,de1991 MarioBailey,se* EdCunningham,c SteveEmtman,dt+ ChicoFraley,lb DanaHall,cb DaveHoffmann,lb DonaldJones,lb1992 DaveHoffmann,lb+ NapoleonKaufman,tb LincolnKennedy,ot1993 NapoleonKaufman,tb MarkBruener,te TomGallagher,ot1994 NapoleonKaufman,tb MarkBruener,te FrankGarcia,c LawyerMilloy,fs1995 ErnieConwell,te InkAleaga,ilb LawyerMilloy,fs

DonMcKeta,1959,60

BillDouglas,1963

InkAleaga,1995,96

JoeSteele,1979

Husky Pac-10 Award Winners

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1996 CoreyDillon,tb OlinKreutz,c BenjiOlson,og JasonChorak,dl+ InkAleaga,ilb TonyParrish,fs1997 RashaanShehee,tb JeromePathon,fl CameronCleeland,te OlinKreutz,c BenjiOlson,og JasonChorak,de JerryJensen,wlb1998 JabariIssa,dl JoeJarzynka,ap2000 HakimAkbar,db ElliotSilvers,ot LarryTripplett,dt MarquesTuiasosopo,qb* ChadWard,og2001 KyleBenn,c LarryTripplett,dt2002 ReggieWilliams,wr2003 ReggieWilliams,wr CharlesFrederick,kr

Note:WashingtonhadonePacific-10ConferencePlayeroftheYearwhowasnotafirst-teamall-conferenceselectionpriorto1983whenOffensiveandDefensivePlayerswerefirstnamed .WarrenMoon shared Pacific-10 Conference Player oftheYearhonorswithStanfordquarterbackGuyBenjamin in 1977 . Benjamin was the first-teamAll-Pacific-10 Conference selection at quarter-backthatyear .

*OffensivePlayeroftheYear+DefensivePlayeroftheYear

Pac-10 All-Academic Selections

2007 LinusChou,lb CodyEllis,wr PaulHomer,fb2006 CodyEllis,wr2005 CodyEllis,wr TyEriks,dl2004 CodyEllis,db TyEriks,dl CaseyPaus,qb JamesSims,rb2001 KyleBenn,c2000 KyleBenn,c RyanFleming,p1999 RyanFleming,p1998 BrockHuard,qb TonyCoats,og AaronDalan,ot ToddJohnson,lb NigelBurton,db HakimWeatherspoon,db1997 NigelBurton,rov AaronDalan,ot BrockHuard,qb

1996 DaveJanoski,fl NigelBurton,ss1995 DamonHuard,qb DaveJanoski,fl ErnieConwell,te StephenHoffmann,dt1994 EricBjornson,se SteveHoffmann,nt1993 JimNevelle,c1992 JimNevelle,c SteveHoffmann,nt MikeLustyk,dt1991 OrlandoMcKay,wr EdCunningham,c1990 OrlandoMcKay,fl EdCunningham,c ShanePahukoa,db1988 BrettWiese,og TonyZackery,cb1987: DavidRill,lb BoYates,olb1986 DavidRill,ilb1985 DavidRill,ilb BoYates,olb1984 DanEernissee,c DennisMaher,ot HughMillen,qb1983 DanEernissee,c1983 DennisMaher,ot1982 ChuckNelson,pk MarkStewart,olb1981 MarkJerue,ilb ChuckNelson,pk StevePelluer,qb1980 ChuckNelson,pk MarkJerue,ng1970 BoCornell,fb BillCahill,db BobLovlien,lb WayneSortun,og1961 NormDicks MikeBriggs1960 BarryBullard1957 KarstenLewis

The Morris TrophyPac-10 Lineman of the Year+Defensivewinner;*Offensivewinner

1981 +FletcherJenkins,dt1984 +RonHolmes,dt1986 +ReggieRogers,dt1989 *BernBrostek,c1990 +SteveEmtman,dt1991 +SteveEmtman,dt *LincolnKennedy,ot1992 *LincolnKennedy,ot1993 +D’MarcoFarr,dt1996 *BobSapp,ot1997 *OlinKreutz,c2000 *ChadWard,og

BrockHuard,1997,98

TonyCoats,1998

BoYates,1985,87

ElliotSilvers,2000

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