COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Mountain West announced its 2008 All-Conference football teams and individual award winners today as selected by the nine head coaches and a media panel. Utah quarterback Brian Johnson was chosen as the Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year, while TCU defensive end Jerry Hughes was named MWC Defensive Player of the Year. Utah place kicker/punter Louie Sakoda earned the MWC Special Teams Player of the Year award for the third straight season. Air Force quarterback Tim Jefferson was honored as MWC Freshman of the Year, while Kyle Whittingham of Utah was selected as the MWC Coach of the Year.
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST FOOTBALL FIRST-TEAM
Offense
Pos. Player Cl. School
QB Brian Johnson Sr. Utah
WR Austin Collie Jr. BYU
WR Ryan Wolfe* Jr. UNLV
RB Gartrell Johnson III Sr. Colorado State
RB Devin Moore Sr. Wyoming
TE Dennis Pitta*# Jr. BYU
OL Ray Feinga* Sr. BYU
OL Dallas Reynolds* Sr. BYU
OL Blake Schlueter Sr. TCU
OL Zane Beadles Jr. Utah
OL Robert Conley Sr. Utah
PK Louie Sakoda Sr. Utah
PR/KR Jeremy Kerley So. TCU
Defense
Pos. Player Cl. School
DL Jake Paulson Sr. Air Force
DL Jan Jorgensen* Jr. BYU
DL Jerry Hughes# Jr. TCU
DL Paul Kruger So. Utah
LB Robert Henson Sr. TCU
LB Jason Phillips* Sr. TCU
LB Ward Dobbs Sr. Wyoming
DB Glover Quin Sr. New Mexico
DB Brice McCain Sr. Utah
DB Stephen Hodge Sr. TCU
DB Sean Smith Jr. Utah
P Louie Sakoda* Sr. Utah
*--Two-Time First-Team Selection
#--Unanimous Selection
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST FOOTBALL SECOND-TEAM
Offense
Pos. Player Cl. School
QB Max Hall Jr. BYU
WR Rashaun Greer Jr. Colorado State
WR Freddie Brown Sr. Utah
RB Harvey Unga So. BYU
RB Rodney Ferguson Sr. New Mexico
TE Kory Sperry Sr. Colorado State
OL Nick Charles Jr. Air Force
OL Travis Bright Sr. BYU
OL Shelly Smith Jr. Colorado State
OL Erik Cook Jr. New Mexico
OL Marshall Newhouse Jr. TCU
PK Ryan Harrison Sr. Air Force
PR/KR Ian Clark Jr. New Mexico
Defense
Pos. Player Cl. School
DL Cody Moore Sr. TCU
DL Matt Panfil Sr. TCU
DL Koa Misi Jr. Utah
DL John Fletcher Jr. Wyoming
LB David Nixon Sr. BYU
LB Jason Beauchamp Jr. UNLV
LB Stevenson Sylvester Jr. Utah
DB Chris Thomas Jr. Air Force
DB DeAndre Wright Sr. New Mexico
DB Steven Coleman Sr. TCU
DB Rafael Priest Jr. TCU
P Anthony Hartz Jr. Colorado State
HONORABLE MENTION
Air Force: Chris Campbell, Jr., OL; Andrew Pipes, Sr., C; Reggie
Rembert; So.; KR; Ken Lamendola, So., LB; Hunter Altman; Sr., LB.
BYU: C.J. Santiago, Sr., P; David Tafuna, Sr., DB.
Colorado State: Tim Walter, Jr., C; Jason Smith, Sr., PK; Ricky
Brewer, So., LB, Mychal Sisson, Fr., LB.
New Mexico: Zach Arnett, Sr., LB; Herbert Felder, Sr., LB.
San Diego State: Russell Allen, Sr., LB; B.J. Williams, So., DE;
Corey Boudreaux, Sr., DB.
TCU: Andy Dalton, So., QB; Jimmy Young, So., WR; Marcus Cannon, So.,
OL; Aaron Brown; Sr., KR; James Vess, Sr., NT; Nick Sanders; Jr., CB;
Anson Kelton, Fr., P.
UNLV: Casey Flair, Sr., WR, Frank Summers, Sr., RB; Johan Asiata,
Sr., OL; Malo Tuamua; So., DL.
Utah: Zane Taylor, So., OL; David Reed, Jr., KR; Greg Newman, Sr.,
DL; Mike Wright; Jr., LB.
Wyoming: Kyle Howard, Sr., OL; Mitch Unrein, Jr., DL; Tim Bond; Sr.,
C; Chris Prosinski, So., DB.