Ogden, UT (SportsNetwork.com) – Eastern Washington junior quarterback Vernon
Adams Jr. was named the Big Sky Conference Offensive Player of the Year on
Tuesday, becoming the first repeat winner of the honor since Erik Meyer did it
with the Eagles in 2004 and 2005.
Adams, a Walter Payton Award finalist, has helped the Eagles to a third
straight conference title.
Montana senior defensive end Zack Wagenmann earned the conference’s defensive
player of the year award, while Southern Utah junior quarterback Ammon Olsen
was named the newcomer of the year and Idaho State linebacker Mario Jenkins the
freshman of the year.
The Big Sky will announce its coach of the year on Wednesday.
2014 ALL-BIG SKY FOOTBALL
(As selected by the conference head coaches)
OFFENSE
FIRST-TEAM OFFENSE
WR – Cooper Kupp, So., Eastern Washington
WR – DeAndre Carter, Sr., Sacramento State
WR – Madison Mangum, So., Idaho State
OT – Jake Rodgers, Sr., Eastern Washington
OT – Ian Joseph, Sr., UC Davis
OG – Aaron Neary, Jr., Eastern Washington
OG – JP Flynn, So., Montana State
C – Cornelius Edison, Sr., Portland State
TE – Tiai Salanoa, Sr., Montana State
QB – Vernon Adams Jr., Jr. Eastern Washington
QB – Justin Arias, Sr., Idaho State
RB – Xavier Finney, Jr., Idaho State
RB – Jordan Canada, Sr., Montana
FB – Nick Butier, Jr., Northern Arizona
PK – Brad Cornish, Jr., Sacramento State
RS – Alex Tillman, Sr., North Dakota
FIRST-TEAM SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER
Chad Newell, So., Montana State
FIRST-TEAM DEFENSE
DT – Tonga Takai, Sr., Montana
DT – Lexington Smith, Sr., Northern Colorado
DE – Zack Wagenmann, Sr., Montana
DE – James Cowser, Jr., Southern Utah
OLB – Alex Singleton, Sr., Montana State
OLB – Cameron Ontko, Sr., Cal Poly
ILB – Nick Dzubnar, Sr., Cal Poly
ILB – Ronnie Hamlin, Sr., Eastern Washington
CB – Deonte Flowers, Sr., Montana State
CB – Marcus Alford, Jr., Northern Arizona
S – Tevin McDonald, Sr., Eastern Washington
S – Matt Hermanson, Sr., Montana
P – Kyle Loomis, Sr., Portland State
