2005 Year End Awards

Finally, the 2005 awards have been finalized, and winners are listed below. These were selected purely on stats alone, so if your stats were incomplete as of 1/21/06, you may not have been eligible for these awards. If there are any stats that are questionable or falsely reported, please let me know, and we will adjust the awards accordingly. We will wait until the end of March to send out awards, to make sure we clean through any stat discrepancies.

Professional Leagues (NFL, NFLE, CFL, Indoor leagues, Semipro)
Kicker of the Year - Sean Riley
    Second Team - Brian Clawson
    Honorable Mention - Josh Scobee
Punter of the Year - No candidates

College (All college divisions, including Canada and Mexico)
Kicker of the Year - Brian Wingert
    Second Team - Michael Salerno
    Honorable Mention - Taylor Rowan
 
Punter of the Year - Ryan Smith
    Second Team - Ryan Harrison
    Honorable Mention - Ricky Schmitt

International (all other countries at all levels of play)
Kicker of the Year - Mike Godfrey
Punter of the Year - Sascha Jungblut

High School (US, Canada and Mexico)
Kicker of the Year - Eddie Webb
Punter of the Year - Ryan Donahue

Regional Breakdown for High School awards

Region 1 - Northwest (includes Alaska)

First Team Kicker - Kellan Holdener
    Second Team - Nick Poggi
    Honorable Mention - Brian Sherman
 
First Team Punter - Matt Pacheco

Region 2 - Southwest (includes Hawaii)

First Team Kicker - Dustin Abrams
    Second Team - Derek Johnson
    Honorable Mention - Sean Kelley
 
First Team Punter - Mike Snoy
    Second Team - Scott Enos
    Honorable Mention - Neil Martin

Region 3 - North

First Team Kicker - Ryan Donahue
    Second Team - Andrew Schutt
    Honorable Mention - Mickey Masucci
 
First Team Punter - Anthony Santella
    Second Team - Eric Guthrie
    Honorable Mention - Jason Enright

Region 4 - South (includes Mexico)

First Team Kicker - Jimmy Stevens
    Second Team - John Basgall
    Honorable Mention - Taylor Wilkins
 
First Team Punter - Jimmy Stevens
    Second Team - Ryan Tremont
    Honorable Mention - Jeremy Kaiser

Region 5 - Northeast

First Team Kicker - Matt Lichtenstein
    Second Team - Donny Lemieux
    Honorable Mention - David Miller
 
First Team Punter - Kyle Cinzio
    Second Team - Daniel Hutchins
    Honorable Mention - Donny Lemieux

Region 6 - Southeast (includes Puerto Rico, Cuba, etc)

First Team Kicker - Darren DeRochemont
    Second Team - Brett Swenson
    Honorable Mention - Clay Baldwin
 
First Team Punter - Alonso Rojas
    Second Team - Donovan Curry
    Honorable Mention - John Stec

Region 7 - Canada

First Team Kicker - Justin Palardy
    Second Team - Nik Levnaich
    Honorable Mention - Julien Gauthier

First Team Punter - Julien Gauthier
    Second Team - Justin Palardy
    Honorable Mention - Mike Godfrey

 

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