2006 Year End Awards

Finally, the 2006 awards have been finalized, and winners are listed below. These were selected purely on stats alone, so we do not take into account any other factors (strength of team, utilization by coach, talent potential, weather conditions, etc). If your stats were incomplete as of 1/19/07, 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.

Note: This will be the last year for the awards. We will be using the Combine Series results to rank High School participants only, starting in the summer of 2007.

Professional Leagues (NFL, NFLE, CFL, Indoor leagues, Semipro)
Kicker of the Year - Dominic Fragomeni    
    Second Team - Gabor Sviatko
    Honorable Mention - Kari Hytonen, Sean Riley

Punter of the Year - No candidates

College (All college divisions, including Canada and Mexico)
Kicker of the Year - Brian Wingert
    Second Team - Julian Rauch
    Honorable Mention - Chris Koepplin, Brandon Hellevang, Taylor Rowan, Ricky Schmitt, Justin Palardy, Brett Swenson
 
Punter of the Year - Ricky Schmitt
    Second Team - Michael Hanna
    Honorable Mention - John Gregory, Adam Graessle, Mike Snoy, Tyler Parry, Matthew Dilallo

International (all other countries at all levels of play)
Kicker of the Year - Sergi Guibas Arnau
Punter of the Year - Sascha Jungblut

High School (US, Canada and Mexico)
Kicker of the Year - Charles Byrum
Punter of the Year - Scott Demler

Regional Breakdown for High School awards

Region 1 - Northwest (includes Alaska)

First Team Kicker - Jordan Anzaldo
    Second Team - Brian Sherman
    Honorable Mention - Nick Poggi
 
First Team Punter - No candidates

Region 2 - Southwest (includes Hawaii)

First Team Kicker - Alex Zendejas
    Second Team - Scott Enos
    Honorable Mention - Tom Balough
 
First Team Punter - Mark Brundage
    Second Team - Michael Ellison
    Honorable Mention - Zachary Richards

Region 3 - North

First Team Kicker - Michael Bolinger
    Second Team - Conner McMakin
    Honorable Mention - Ian Mcgarvey, Seth Boddy, Gregory Schoenberg, Grady Derheim, Brett Sheldon, Kevin Schneider, Jordan Beighle, Matt Brown
 
First Team Punter - David Gray
    Second Team - Jerry Phillips
    Honorable Mention - Eric Guthrie

Region 4 - South (includes Mexico)

First Team Kicker - Justin Putnam
    Second Team - Chad Susman
    Honorable Mention - Stephen Hoge, Jimmy Stevens, Brennan Ardoin
 
First Team Punter - Anson Kelton
    Second Team - Justin Putnam
    Honorable Mention - Brandon Yelovich, Jacob Stringer

Region 5 - Northeast

First Team Kicker - Michael Barbour
    Second Team - Thomas Randazza
    Honorable Mention - Donny Lemieux, Kilgo Livingston, David Teggart
 
First Team Punter - David Teggart
    Second Team - Billy Daniels
    Honorable Mention - Donny Lemieux

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

First Team Kicker - John Paglia
    Second Team - Colin Gallagher
    Honorable Mention - Chad Gross, Kody Stump, Casey Laxton, Darren Derochemont, Sal Dimauro, Jordan Means, Nick Cattoi, Vincent Zaccario, Caleb Sturgis, Zachary Thomas, Cameron Stevens, Michael Kitchens, Kaleb Volstad, Devin Sabina
 
First Team Punter - Darren DeRochemont
    Second Team - Kevin Fitzpatrick
    Honorable Mention - Mitch Heidrich, Josh Hostetler, David Villafane, Justin Brockhaus Kann, Evan Sanders, Blake Clingan, Jim Howell, Scott Blair, Chris Fuchs

Region 7 - Canada

First Team Kicker - Curtis Glawson
    Second Team - Brody McKnight

First Team Punter - Curtis Glawson

 

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