The Washington Huskies placed five players on the Pac-12’s All-Conference first team, four on the second team and three earned honorable mention, the league announced Tuesday. The five first-teamers tied Arizona State for second-most, and trailed league champion Utah, which had eight.
Sophomore PK Blake Mazza was Washington State’s lone representative on the first team, followed by three Cougars on the second team and four honorable mentions.
Utah had two top honors: Kyle Whittingham was coach of the year and RB Zack Moss was offensive player of the year. Top defender was Cal LB Evan Weaver of Spokane’s Gonzaga Prep. Freshman of the year on offense was USC QB Kedon Slovis; on defense, Oregon’s DL Keyvon Thibodeaux.
WASHINGTON
First team — jr TE Hunter Bryant, sr OT Trey Adams, sr C Nick Harris, jr DL Levi Onwuzurike, jr DB Elijah Molden Jr.
Second team — jr LB Ryan Bowman, rsoph LB Joe Tryon, sr DB Myles Bryant, soph PK Peyton Henry.
Honorable mention — sr RB Salvon Ahmed, rfr DB Kyler Gordon, sr P Joel Whitford.
WASHINGTON STATE
First team — Soph PK Blake Mazza.
Second team — Sr QB Anthony Gordon, soph OL Abe Lucas, all purpose/special teams fr Travion Brown.
Third team — soph RB Max Borghi, rjr OL Josh Watson, sr WR Easop Winston, rjr LB Jahad Woods.
First-team honors for seniors Adams and Harris were the second for each. Hunter Bryant has declared for the NFL draft in April. Eight of UW’s honorees are eligible to return to Washington in the fall for the first year of new head coach Jimmy Lake, succeeding Chris Petersen.
The Huskies (7-5) finish up the season at the Las Vegas Bowl against Boise State (12-1) Dec. 21. On Dec. 27, Washington State (6-6) plays Air Force (10-2) at the Cheez-It Bowl in Phoenix.
6 Comments
What happened to this years supposedly QB savior of the Husky program?
He didn’t do as well as anticipated.
What pushed Hundley over top at QB?
Big leap forward from a year ago. Best overall QB numbers apart from the anomaly in Pullman.
Air Raid QB’s stats are meaningless if the team doesn’t win. I thought the Oregon QB had a better looking year, but not sure if it was an improvement over last year
League champion Utah?