Barnard Named to Ray Guy Award Watch List
10/17/2000 8:00:00 AM | Football
Oct. 17, 2000
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - - University of Maryland punter Brooks Barnard has been named to the "watch list" for the inaugural Ray Guy Award. The award recognizes the nation's top punter and the watch list is comprised of 40 student-athletes.
Barnard, a sophomore, is currently ranked second in NCAA Division I-A with a 46.0 average per punt. For the season, he has been ranked no lower than 11th and has been as high as first. In his past two games he is averaging 50.4 yards per punt and has had boots of 67 and 71 yards.
The Ray Guy Award - again, recognizing the nation's best punter - will be presented on December 7, 2000 at the Home Depot College Football Awards Show on ESPN. The show is broadcast from Orlando, Florida. The Ray Guy selection committee will choose 10 semi-finalists for the award by November 8 and then three finalists will be chosen on November 30. The finalists will be present for the announcement of the award in Orlando.
The following is a list of the 40 punters named to the watch list:
Jason Baker, Iowa, Brooks Barnard, Maryland, Ray Cheetany, UNLV, Mike Clark, Houston, Keith Cottrel, Florida State, Alan Cox, Washington State, Kurtis Doerr, Oregon, Travis Dorsch, Purdue, Damon Duval, Auburn, Dan Dyke, Georgia Tech, Jeff Edwards, Boise State, Hayden Epstein, Michigan, Mark Fazzolari, West Virginia, Jeff Ferguson, Oklahoma, Nate Fiske, UCLA, Steve Fitts, Illinois, Preston Gruening, Minnesota, Dan Hadenfeldt, Nebraska, Nick Harris, Cal, Curtis Head, Marshall, Joey Hildbold, Notre Dame, Jonathan Kilgo, Georgia, Reagan King, Mississippi, Andy Kohl, New Mexico State, David Leaverton, Tennessee, Casey Lipscomb, Tulsa, Mike MacGillivray, Southern California, Kevin McMyler, Boston College, Brian Morton, Duke, Steve Mullins, Utah State, Nick Murphy, Arizona State, Joey Pelfanio, Kansas, Chris Palic, Arizona, Alan Rhine, Florida, Casey Roussel, Tulane, Andy Shatley, Arkansas State, Matt Steffen, Western Michigan, Kevin Stemke, Wisconsin, Colin Vadheim, SMU, David Zastudil, Ohio.
