#12 QB Easton Stick, North Dakota State, 6-2, 221, Sr., Omaha (Neb.) Creighton Prep HS The Sycamores are one of 18 FCS programs to win four road games this season, including three road games during a five-game winning streak to end the season. 3 South Dakota State in Brookings and a loss against Missouri State. Two of the Sycamores three conference losses came by three points, including an overtime loss to No. Indiana State finished 5-3 in the MVFC, the most grueling league in FCS, ranking ahead to two FBS conferences. Coming into the year, Indiana State was picked to finish last in the MVFC with just one voter not picking the Sycamores to finish 10th. NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR: QB Ryan Boyle, Indiana StateįRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: RB Pierre Strong, Jr., South Dakota StateĪfter an 0-11 season in 2017, Mallory completed the biggest turnaround in college football, leading the Sycamores to a 7-4 finish, a third-place finish in the Missouri Valley Football Conference and a No. OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: QB Easton Stick, North Dakota StateĭEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: LB Jabril Cox, North Dakota State Mallory, meanwhile, joins Trent Miles (2010) as Indiana State head coaches to earn the MVFC's top coaching award.īRUCE CRADDOCK MVFC COACH OF THE YEAR: Curt Mallory, Indiana State becomes the fourth Jackrabbit to earn the league's top freshman honor, joining QB Austin Sumner (2011) WR Jake Wieneke (2014) and LB Christian Rozeboom (2016). This is the seventh time in conference history that one team has claimed both the offensive and defensive players of the year, and the first time since 2010 when Western Illinois quarterback Matt Barr and linebacker Kyle Glazier were selected.īoyle is the second Indiana State student-athlete to win the league's Newcomer of the Year award (QB Julian Reese, 2001) while Strong Jr. Two previous NDSU student-athletes (DB Marcus Williams in 2012 and DE Kyle Emanuel in 2014) have been voted as the league's top defender, and Cox is the first sophomore Defensive Player of the Year in the league since 2002 (Boomer Grigsby of Illinois State). Stick is the second Bison to earn MVFC Offensive Player of the Year honors (Brock Jensen, 2013). Coach Curt Mallory has been tabbed "Bruce Craddock" MVFC Coach of the Year. of South Dakota State was voted Freshman of the Year. Ryan Boyle of Indiana State earned the Newcomer of the Year honor, and Pierre Strong Jr. North Dakota State's Easton Stick is the league's Offensive Player of the Year and teammate Jabril Cox has been voted the league's top defensive player in a vote of league coaches, sports information directors and media, as announced by the conference office. The top two vote getters in each category is denoted at the bottom of this release. This year's MVFC Specialty Award winners include two each from Indiana State and North Dakota State, and an honoree from South Dakota State. North Dakota State tops all MVFC schools with 19 total selections to this year's All-MVFC units.
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