Titchener Selected to Ray Guy Watch List

Junior punter Dan Titchener was among 41 punters nation-wide selected for the Ray Guy Award Watch List by the Greater Augusta Sports Council. The Ray Guy Award is given each year to college football’s top punter and is determined by a national selection committee made up of sports writers, college football coaches, sports information directors, past Ray Guy Award winners and members designated by the Greater Augusta Sports Council.

 

Joining Titchener on the list are four 2006 top-10 Ray Guy finalists, including one top-three finisher in Georgia Tech’s Durante Brooks. Titchener was nominated for the award based on his outstanding performance on the field last season, as well as his consistent excellence in the classroom and in the community.

 

Titchener launched 66 punts for a total of 2,592 yards in 2006, an average of nearly 40 yards per punt. In the classroom, he is a six-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll and a 2006 first-team Academic All-Big 12 selection, while also giving to the community as a volunteer for Dads of Kids with Disabilities, Village Manor Retirement Center, while earning recognition as a two-time member of the Brook Berringer Citizenship Team.

 

The Ray Guy Award watch list will be narrowed to 10 semi finalists, to be announced in early November. The national voting body will then vote for the top three finalists who will be announced at the end of November. The award will be presented live on ESPN December 6, 2007, during the Home Depot College Football Awards Show.

 

Nebraska has yet to win a Ray Guy Award since its inception in 2000, but did have a finalist in Kyle Larson in 2003.

 

 

 

	2007 Ray Guy Award Watch List
Jared Armstrong	Purdue	Senior
Johnny Ayers	Boston College	Senior
Britt Barefoot	Southern Miss	Junior
Justin Brantly	Texas A & M	Junior
Durant Brooks	Georgia Tech	Senior	2006 top-3 finalist
Dave Brytus	Pittsburgh	Junior
Britton Colquitt	Tennessee	Junior
Jeremy Davis	Arkansas	Junior
Ken Debauche	Wisconsin	Senior
Matt DiLallo	Colorado	Sophomore
Matt Fodge	Oklahoma State	Junior
Michael Hughes	San Siego State	Senior
Leon Jackson III	Utah State	Senior
Jonathan Johnson	Arizona State	Senior
Zach Johnson	Eastern Michigan	Sophomore	2006 top-10 finalist
Jared Kaufman	New Mexico State	Senior
Jimmie Kaylor	Colorado State	Senior
Chris Keagle	Louisiana Tech	Junior
Brett Kern	Toledo	Senior
Jim Laney	Western Michigan	Senior
Andrew Larson	California	Senior
Zoltan Mesko	Michigan	Sophomore
Chris Miller	Ball State	Junior
Thomas Morstead	SMU	Junior
Brian Pacheco	UNLV	Senior
Aaron Perez	UCLA	Junior
Keegan Peterson	Florida Atlantic	Sophomore
Kyle Petersen	UTEP	Freshman
Waylon Prather	San Jose State	Senior
Geoff Price	Notre Dame	Senior	2006 top-10 finalist
Tim Reyer	Kansas State	Senior
Louie Sakoda	Utah	Junior	2006 top-10 finalist
Truman Spencer	North Texas	Junior
Ryan Succop	South Carolina	Junior
Brent Sutherland	Memphis	Junior
Sam Swank	Wake Forest	Junior	2006 top-10 finalist
Dan Titchener	Nebraska	Junior
Owen Tolson	Army	Senior
AJ Trapasso	Ohio	Junior
Greg Woidneck	Southern Cal	Junior
Ben Woods	Buffalo	Senior