The Morris Trophy is a unique award given to the outstanding offensive
and defensive linemen in the Pacific-10 Conference. What makes the
award unique is the selection procedure, which has the starting
offensive linemen in the Conference voting for the defensive winner
and vice versa. It is truly a players’ award.
Mack, a 6-foot-5, 316-pound senior from Santa Barbara, Calif., was
named a first-team All-Pac-10 performer for the third straight year in
voting by the Pac-10 head coaches and also has been selected the
second-team All-America center by the Walter Camp Foundation. In
addition, Mack became the first Pac-10 player to be awarded the
prestigious Draddy Trophy by the National Football Foundation and Hall
of Fame to the nation’s top scholar-athlete. He has started all 37
games at center for the Golden Bears the last three seasons. In
addition to his prowess on the field, Mack was named a first-team
Pac-10 All-Academic selection by virtue of a 3.60 grade-point average
in Graduate Studies.
Reed, a 6-foot-2, 255-pound senior from Trabuco Canyon, Calif., has
been selected first-team All-Pac-10 by the Conference head coaches for
the last two years and is a first-team All-America selection by the
Walter Camp Foundation this year. Reed had a spectacular senior
season as he led the Pac-10 in quarterback sacks with 13 and in
tackles for loss with 19.5. With Reed as the leader, Oregon led the
Pac-10 in sacks with 38. Like Mack, Reed is a first-team Pac-10 All- Academic selection boasting a 3.44 grade-point average in History. He
also served as a Duck captain this season.
Mack and Reed will be presented their awards at a luncheon at the
prestigious Washington Athletic Club in Seattle in January, 2009. The
Morris Trophy is sponsored by the Morris Family of Woodway, Wash., and
the Washington Athletic Club.
Previous Morris Trophy Winners
|
Year |
Offense |
Defense |
|
1980 |
Roy Foster, USC |
Vince Goldsmith, Oregon |
|
1981 |
Roy Foster, USC |
Fletcher Jenkins, Washington |
|
1982 |
Bruce Matthews, USC |
George Achica, USC |
|
1983 |
Gary Zimmerman, Oregon |
Keith Millard, Washington State |
|
1984 |
Dan Lynch, Washington State |
Ron Holmes, Washington |
|
1985 |
Jeff Bregel, USC |
Erik Howard, Washington State |
|
1986 |
Danny Villa, Arizona State |
Reggie Rogers, Washington |
|
1987 |
Randall McDaniel, Arizona State |
Dana Wells, Arizona |
|
1988 |
Joe Tofflemire, Arizona |
Dana Wells, Arizona |
|
1989 |
Bern Brostek, Washington |
Esera Tuaolo, Oregon State |
|
1990 |
Pat Harlow, USC |
Steve Emtman, Washington |
|
1991 |
Lincoln Kennedy, Washington |
Steve Emtman, Washington |
|
1992 |
Lincoln Kennedy, Washington |
Rob Waldrop, Arizona |
|
1993 |
Todd Steussie, California |
D’Marco Farr, Washington |
|
1994 |
Tony Boselli, USC |
Chad Eaton, Washington State |
|
1995 |
Jonathan Ogden, UCLA |
Tedy Bruschi, Arizona |
|
1996 |
Bob Sapp, Washington |
Darrell Russell, USC |
|
1997 |
Olin Kreutz, Washington |
Jeremy Staat, Arizona State |
|
1998 |
Yusuf Scott, Arizona |
Inoke Breckterfield, Oregon State |
|
1999 |
Travis Claridge, USC |
Willie Howard, Stanford |
|
2000 |
Chad Ward, Washington |
Andre Carter, California |
|
2001 |
Levi Jones, Arizona State |
Kenyon Coleman, UCLA |
|
2002 |
Kwame Harris, Stanford |
Terrell Suggs, Arizona State |
|
2003 |
Jacob Rogers, USC |
Dave Ball, UCLA |
|
2004 |
Adam Snyder, Oregon |
Bill Swancutt, Oregon State |
|
2005 |
Ryan O'Callaghan, California |
Haloti Ngata, Oregon |
|
2006 |
Ryan Kalil, USC |
Sedrick Ellis, USC |
|
2007 |
Alex Mack, California |
Sedrick Ellis, USC |
|
2008 |
Alex Mack, California |
Nick Reed, Oregon |
|