Ferris Football Presents 2009 Team Awards
Big Rapids, Mich. - Ferris State University senior linebacker
Matt Ryan (Howell) was recently honored as the
Bulldogs' 2009 team Most Valuable Player Award recipient. The award
winners were announced at the program's season-ending awards
banquet last Sunday (Nov. 8) at the Holiday Inn Hotel and
Conference Center in Big Rapids, Mich.
Serving as the day's Master of Ceremonies was radio play-by-play
announcer Jason DaDay. Pastor Mike
Wissink, who serves as the team chaplain, delivered the
invocation.
The 6-1 Ryan made the most of his first season as a starter as he
led the Bulldogs in tackles with 124 stops this season, which also
included 54 solo hits. He placed third among the conference's
leading tacklers (11.3 tpg.) and concluded the regular-season
ranked tied for eighth nationally in Division II en route to
earning All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC)
Second Team laurels.
Besides finishing with 124 tackles, Ryan also added 4.5 tackles for
loss, 2.5 sacks, two fumble recoveries, two pass breakups, a
quarterback hurry and a forced fumble for the 2009 season. He
recorded 10 tackles or more in seven contests, including each of
the final six outings of the year. Ryan had a personal career-high
20 tackles at Wayne State (Oct. 17) and wrapped up the season with
18 stops last Saturday (Nov. 7) at Saginaw Valley State.
The Bulldog coaching staff presented the Most Valuable Offensive
Skill Player honor to Ryan's younger brother, sophomore wide
receiver Mike Ryan (Howell), while senior
defensive back Angelo Williams (Jackson) picked up
team Most Valuable Defensive Skill Player honors and sophomore
receiver Aaron Olman (Grandville) was the
recipient of FSU's Special Teams Player of the Year Award.
Outstanding Offensive and Defensive Rookie laurels were earned by
sophomore center Jake Hancock (Big Rapids) and
redshirt freshman defensive end Jordan Morgan
(Chicago/Mt. Carmel), respectively. Meanwhile, junior linebacker
Kyle Fitzpatrick (Vestaburg) claimed Most Improved
Defensive Player kudos while sophomore receiver Damien
Miller (Elsie/Ovid-Elsie) tallied the program's Most
Improved Offensive Player Award.
FSU's Most Valuable Offensive Lineman for the 2009 campaign was
senior right guard Joe Doman (Ann Arbor/Whitmore
Lake) with junior defensive tackle Jacob Moreno
(Holt) being tabbed as the Most Valuable Defensive Lineman.
The staff also recognized senior quarterback Kyle
Parrish (Garden Grove, Calif./Santiago) on offense along
with senior defensive tackle Kory Deering (Grand
Rapids/West Catholic) and senior linebacker Chad
Schoen (Woodhaven/Gibraltar Carlson) on defense as this
year's Coaches Award honorees. Bulldog Spirit Awards were given to
senior safety Santino Favot (South Lyon) and
senior offensive tackle Brad Bammert
(Flushing).
Senior middle linebacker Nick Butler (Midland) and
sophomore multiple position player Tom Schneider
(Jerome/Addison) both received the Rich Currie EPEP (Every Player,
Every Play) Award for the defensive and offensive units,
respectively.
Freshman linebacker Max Bankston (Frankfort) was
this year's recipient of the Tomorrow's Team Defensive Player of
the Year Award and the Bill and Lynne Scheible Scholarship Award
for Tomorrow's Team Offensive Player of the Year Award went to
freshman Brandon Bryant (Novi).
Additionally, the Bulldogs recognized Butler, Parrish, Bammert and
senior safety Chad Wilson (Howell), who missed the
entire campaign due to injury, for their roles in serving as team
captains for the 2009 season.
Along with the team awards, the Bulldog staff also recognized the
program's academic award winners, which included 14 Dean's Academic
Award recipients. Schneider was chosen as the squad's
President's Academic Award winner for maintaining the team's
highest grade point average.
2009 Team
Award Winners:
Most Valuable Player - Matt Ryan
Most Valuable Offensive Lineman - Joe
Doman
Most Valuable Defensive Lineman - Jacob Moreno
Most Valuable Offensive Skill Player - Mike
Ryan
Most Valuable Defensive Skill Player - Angelo
Williams
Special Teams Player of the Year - Aaron Olman
Coaches Award - Kyle Parrish (Offense), Kory
Deering (Defense), Chad Schoen (Defense)
Bulldog Spirit Award - Santino Favot (Defense),
Brad Bammert (Defense)
Most Improved Offensive Player - Damien Miller
Most Improved Defensive Player - Kyle
Fitzpatrick
Outstanding Offensive Rookie - Jake Hancock
Outstanding Defensive Rookie - Jordan Morgan
Rich Currie EPEP - Nick Butler (Defense), Tom
Schneider (Offense)
Tomorrow's Team Defensive Player of the Year - Max
Banktson
Tomorrow's Team Offensive Player of the Year -
Brandon Bryant
Team Captains - Parrish, Bammert, Butler, Chad
Wilson
