NAIA Football Player of the Year Award

NAIA Football Player of the Year Award
Awarded forBest college football player in the NAIA
LocationVaries (currently Grambling, Louisiana)
CountryUnited States
History
First award1997
Most recentGrand View quarterback Jackson Waring

The Rawlings-NAIA Football Player of the Year is an award sponsored by Rawlings. This prize is awarded annually to the best college football player in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.

Winners

Year Name Pos. Team Ref.
1997 Bo Hurley QB Findlay
1998 Jack Williams RB Azusa Pacific
1999 Eddie Eviston QB Georgetown (KY)
2000 Eddie Eviston (2) QB Georgetown (KY)
2001 Eddie Eviston (3) QB Georgetown (KY)
2002 Nick Kortan RB Sioux Falls
2003 Tyler Emmert QB Carroll (MT)
2004 Cory Jacquay RB Saint Francis (IN)
2005 Tyler Emmert QB Carroll (MT)
2006 Brian Kurtz LB Saint Francis (IN)
2007 Chad Cavender QB Sioux Falls [1]
2008 Owen Koeppen LB Carroll (MT) [2]
2009 Lorenzo Brown QB Sioux Falls [3]
2010 Jon Ryan WR Sioux Falls [4]
2011 Chance Demarais RB Carroll (MT) [5]
2012 Jimmy Coy QB Saint Xavier [6]
2013 Kyle Schuck WR Morningside [7]
2014 Austin Dodge QB Southern Oregon [8]
2015 Ryan Kasdorf QB Morningside [9]
2016 Logan Brettell QB Baker [10]
2017 Nick Ferrer QB Saint Francis (IN) [11]
2018 Trent Solsma QB Morningside [12]
2019 Charles Salary RB Marian [13]
2020 Tyson Kooima QB Northwestern (IA) [14]
2021 Joe Dolincheck QB Morningside [15]
2022 Joe Dolincheck (2) QB Morningside [16]
2023 Jalyn Gramstad QB Northwestern (IA) [17]
2024 Jackson Waring QB Grand View [18]
2025 Jackson Waring (2) QB Grand View [19]

Winners by team

TeamWinnersYears
Morningside52013, 2015, 2018, 2021, 2022
Carroll (MT)42003, 2005, 2008, 2011
Sioux Falls2002, 2007, 2009, 2010
Georgetown (KY)31999, 2000, 2001
Saint Francis (IN)2004, 2006, 2017
Northwestern (IA)22020, 2023
Grand View2024, 2025
Azusa Pacific11998
Baker2016
Findlay1997
Marian (IN)2019
Saint Xavier2012
Southern Oregon2014

References

  1. ↑ "Sioux Falls (S.D.) Chad Cavender Awarded With 2007 Rawlings-NAIA Player of the Year". naia.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. December 14, 2007. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
  2. ↑ "2008 Rawlings-NAIA Football Player of the Year Announced". naia.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. December 19, 2008. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Sioux Falls (S.D.) Quarterback Lorenzo Brown Named Rawlings-NAIA National Football Player of the Year". naia.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. December 18, 2009. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
  4. ↑ Waller, Chad (December 17, 2010). "Sioux Falls' Jon Ryan Named Rawlings-NAIA National Football Player of the Year". naia.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
  5. ↑ "2011 Rawlings-NAIA National Football Player of the Year". naia.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. December 16, 2011. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
  6. ↑ Grosbach, Alan (December 13, 2012). "2012 Rawlings-NAIA National Football Player of the Year". naia.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
  7. ↑ Grosbach, Alan (December 21, 2013). "2013 Rawlings-NAIA National Football Player of the Year". naia.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
  8. ↑ Grosbach, Alan (December 19, 2014). "2014 Rawlings-NAIA National Football Player of the Year Announced". naia.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
  9. ↑ Grosbach, Alan (December 19, 2015). "2015 Rawlings-NAIA National Football Player of the Year Announced". naia.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
  10. ↑ Grosbach, Alan (December 17, 2016). "NAIA National Football Player of the Year Announced". naia.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
  11. ↑ "Saint Francis' Ferrer Named National Player of the Year". naia.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. December 16, 2017. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Morningside (Iowa) QB Trent Solsma named National Player of the Year". naia.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. December 14, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
  13. ↑ "Charles Salary named 2019 NAIA Football National Player of the Year". naia.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. December 19, 2019. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
  14. ↑ "Northwestern's Kooima Named Football National Player of the Year". naia.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. May 10, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
  15. ↑ "Morningside's Joe Dolincheck Named National Player of the Year". naia.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. December 16, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
  16. ↑ "Joe Dolincheck Named Back-To-Back National Player of the Year". naia.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. December 16, 2022. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
  17. ↑ "Jalyn Gramstad Earns NAIA National Player of the Year Honor". nwcraiders.com. Northwestern College (Iowa). December 15, 2023. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
  18. ↑ "Grand View's Jackson Waring Crowned NAIA Player of the Year". gvvikings.com. Grand View University. December 20, 2024. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
  19. ↑ "Grand View's Jackson Waring Repeats as NAIA Football Player of the Year". naia.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. December 19, 2025. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.