Football: Award Winners For 2011 Season

By Mike Montoro for WVUsports.com
January 20, 2012 02:23 PM

Tavon Austin

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University football coaching staff has named its award winners for outstanding performance for the 2011 football season.

Offensive Player of the Year – Tavon Austin; Defensive Player of the Year – Najee Goode; Special Teams Player of the Year – Cody Nutter; Offensive Scout Team Player of the Year – Cody Clay; Defensive Scout Team Player of the Year – Ismail Showell.

Don Barclay, Najee Goode, Geno Smith and Keith Tandy also were named permanent team captains for the 2011 season.

West Virginia finished the 2011 season with a 10-3 overall record, won its sixth BIG EAST Championship since 2003 and seventh overall in the program’s history. The Mountaineers won the 2012 Discover Orange Bowl with a record-setting 70-33 victory over Clemson on Jan. 4.

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