This award was established in 1962 and is given to the Hornet football player
selected as the player who did the most for the team that year.
| Year |
Player |
Year |
Player |
| 1962 |
Tom Miller, Rich Karmeier |
1979 |
Danny Demoss |
| 1963 |
Curt Wacker |
1980 |
Mark Reid |
| 1964 |
Ron Gill |
1981 |
Jerry Stanowski |
| 1965 |
Rob Wilkey |
1982 |
Jeff Roberson |
| 1966 |
Abbie Kaser |
1983 |
Steve Eickmeyer |
| 1967 |
Paul Middleton |
1984 |
John Connor |
| 1968 |
Bob Wetzel |
1985 |
Todd Parker |
| 1969 |
Rick Keller |
1986 |
Mike Miller |
| 1970 |
Rick Keller |
1987 |
Patrick Wiese |
| 1971 |
John Forys |
1988 |
Kevin Gajewski |
| 1972 |
Randy Habbe |
1989 |
Steve Kujawa |
| 1973 |
Ray Lisk |
1990 |
Brett Detering |
| 1974 |
Wayne Bathon |
1991 |
Jason Goforth |
| 1975 |
Matt Polczynski |
2015 |
Royce Newman |
| 1976 |
Doug Brinkman |
2016 |
Andrew Kash |
| 1977 |
Barry Morris |
2017 |
N/A |
| 1978 |
Danny Demoss |
2018 |
N/A |
*The "Most Valuable Player" award was changed to the "Most Valuable Lineman"
and the "Most Valuable Back" awards in 1992.
Most Valuable Back
This award was established in 1992 to honor the best defensive or offensive back
on the Hornet football team.
| Year |
Player |
| 1992 |
Jeremy Miller |
| 1993 |
Cory Harbison, Matt Gajewski |
| 1994 |
Matt Gajewski, Andy Weihe |
| 1995 |
Garrett Morris |
| 1996 |
Chris Dreas, Josh Lehde |
| 1997 |
Jarod Rybacki |
| 1998 |
Zack Borowiak, Justin Morris, Kelly Cruser, Scott Barr |
| 1999 |
Justin Morris |
| 2000 |
Devin Haertling |
| 2001 |
Jeremiah Lehde, Devin Haertling |
| 2002 |
Ben Reeder |
| 2003 |
Jon Habbe, Anthony Thoel |
| 2004 |
Anthony Thoel, Joe Beimfohr |
| 2005 |
Brent Peeples |
| 2006 |
Brent Peeples |
| 2007 |
Zach Bathon |
| 2008 |
Curtis Grathwohl |
| 2009 |
Gannon Mamell |
| 2014 |
Quayd Novak |
| 2015 |
Hunter Schultze |
| 2016 |
Ethan Reid |
| 2017 |
Cameron Parker |
| 2018 |
Jullian Metcalf |
Most Valuable Lineman
This award was established in 1992 to honor the
best defensive or offensive lineman on the Hornet football team.
| Year |
Player |
| 1992 |
Brian Whitworth |
| 1993 |
Roger Hughes |
| 1994 |
Alex Blumhorst, Jeremy May |
| 1995 |
Tony Wetzel |
| 1996 |
Peter Hendricks, Danny Nottmeyer |
| 1997 |
Mark Sachleben, Justin Clark |
| 1998 |
Jody Gajewski, Garrett Middleton, Jordan Chesnek, Dan Emge, Jason Rapp |
| 1999 |
Jordan Chesnek |
| 2000 |
Phil Beimfohr |
| 2001 |
Chris Jankowski, Jesse Povolish, Matt Storey, Mitch Rybacki |
| 2002 |
Chris Dressler, Anthony Aussieker |
| 2003 |
Chris Goforth |
| 2004 |
Daniel VanNatta |
| 2005 |
Justin Baugh |
| 2006 |
Tim Hanke |
| 2007 |
Jacob Wolf |
| 2008 |
Jordan Meinert |
| 2009 |
David Gill & Travis Newman |
| 2010 |
David Gill & Travis Newman |
| 2011 |
Brandon Fortag |
| 2012 |
Tristan Gill |
| 2013 |
Jeremy Gibson & Isaiah Guinzy |
| 2014 |
Peyton Renken |
| 2015 |
Chase Stanowski |
| 2016 |
Kyler Klingenberg |
| 2017 |
Dylan Kwiatkowski |
| 2018 |
Isaac Sexe & Dylan Kwiatkowski |