December 04, 2017 | Football
SEATTLE – Washington's Vita Vea has won the Morris Trophy, given annually to the top offensive and defensive linemen in the Pac-12, and voted on by the conference's players, the Washington Athletic Club announced today.
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Vea, a junior from Milpitas, Calif., was the centerpiece of a Husky defense that finished the regular season as the Pac-12 leader in rushing, scoring and total defense. The 6-foot-5, 340-pound defensive tackle finished the season with 38 total tackles, including five-and-a-half for loss.
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His Morris Trophy win is the first by a Husky – on either side of the ball – since offensive tackle Chad Ward won it in 2000. He is Washington's first defensive winner since D'Marco Farr in 1993.
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Oregon's Tyrell Crosby won this season's Morris Trophy on offense.
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The Morris Trophy was first awarded after the 1980 season. A lunch honoring the 2017 winners will be held at the Washington Athletic Club on January 18, 2018.
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Here are Washington's previous Morris Trophy winners:
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1981 – Fletcher Jenkins, dt
1984 – Ron Holmes, dt
1986 – Reggie Rogers, dt
1989 – Bern Brostek, c
1990 – Steve Emtman, dt
1991 – Steve Emtman, dt
1991 – Lincoln Kennedy, ot
1992 – Lincoln Kennedy, ot
1993 – D'Marco Farr, dt
1996 – Bob Sapp, ot
1997 – Olin Kreutz, c
2000 – Chad Ward, og
2017 – Vita Vea, dt
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Vea, a junior from Milpitas, Calif., was the centerpiece of a Husky defense that finished the regular season as the Pac-12 leader in rushing, scoring and total defense. The 6-foot-5, 340-pound defensive tackle finished the season with 38 total tackles, including five-and-a-half for loss.
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His Morris Trophy win is the first by a Husky – on either side of the ball – since offensive tackle Chad Ward won it in 2000. He is Washington's first defensive winner since D'Marco Farr in 1993.
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Oregon's Tyrell Crosby won this season's Morris Trophy on offense.
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The Morris Trophy was first awarded after the 1980 season. A lunch honoring the 2017 winners will be held at the Washington Athletic Club on January 18, 2018.
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Here are Washington's previous Morris Trophy winners:
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1981 – Fletcher Jenkins, dt
1984 – Ron Holmes, dt
1986 – Reggie Rogers, dt
1989 – Bern Brostek, c
1990 – Steve Emtman, dt
1991 – Steve Emtman, dt
1991 – Lincoln Kennedy, ot
1992 – Lincoln Kennedy, ot
1993 – D'Marco Farr, dt
1996 – Bob Sapp, ot
1997 – Olin Kreutz, c
2000 – Chad Ward, og
2017 – Vita Vea, dt
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