Nov. 22, 2010
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IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa football seniors Ryan Donahue and Ricky Stanzi have been named finalists for prestigious end of the season awards. Donahue has made the finals for the 2010 Ray Guy Award and Stanzi for the 2010 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award. The Guy Award goes annually to the nation’s top collegiate punter while the Unitas Award to the nation’s top senior quarterback.
Donahue, a 6-3, 190-pound senior from Evergreen Park, IL, joins two others collegiate punters as this year’s finalists. Joining Donahue will be Georgia’s Drew Butler and Florida’s Chas Henry. Butler won the award last year and Henry was also a finalist in 2009.
Donahue was a semi-finalist for the Ray Guy Award in 2009. He is the first Iowa punter to be named a finalist for the Award. The Award has been given to the nation’s top collegiate punter since 2000.
Donahue has averaged 44.3 yards per punt in Iowa’s 11 games. He has a long punt of 73 yards this season. During the 2010 campaign, he has punted the ball over 50 yards, 13 times and 19 of his punts have been downed inside the 20-yard line. He has been Iowa’s starting punter the last four years.
The Ray Guy Award winner will be announced Dec. 9th on the Home Depot College Football Awards Program on ESPN. The show originates from Lake Buena Vista, FL.
Stanzi is a 6-4, 230-pounder from Mentor, O. He is one of five finalists. Others finalists include Andy Dalton (TCU), Colin Kaerpernick (Nevada), Christian Ponder (Florida State) and Scott Tolzien (Wisconsin).
Stanzi leads the Big Ten and ranks sixth nationally in pass efficiency (163.17). He has completed 200-302 attempts for 2,677 yards and 23 touchdowns, with just four interceptions. The 23 touchdowns are third best for a single season at Iowa, the 200 completions are eighth best and the 2,677 yards is seventh best.
Stanzi has been Iowa’s starting quarterback for most of the last three seasons, leading the Hawkeyes to a 25-7 record as a starter. He’s also a semifinalist for the Davey O’Brien Quarterback of the Year Award and the Maxwell Trophy.
The 2010 Unitas winner, awarded since 1987, will be presented on December 10th in Baltimore, MD.