 Now that the season is over (couldn't have ended quickly enough), The Water Tower is ready to hand out some hardware to the biggest and brightest Eagles this year. Even coming off a 2-10 season, there were some players with standout performances throughout the year. The award groups are listed Below: Individual Awards
|  Offensive Player of the Year: RB - Bronson Hill RUSH: 196 Att, 1,101 yds, 5 TD REC: 16 Rec, 175 yds, 1 TD  Defensive Player of the Year: LB - Ike Spearman 82 Tot. Tackles, .5 Sacks, 2 INT 3.5 TFL  Most Improved Player of the Year WR - Dustin Creel 46 Rec, 593 yds 12.9 Avg, 5 TD  Freshman of the Year: P - Austin Barnes 50 Punts, 1,983 yds 12 Inside the 20, 6 punts of 50+  The Water Tower Player of the Year RB - Bronson Hill RUSH: 196 Att, 1,101 yds, 5 TD REC: 16 Rec, 175 yds, 1 TD |
| Offensive All -Water Tower Team: QB - Brogan Roback RB - Bronson Hill WR - Dustin Creel WR - Jay Jones TE - Tyreese Russell OL - Lincoln Hansen OL - Orlando McCord Honorable Mention WR - Demarius Reed RB - Ryan Brumfield QB - Tyler Benz | Defensive All -Water Tower Team: DL - Kalonji Kashama DL - Pat O'Connor LB - Ike Spearman LB - Sean Kurtz CB - Mycal Swaim CB - Willie Creear S - Donald Coleman Honorable Mention LB - Hunter Matt CB - Jaleel Canty S - Pudge Cotton |
Congratulations to all the award winners! I must say that it was hard to decide on Bronson Hill for the POY, but when you look back at a season that is hopefully soon forgotten, who else was there to choose from? Hill is the 1st 1,000 yard rusher since 2003 (Anthony Sherrell) and is by far the most explosive player on this team. I must say though, I flirted with the idea of giving it to Ike Spearman or Dustin Creel. Though you may be able to argue the POY award, I don't know that you could argue against him as the Offensive Player of the Year. The defensive POY was a tough one. Ike Spearman has a better statistical line than most everyone else on this side of the ball albeit a porous defensive front. But Spearman also dumbfounded me with plays using poor discipline and horrid play recognition. I went back and forth between Spearman, Kurtz and Mycal Swaim but with the numbers that Spearman put up in his first real season of work, I just didn't have the testicular fortitude to pick anyone else. Freshman of the year was another tough choice but from day 1 against Howard, Austin Barnes stood out. Barnes lost a little bit of his luster towards the end of the year, but make no mistake, this kid is for real. Amidst many tough choices laid perhaps the easiest award to hand out. The Most Improved. Could you pick anyone else other than Dustin Creel? Now that Brogan Roback is at the helm, Creel has become dynamic leading the team in reception (46), in TDs (5) and 2nd in yardage (593).
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