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Mid-American Conference football individual awards
...The Mid-American Conference football awards are given annually by the Mid-American Conference (MAC) at the conclusion of each college football season. The conference gives out a total of five awards, the Offensive, Defensive, and Freshman Players of the Year, the Coach of the Year, and the Vern Smith Leadership Award, which is given to the league's MVP in that season. The Vern Smith Award is selected by a vote of the coaches in the MAC while the remaining awards are selected by the MAC News Media Association.[1]
Offensive Player of the Year
Winners
Source:[2]
| Season | Player | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Willie Asbury | Kent State | |
| 1966 | Bruce Matte | Miami | |
| 1967 | John Schneider | Toledo | |
| 1968 | Cleve Bryant | Ohio | QB |
| 1969 | Chuck Ealey | Toledo | QB |
| 1970 | Chuck Ealey (2) | Toledo | QB |
| 1971* | Chuck Ealey (3) | Toledo | QB |
| 1971* | Phil Villapiano | Bowling Green | |
| 1972 | Bob Hitchens | Miami | |
| 1973 | Paul Miles | Bowling Green | |
| 1974 | Gene Swick | Toledo | |
| 1975 | Gene Swick (2) | Toledo | |
| 1976 | Jerome Persell | Western Michigan | RB |
| 1977 | Jerome Persell (2) | Western Michigan | RB |
| 1978* | Jerome Persell (3) | Western Michigan | RB |
| 1978* | Dave Petzke | Northern Illinois | |
| 1979 | Gary Hogeboom | Central Michigan | QB |
| 1980 | Mark O'Connell | Ball State | |
| 1981 | Sam Shon | Ohio | |
| 1982 | Curtis Adams | Central Michigan | |
| 1983 | Brian McClure | Bowling Green | |
| 1984 | Brian McClure (2) | Bowling Green | |
| 1985 | Brian McClure (3) | Bowling Green | |
| 1986 | Terry Morris | Miami | QB |
| 1987 | Eric Wilkerson | Kent State | |
| 1988 | Tony Kimbrough | Western Michigan | QB |
| 1989 | David Riley | Ball State | |
| 1990 | Jeff Bender | Central Michigan | |
| 1991 | Erik White | Bowling Green | |
| 1992 | Erik White (2) | Bowling Green | |
| 1993 | Mike Neu | Ball State | |
| 1994 | Brian Pruitt | Central Michigan | |
| 1995 | Wasean Tait | Toledo | |
| 1996 | Kareem Wilson | Ohio | |
| 1997 | Randy Moss | Marshall | WR |
| 1998 | Travis Prentice | Miami | RB |
| 1999 | Chad Pennington | Marshall | QB |
| 2000 | Robert Sanford | Western Michigan | RB |
| 2001 | Byron Leftwich | Marshall | QB |
| 2002 | Byron Leftwich (2) | Marshall | QB |
| 2003[3] | Ben Roethlisberger | Miami | QB |
| 2004[4] | Omar Jacobs | Bowling Green | QB |
| 2005[5] | Greg Jennings | Western Michigan | WR |
| 2006[6] | Garrett Wolfe | Northern Illinois | RB |
| 2007[7] | Dan LeFevour | Central Michigan | QB |
| 2008[8] | Nate Davis | Ball State | QB |
| 2009[1] | Dan LeFevour (2) | Central Michigan | QB |
| 2010[9] | Chad Spann | Northern Illinois | RB |
| 2011[10] | Chandler Harnish | Northern Illinois | QB |
| 2012[11] | Jordan Lynch | Northern Illinois | QB |
| 2013[12] | Jordan Lynch (2) | Northern Illinois | QB |
| 2014[13] | Jarvion Franklin | Western Michigan | RB |
| 2015[14] | Matt Johnson | Bowling Green | QB |
| 2016[15] | Corey Davis | Western Michigan | WR |
| 2017[16] | Logan Woodside | Toledo | QB |
| 2018[17] | Tyree Jackson | Buffalo | QB |
| 2019[18] | LeVante Bellamy | Western Michigan | RB |
| 2020[19] | Jaret Patterson | Buffalo | RB |
| 2021[20] | Lew Nichols III | Central Michigan | RB |
| 2022[21] | Kurtis Rourke | Ohio | QB |
| 2023[22] | Peny Boone | Toledo | RB |
Winners by school
| School (First season) | Wins | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Toledo (1952) | 9 | 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1995, 2017, 2023 |
| Bowling Green (1952) | 9 | 1971, 1973, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1991, 1992, 2004, 2015 |
| Western Michigan (1948) | 9 | 1976, 1977, 1978, 1988, 2000, 2005, 2014, 2016, 2019 |
| Northern Illinois (1975) | 7 | 1978, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2021 |
| Central Michigan (1975) | 6 | 1979, 1982, 1990, 1994, 2007, 2009 |
| Miami (1948) | 5 | 1966, 1972, 1986, 1998, 2003 |
| Ball State (1975) | 4 | 1980, 1989, 1993, 2008 |
| Marshall[23] (1954) | 4 | 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002 |
| Ohio (1947) | 4 | 1968, 1981, 1996, 2022 |
| Kent State (1951) | 3 | 1965, 1987, 2021 |
| Buffalo (1999) | 2 | 2018, 2020 |
| Akron (1992) | 0 | |
| Eastern Michigan (1976) | 0 | |
| Temple[24] (2007) | 0 | |
| Butler[25] (1947) | 0 | |
| Cincinnati[25] (1947) | 0 | |
| Central Florida[26](2002) | 0 | |
| UMass[27] (2011) | 0 |
Defensive Player of the Year
Winners
Source:[2]
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has won |
| Year* | Co-Award Winners |
| Position Key | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE | Defensive end | DT | Defensive tackle | LB | Linebacker | S | Safety |