12.13.2000         2000 Football Awards
                
        
        OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR        Dave Ragone, QB, Louisville        
DEFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
        Wayne Rogers, LB, Houston
        Cedric Scott, DE, Southern Miss
        SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR
        Jonathon Ruffin, Cincinnati
        FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
        Mewelde Moore, RB, Tulane
        COACH OF THE YEAR
        John L. Smith, Louisville
                
        ALL-CONFERENCE USA TEAMS
        FIRST TEAM OFFENSE
        QB - Dave Ragone, So., Louisville
        RB - Ray Jackson, Jr., Cincinnati
        RB - Michael Wallace, Sr., Army
        OL - Sherwin Lacewell, Sr., East Carolina
        OL - Josh Lovelady, Sr., Houston
        OL - Jason Padget, Sr., Louisville
        OL - Bernard Robertson, Sr., Tulane
        OL - Doug Rosfeld, Sr., Cincinnati
        TE - Ronnie Ghent, So., Louisvillle
        WR - Deion Branch, Jr., Louisville
        WR - Adrian Burnette, Sr., Tulane
        FIRST TEAM DEFENSE
        DL - Andre Arnold, Jr., Memphis
        DL - Marcus Bell, Sr., Memphis
        DL - Cedric Scott, Sr., Southern Miss
        DL - DeQuincy Scott, Sr., Southern Miss
        LB - Pernell Griffin, Jr., East Carolina
        LB - Wayne Rogers, Sr., Houston
        LB - Kamal Shakir, Sr., Memphis
        DB - Idrees Bashir, Jr., Memphis
        DB - Leo Barnes, Sr., Southern Miss
        DB - Anthony Floyd, So., Louisville
        DB - Michael Stone, Sr., Memphis
        FIRST TEAM SPECIAL TEAMS
        PK - Jonathon Ruffin, So., Cincinnati
        P - Casey Roussel, Jr., Tulane
        RS - Keith Stokes, Sr., East Carolina
        SECOND TEAM OFFENSE
        QB - David Garrard, So., East Carolina
        QB - Patrick Ramsey, Jr., Tulane
        RB - Jegil Dugger, Jr., UAB
        RB - Leonard Henry, Jr., East Carolina
        OL - Billy Clay, Sr., Southern Miss
        OL - Tony Dollison, Sr., UAB
        OL - Paul Henderson, Jr., Army
        OL - Joe O'Shaughnessy, Sr., Louisville
        OL - Andy Weinheimer, Jr., Cincinnati
        TE - Billy Kendall, Sr., Memphis
        WR - Arnold Jackson, Sr., Louisville
        WR - Brian Robinson, So., Houston
        SECOND TEAM DEFENSE
        DL - Donovan Arp, Sr., Louisville
        DL - Michael Josiah, So., Louisville
        DL - Mario Monds, Sr., Cincinnati
        DL - Bryan Thomas, Sr., UAB
        LB - Troy Evans, Sr., Cincinnati
        LB - Rashad Harris, Sr., Louisville
        LB - Jerry Phillips, Sr., Tulane
        DB - DeJuan Gossett, Sr., Cincinnati
        DB - Rashad Holman, Sr., Louisville
        DB - Ray Walls, Sr., Southern Miss
        DB - Chad Williams, Jr., Southern Miss
        SECOND TEAM SPECIAL TEAMS
        PK - Rhett Gallego, Jr., UAB
        P - Adam Wulfeck, Jr., Cincinnati
        RS - Zek Parker, Sr., Louisville
        
        
        ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
        OFFENSE
        QB - J.P. Losman, Tulane
        RB - Jeremiah Bonds, Memphis
        RB - Mewelde Moore, Tulane
        OL - Brendon Drysdale, Tulane
        OL - Jim Hicks, Southern Miss
        OL - Al James, Houston
        OL - Brian Rimpf, East Carolina
        OL - Josh Shneyderov, Cincinnati
        TE - Richard Owens, Louisville
        WR - Kenneth Johnson, Southern Miss
        WR - Roydell Williams, Tulane
        DEFENSE
        DL - Odene Brathwaite, Army
        DL - Lonnie Crayton, Tulane
        DL - Terrell Paul, Southern Miss
        DL - Josh Tubbs, Houston
        DL - Dewayne White, Louisville
        LB - Rod Davis, Southern Miss
        LB - Vonta Leach, East Carolina
        LB - Coot Terry, Memphis
        DB - Greg Brooks, Southern Miss
        DB - Jason Brown, Memphis
        DB - Lynaris Elpheage, Tulane
        DB - Heard Robinson, Houston
        SPECIAL TEAMS
        K - Wade Tydlacka, Louisville
        RS - Kenneth Johnson, Southern Miss