Player Profiles - of College Football Games
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Harlon Hill Award<br />
Quarterback Curt Anes Wins Harlon Hill Award<br />
Grand Valley State University quarterback Curt Anes claimed<br />
the Harlon Hill Trophy as the Division II <strong>College</strong> <strong>Football</strong><br />
<strong>Player</strong> <strong>of</strong> the year, with the second highest vote total in the<br />
award’s 17-year history.<br />
Anes recieved 271 total points in the voting and 63 first-place<br />
votes, the second highest in points as well as second highest<br />
total for first-place votes. Anes became the first-ever Harlon<br />
Hill Award winner from the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic<br />
Conference.<br />
The award winner is determined in voting by the Division II<br />
sports information directors and was presented in front <strong>of</strong> a<br />
crowd <strong>of</strong> almost 500 at the seventeenth annual Harlon Hill<br />
Trophy award banquet at the Florence Conference Center.<br />
Anes, a senior from Kentwood, Michigan, was the runner-up<br />
for last year’s Hill Trophy, finishing just eight points behind<br />
2001 winner Dusty Bonner. In 2002 he quarterbacked Grand<br />
Valley State to an undefeated regular-season and No. 1 ranking<br />
all season, while ranking third nationally in passing efficiency<br />
and third in total <strong>of</strong>fense. He ranks third in Division II history<br />
for career touchdown passes (114) and first in total <strong>of</strong>fense<br />
(11,881) and is fifth all-time in career pass efficiency. He threw<br />
for 3,692 yards and 47 TDs in 2002 and led the Lakers to a 14-<br />
0 record and to the Division II National Championship.<br />
“Being a part <strong>of</strong> the Harlon Hill Trophy Award was an incredible<br />
experience,” said Anes. “It is such an honor to be mentioned<br />
in the same sentence as all <strong>of</strong> the previous winners,” added<br />
Anes.<br />
Anes became one <strong>of</strong> five individuals to win the Harlon Hill<br />
Award on Friday night and then lead his team to the NCAA DII<br />
National Championship on Saturday.<br />
“This is not an individual award. I was blessed with incredible<br />
team, coaches and support staff that all played a key role in<br />
helping achieve this honor,” stated Anes.<br />
C.W. Post senior running back Ian Smart was second with<br />
180 points and 31 first-place votes, and St. Cloud State junior<br />
quarterback Keith Heckendorf was third with 93 points and 7<br />
first-place votes.<br />
2002 • 2003 • 2005 • 2006 National Champions<br />
2002 Hill Vote Totals<br />
Total <strong>Player</strong> 1st 2nd 3rd<br />
Points<br />
271 Curt Anes Sr QB Grand Valley State 63 36 10<br />
180 Ian Smart Sr RB C.W. Post 31 30 27<br />
93 Keith Heckendorf Jr QB St. Cloud State 7 21 30<br />
43 Leonard Guyton Sr QB Carson-Newman 5 10 18<br />
26 Zak Clark Jr QB Central Arkansas 2 5 10<br />
26 Abel Gonzalez Sr QB Texas A&M-Kingsville 4 3 8<br />
24 Michael Oliva Sr WR UC Davis 1 5 11<br />
21 Kevin Curtin Jr WR Winona State 1 4 10<br />
0 Phillip Boggs Jr QB Midwestern State 0 0 0<br />
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