Seven University of Tulsa football players earned All-WAC honors this season, as announced by the conference office yesterday.

Tulsa had three players earn first-team honors and four players were named to the second-team all-WAC squad. It is the second most first and second team conference awards for a Tulsa team since joining the WAC in 1996. Last season, the Golden Hurricane had eight players earn all-conference honors.

First-team honorees for Tulsa include senior offensive lineman Derek Warehime (Midwest City, Okla.), junior tight end Garrett Mills (Tulsa, Okla.) and junior kick returner Ashlan Davis (Mesquite, Texas).

Tulsa players named to the second-team were senior defensive lineman Josh Walker (Tulsa, Okla.) senior linebacker Michael LeDet (Orange, Texas), senior cornerback Jermaine Hope (Orange, Texas) and sophomore linebacker Nick Bunting (Tulsa, Okla.).

The Hurricane also had four players named honorable mention including senior tight end Caleb Blankenship (Tulsa, Okla.), senior quarterback James Kilian (Medford, Okla.), junior running back Uril Parrish (Ridgefield, N.J.) and junior defensive lineman Brandon Lohr (Jenks, Okla.).

WAC regular season Champion Boise State led the league with six first-team all-WAC honorees, while UTEP placed five on the first team. Louisiana Tech's Ryan Moats was named the Offensive Player of the Year and UTEP's Robert Rodriguez earned Defensive Player of the Year honors.

WR- T.J. Acree, Sr., Boise State

WR- Nichiren Flowers, Jr., Nevada

WR- Chad Owens, Sr., Hawai'i*

TE- Garrett Mills, Jr., Tulsa*

OL- Daryn Colledge, Jr., Boise State

OL- Harvey Dahl, Sr., Nevada*

OL- Aaron Lips, Jr., Louisiana Tech

OL- Logan Mankins, Sr., Fresno State

OL- Derek Warehime, Sr., Tulsa

QB- Timmy Chang, Sr., Hawai`i

RB-Howard Jackson, Sr., UTEP*

RB-Ryan Moats, Jr., Louisiana Tech*

DL- John Syptak, Jr., Rice

DL- Garret McIntyre, Jr., Fresno State

DL- Tony Ficklin, Jr., San Jose State

DL- Chris Barry, Sr., Nevada

DL- Chris Mineo, Jr., UTEP

LB-Andy Avalos, Sr., Boise State*

LB- Robert Rodriguez, Sr., UTEP

LB- Korey Hall, So., Boise State

LB- Byron Santiago, Sr., Louisiana Tech

DB- Abraham Elimimian, Sr., Hawai`i

DB- Gabe Franklin, Sr., Boise State

DB- James Sanders, Jr., Fresno State*

DB- Adrian Ward, Sr., UTEP

PK- Tyler Jones, Sr., Boise State

P- Bryce Benekos, Sr., UTEP

ST-Ashlan Davis, Jr., Tulsa

*2003 First Team All-WAC Selection

Offensive Player of the Year: Ryan Moats, Jr., RB, Louisiana Tech

Defensive Player of the Year: Robert Rodriguez, Sr., LB, UTEP

Co-Freshman of the Year: Ryan Wendell, OL, Fresno State and Quintin Demps, FS, UTEP

Coach of the Year: Dan Hawkins, Boise State

WR- Jayson Boyd, Jr., UTEP

WR- Rufus Skillern, Jr., San Jose State

WR- Johnnie Lee Higgins, Jr., UTEP

TE- Joanas Crafts, Sr., UTEP

OL- Samson Satele, So., Hawai`i

OL- Adrian Gonzalez, Sr., Louisiana Tech

OL- Klyton Adams, Sr., Boise State

OL- Kyle Young, So., Fresno State

OL- Scott Mayhew, Sr., Rice

QB- Jared Zabransky, So., Boise State

RB- Bryson Sumlin, Jr., Fresno State

RB- Tyson Thompson, Jr., San Jose State

DL- Chris Van Hoy, Sr., Louisiana Tech

DL- Jemelle Cage, Sr., Louisiana Tech

DL- Josh Walker, Sr., Tulsa

LB- Michael LeDet, Sr., Tulsa

LB- Nick Bunting, So., Tulsa

LB- Thomas Howard, Jr., UTEP

LB- Jeremy Egstrom, Fr., Nevada

DB- Jermaine Hope, Sr., Tulsa

DB- Corey Brazil, Sr., Louisiana Tech

DB- Terry Holley, Sr., Rice

PK- Reagan Schneider, So., UTEP

P- Kyle Stringer, So., Boise State

ST- Chad Owens, Sr., Hawai`i