Terrapin punter Brooks Barnard has been selected among 32 candidates for the Ray Guy Award honoring the nation's best punter. The following punters have been named to the Ray Guy Award watch list as possible candidates for the award. The punters were eligible for inclusion in the preseason list if nominated by August 21, 2000. The Ray Guy Award will be awarded to the Nation's best punter as determined by a committee made up of sports writers, college football coaches, former punters and members designated by the Greater Augusta Sports Council. The winner will display leadership, self-discipline, and have a significant positive impact on the team's success.
Players are eligible to join the watch list throughout the season.
The National Selection Committee will choose the ten semi-finalists who will be announced by November 8, 2000. That same national body will then vote for the three finalists who will be announced November 30, 2000. The Ray Guy Award in its first year has become one of the most talked about awards in college football, finally recognizing the remaining major position on the football field that can single-handedly altar the outcome of a game. The award is named after the greatest punter of all time, Ray Guy who attended the University of Southern Mississippi and then was drafted in the first round by the Oakland Raiders. Ray Guy was an integral part of the Raider's successful years between 1973-1986.