Aug. 28, 2008
DALLAS (SMU) - SMU senior DeMyron Martin has been named a candidate for the 2008 Doak Walker Award, the Guaranty Bank SMU Athletic Forum announced today. The award, in its 19th year, is named for SMU's three-time All-America running back Doak Walker, and is presented annually to the nation's top college running back.
The complete list of candidates, who were nominated by their universities, follows:
Tarrion Adams (Sr.), TulsaReggie Arnold (Jr.), Arkansas StateKahill Bell (Sr.), UCLAAndre Brown (Sr.), North Carolina StateDonald Brown (Jr.), ConnecticutDonald Buckram (So.), UTEPJames Davis (Sr.), ClemsonMike Davis (Sr.), South CarolinaAndre Dixon (Jr.), ConnecticutAnthony Dixon (Jr.), Mississippi StateJonathan Dwyer (So.), Georgia TechJamelle Eugene (Jr.), North Carolina StateTyrell Fenroy (Sr.), Louisiana LafayetteRodney Ferguson (Sr.), New MexicoDamion Flecther (Jr.), Southern MississippiArian Foster (Sr.), TennesseeMike Goodson (Jr.), Texas A&MKeegan Herring (Sr.), Arizona StateP.J. Hill (Jr.), WisconsinDeonte Jackson (So.), IdahoTerrell Jackson (Sr.), UTEPEugene Jarvis (Jr.), Kent StateIan Johnson (Sr.), Boise StateEric Kettani (Sr.), Naval AcademyJorvorskie Lane (Sr.), Texas A&MLuke Lippincott (Sr.), NevadaGreg Little (So.), North CarolinaMarlon Lucky (Sr.), NebraskaDarrell Mack (Sr.), UtahDeMyron Martin (Sr.), SMULeSean McCoy (So.), PittsburghKnowshon Moreno (So.), GeorgiaDeMarco Murray (So.), OklahomaJavon Ringer (Sr.), Michigan StateKory Sheets (Sr.), PurdueMichael Smith (Jr.), ArkansasC.J. Spiller (Jr.), ClemsonJames Starks (Jr.), BuffaloFrank Summers (Sr.), UNLVTyrell Sutton (Sr.), NorthwesternJoseph Turner (Jr.), TCUHarvey Unga (So.), BYUChris Wells (Jr.), Ohio State
The Guaranty Bank SMU Athletic Forum Board of Directors will select the semifinalists on November 10, and the Doak Walker Award National Selection Committee will cast votes to determine the finalists, who will be announced on November 24. The committee will cast a second vote beginning on December 1 to determine the recipient. The National Selection Committee consists of former NFL All-Pro and college All-America running backs, media members and selected special representatives.
The recipient of the 2008 Doak Walker Award will be announced live on ESPN on The Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards on Thursday, December 11. The Doak Walker Award Presentation Banquet will be held at The Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, Texas, on Friday, February 6, 2009.
The DWA is the only major collegiate award that requires all candidates to be in good academic standing and on schedule to graduate within one year of other students of the same classification.
