SPORTS
Friday, December 7, 2018
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Top Pac-12 quarterback? Minshew is AP choice
By ANNE M. PETERSON
AP Sports Writer
There’s no question at
quarterback: Washington
State’s Gardner Minshew II
leads the way in the Pac-12.
Minshew, a graduate
transfer who leads the nation
with an average of 373.1
passing yards per game, was
the unanimous choice for
first-team quarterback on
The Associated Press All-
Pac-12 team, selected by a
panel of sports writers who
cover the conference.
Unsurprisingly, he also
got the nod as the league’s
Offensive Player of the Year.
Minshew has thrown for
4,477 yards and 36 touch-
downs for the Cougars, who
are 10-2 overall and headed
to the Alamo Bowl on Dec.
28 against Iowa State.
Stanford’s K.J. Costello
earned the second team
quarterback honors.
Minshew joins Arizona
State running back Eno
Benjamin as the two unan-
imous first-team selections
on offense. There were
several on the first-team
defense: Washington’s Greg
Gaines at defensive tackle,
fellow Husky Ben Burr-Kir-
ven at linebacker and Utah’s
Bradlee Anae at defensive
end.
As for Pac-12 Coach of
the Year, Washington State’s
Mike Leach also topped all
the ballots. Burr-Kirven was
Defensive Player of the Year
and Minshew got the nod as
Newcomer of the Year.
The 2018 Associated
Press All-Pac-12 team, as
selected by a panel of sports
writers who regularly cover
the league for newspapers
or broadcast outlets. Play-
ers at all positions are listed
alphabetically with name,
school, height, weight, class
and hometown; “u-” denotes
unanimous selections.
First team
Offense
Quarterback — u-Gard-
ner Minshew II, Washington
State, 6-2, 220, sr., Brandon,
Missouri.
Running back — u-Eno
Benjamin, Arizona State,
5-10, 200, soph., Wylie,
Texas;
Joshua
Kelley,
UCLA, 5-11, 204, jr., Lan-
caster, California.
Tackles — Andre Dil-
lard, Washington State, 6-5,
310, sr., Woodinville, Wash-
ington; Calvin Throckmor-
ton, 6-5, 318, jr., Bellevue,
Washington.
Guards
—
Shane
Lemieux, Oregon, 6-4, 317,
jr., Yakima, Washington.
Jordan Agasiva, Utah, 6-4,
320, sr., Kalihi, Hawaii.
Center — Nick Harris,
Washington, 6-1, 300, jr.,
Inglewood, California.
Tight end — Caleb Wil-
son, UCLA, 6-4, 235, jr.,
Dallas, Texas.
Wide receiver — N’Keal
Harry, Arizona State, 6-4,
213, jr., Chandler, Arizona;
JJ Arcega-Whiteside, Stan-
ford, 6-3, 225, sr., Inman,
South Carolina.
All-purpose player — J.J.
Taylor, Arizona, 5-6, 184,
soph., Corona, California.
AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File
Washington State quarterback Gardner Minshew,
shown Nov. 23, was named the Pac-12 Offensive Player
of the Year and the Newcomer of the Year.
Kicker — Matt Gay,
Utah, 6-0, 230, sr., Orem,
Utah.
Defense
Defensive
ends
—
u-Bradlee Anae, Utah, 6-3,
254, jr. Laie, Hawaii; Justin
Hollins, Oregon, 6-5, 242,
sr., Arlington, Texas.
Defensive tackles —
u-Greg Gaines, Washington,
6-2, 316, sr., La Habra, Cal-
ifornia; Mustafa Johnson,
Colorado, 6-2, 290, soph.,
Turlock, California.
Linebackers — u-Ben
Burr-Kirven, Washington,
6-0, 221, sr., Menlo Park,
California; Chase Hansen,
Utah, 6-3, 230, sr., High-
land, Utah; Evan Weaver,
California, 6-3, 245, jr., Spo-
kane, Washington.
Cornerbacks — Byron
Murphy, Washington, 5-11,
182, soph., Scottsdale, Ari-
zona; Paulson Adebo, Stan-
ford, 6-1, 189, soph., Mans-
field, Texas.
Safeties — Taylor Rapp,
Washington, 6-2, 200, jr.,
Bellingham, Washington;
Ashtyn Davis, California,
6-1, 190, jr. Santa Cruz,
California.
Punter — Mitch Wish-
nowsky, Utah, 6-2, 220, sr.,
Perth Australia.
Second Team
Offense
Quarterback — K.J.
Costello, Stanford, 6-5, 215,
jr., Coto de Caza, California.
Running back — Myles
Gaskin, Washington, 5-10,
193, sr., Lynwood, Washing-
ton; Zack Moss, Utah, 5-10,
215, jr., Hialeah Gardens,
Florida.
Tackles
—
Kaleb
McGary, Washington, 6-8,
324, sr., Fife, Washington;
Patrick Mekari, California,
6-4, 310, jr., Westlake Vil-
lage, California.
Guards — Chris Brown,
USC, 6-5, 310, sr., Los
Angeles; Gus Lavaka, Ore-
gon State, 6-4, 353, jr.,
Kearns, Utah.
Center — Jake Han-
son, Oregon, 6-5, 297, jr.,
Eureka, California.
Tight end — Kaden
Smith, Stanford, 6-5, 252,
jr., Flower Mound, Texas.
Wide receivers — Dillon
Mitchell, Oregon, 6-2, 189,
jr., Memphis, Tennessee;
Laviska Shenault Jr., Colo-
rado, 6-2, 220, jr., DeSoto,
Texas.
All-purpose player —
Britain Covey, Utah, 5-8,
170, soph., Provo, Utah.
Kicker — Jet Toner, Stan-
ford, 6-4, 201, jr., Honolulu.
Defense
Defensive ends — Logan
Tago, Washington State,
6-3, 250, sr., Fagasa, Amer-
ican Samoa; Christian Rec-
tor, USC, 604, 275, jr., Pasa-
dena, California.
Defensive tackles —
Leki Fotu, Utah, 6-5, jr.,
West Valley City, Utah; Jor-
dan Scott, Oregon, 6-1, 329,
sophomore, Largo, Florida.
Linebackers — Jordan
Kunaszyk, California, 6-3,
235, sr., Sacramento, Cali-
fornia; Colin Schooler, Ari-
zona, 6-0, 236, soph., Dana
Point, California; Nate
Landman, Colorado, 6-3,
235, jr., Danville, California.
Cornerbacks — Thomas
Graham
Jr.,
Oregon,
5-11, 191, soph., Rancho
Cucamonga,
California;
(tie) Camryn Bynum, Cal-
ifornia, 6-0, 180, soph.,
Corona California, Elisha
Guidry, UCLA, 5-11, 182,
fr., Murrieta, Georgia, and
Julian Blackmon, Utah, 6-1,
190, jr., Layton, Utah.
Safeties — Jalen Thomp-
son, Washington State, 6-0,
190, jr., Downey, California;
Ugochukwu Amadi, Ore-
gon, 5-10, 201, sr., Nash-
ville, Tennessee.
Punter — Jake Bai-
ley, Stanford, 6-2, 202, sr.,
Solana Beach, California.
Coach of the Year —
Mike Leach, Washington
State.
Offensive player of the
Year — Gardner Minshew
II, Washington State.
Defensive player of the
Year — Ben Burr-Kirven,
Washington.
Newcomer of the Year —
Gardner Minshew II, Wash-
ington State.
Voting panel
Tony Parks, 1280 The
Zone, Salt Lake City;
Theo Lawson, The Spokes-
man-Review,
Spokane,
Washington; Gary Horow-
itz, The Statesman Jour-
nal, Salem, Oregon; Joey
Kaufman, Southern Califor-
nia News Group; Jon Wil-
ner, The Mercury News, San
Jose, California; James Cre-
pea, The Oregonian, Port-
land, Oregon; Brian How-
ell, Buffzone.com, Boulder,
Colorado; Adam Jude, The
Seattle Times; Christian
Caple, The Athletic; Lauren
Kirschman, The News Tri-
bune, Tacoma, Washington.
Sharpe riding high into halfpipe skiing season as Olympic champ
The Associated Press
Cassie Sharpe was name-
dropped in a tweet by movie
star Ryan Reynolds, saw a
little girl dressed up as her
for Halloween and even got
her face on a pair of socks
owned by the prime minister.
These things can hap-
pen when you win Olympic
gold.
Sharpe won the halfpipe
skiing competition in South
Korea, nailing jump after
jump and thrilling her native
Canada. She gave Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau the
special socks during a meet
and greet at Parliament Hill
with other Olympic medal-
ists in May. The idea came
after she saw socks adorned
with Trudeau’s face at a
tourist shop in Van-
my face on them,”
couver and bought
Sharpe said with
them to wear to the
a laugh in a phone
meeting.
interview with The
“I told one of my
Canadian
Press.
friends about it and
“He said people
she was like, ‘You
always give him
should get socks
stuff with his face
with your face on Sharpe
on them so I was
them and give them
like: ‘You know
to him.’ So yeah, I gave the what? Funny you should
prime minister socks with say that,’ and I pulled up my
pant leg and showed him
my socks with his face on
them.”
The visit to the capital
was just one of the high-
lights for Sharpe in a sum-
mer that also saw her take
some much-needed time for
herself after years of near
nonstop training for her
Olympic debut. She went
to Mexico, Disney World
and Japan over a three-
month break. Now that she’s
back on snow in the Colo-
rado mountains, Sharpe is
ready to defend her World
Cup points title at her sea-
son-opening event at Cop-
per Mountain.
Sharpe finished first in
qualifying runs Wednesday
for the weekend’s competi-
tion with 93.75 points.
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