July 25, 2001

WASHINGTON, OREGON STATE and OREGON all finished at 7-1 in league play to earn a piece of the Pac-10 championship. The Huskies earned the Pac-10's Rose Bowl berth, making UW the seventh different Pac-10 team to advance to the Rose Bowl in the last seven years. Oregon State posted its first 10-win season ever and its first piece of the Conference championship since 1964. The Pac-10 concluded a successful 2000 season with resounding New Year's Day bowl wins as WASHINGTON topped Purdue, 34-24, in the Rose Bowl presented by AT&T and OREGON STATE pounded Notre Dame, 41-9, in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. OREGON joined the party by besting Texas, 35-30, in the Culligan Holiday Bowl to give the Pac-10 three bowl wins against teams ranked in the top 15. Washington, Oregon State and Oregon all finished in the Top 10 in the final polls, the first time the Conference pulled off that feat since 1984.

CALIFORNIA punter Nick Harris re-wrote both the Pac-10 and NCAA record book for most punts in a career with 322. He also tallied the most yards on punts, gathering 13,981 during his career. Oregon State running back, Ken Simonton, tied the Pac-10 record for most season gaining 1,000 years or more.

In addition, Washington quarterback Marques Tuiasosopo was named Offensive Player of the Year. For the second consecutive time, ARIZONA STATE linebacker Adam Archuleta was named Defensive Player of the Year. Arizona State's defensive end Terrell Suggs earned Freshman of the Year honors, while Dennis Erickson of Oregon State was named Coach of the Year for the first time in his career.

California's Andre Carter was the highest draft pick of the 2000 NFL Draft from the Pac-10, selected by San Francisco in the first round, seventh-pick overall. Sun Devils Archuleta and tight end Todd Heap, were also selected in the first round. St. Louis selected Archuleta as the 20th-pick overall, while Balitimore took Heap with the 50th and final pick in the first round.

FINAL STANDINGS

BOWL RESULTS

Rose Bowl - Washington 34, Purdue 24
Fiesta Bowl - Oregon State 41, Notre Dame 9
Holiday Bowl - Oregon 35, Texas 30
Sun Bowl - Wisconsin 21, UCLA 20
Aloha Bowl - Boston College 31, Arizona State 17

Following are the bowl records of the Division I-A conferences (using current conference memberships) updated after the 2000 season.

2000 ALL-PACIFIC-10 CONFERENCE FOOTBALL TEAM

RS=return specialist
ST=special teams player (non-kicker or return man)

Offensive Player of the Year: Marques Tuiasosopo, QB, Sr., Washington
Defensive Player of the Year: Adam Archuleta, OLB, Sr., Arizona State
Freshman of the Year: Terrell Suggs, DE, Arizona State
Coach of the Year: Dennis Erickson, Oregon State

All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention

ARIZONA: Keoni Fraser, DT, Jr., Idris Haroon, DE, Sr., Ortege Jenkins, QB, Sr., Sean Keel, PK, So., Brandon Manumaleuna, TE, Sr., Antonio Pierce, ILB, Sr., Bobby Wade, WR, So. (note: first-team selection as return specialist), Bruce Wiggins, C, Sr.

ARIZONA STATE: Solomon Bates, MLB, So., Nijrell Eason, CB, Sr., Nick Murphy, P, Jr., Donnie O'Neal, WR, Jr., Alfred Williams, FS, So.

CALIFORNIA: Reed Diehl, C, Sr., Scott Fujita, OLB, Jr., Joe Igber, TB, So., Chidi Iwuoma, CB, Sr., Matt Nixon, ILB, So., Jemeel Powell, CB, So. (note: second-team selection as return specialist), Mark Wilson, OT, Fr.

OREGON: Jim Adams, OT, Jr., Jed Boice, DT, Sr., Kurtis Doerr, P, Sr., Keenan Howry, WR, So., Jason Nikolao, DE, Sr., Justin Peelle, TE, Jr., Garrett Sabol, OLB, Sr., Matt Smith, MLB, Sr., Steve Smith, CB, Jr., Marshaun Tucker, WR, Sr.

OREGON STATE: Keith Heyward-Johnson, CB, Sr., LaDarius Jackson, DE, Sr., Chad Johnson, SE, Sr., Martin Maurer, TE, Sr., Robert Prescott, WR, Sr., Jonathan Smith, QB, Jr.

STANFORD: Emory Brock, ST, Sr., Coy Wire, ILB, Sr.

UCLA: Marques Anderson, SS, Jr., Oscar Cabrera, OG, Sr., Rodney Leisle, DT, Fr., Brian Poli-Dixon, SE, Jr.

USC: Antoine Harris, TE, Sr., Brent McCaffrey, OT, Sr., Troy Polamalu, SS, So.

WASHINGTON: Derrell Daniels, ILB, Sr., Jeremiah Pharms, OLB, Sr.

WASHINGTON STATE: Jason Gesser, So., WSU, Tomasi Kongaika, DT, So., Derrick Roche, OG, So., Roanall Smith, OLB, Jr., Marcus Trufant, CB, So.

PAC-10 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

STATISTICAL LEADERS

INDIVIDUAL

TEAM

NATIONAL AND OTHER PAC-10 POSTSEASON HONORS

2000 PAC-10 FOOTBALL AWARD WINNERS

Unanimous First-Team All-America Selection

Andre Carter, DE, Sr., California

Consensus First-Team All-America Selections

Nick Harris, P, Sr., California
Freddie Mitchell, FL, Jr., UCLA

Other First-Team All-America Selections

Ken Simonton, TB, Jr., Oregon State
Chad Ward, OG, Sr., Washington

Adam Archuleta, OLB, Sr., Arizona State
DeLawrence Grant, DE, Sr., Oregon State
Todd Heap, TE, Jr., Arizona State
Riall Johnson, OLB, Sr., Stanford
Brian Polak, OG, Sr., UCLA
Jerramy Stevens, TE, So., Washington
Larry Tripplett, DT, Jr., Washington

Third-Team All-America Selections

Rashad Bauman, CB, Jr., Oregon
Ennis Davis, DT, Sr., USC
Chris Gibson, C, Jr., Oregon State
Willie Howard, DT, Sr., Stanford

Freshman All-America Selections

Rich Alexis, TB, Washington (first team)
Clarence Farmer, RB, Arizona (first team)
Joey Forster, OG, Oregon (first team)
Michael Jolivette, CB, Arizona (first team)
Richard Seigler, MLB, Oregon State (first team)
Terrell Suggs, DE, Arizona State (first team)
Lenny Vandermade, OG, USC (first team)
Mark Wilson, OT, California (first team)
Alex Holmes, TE, USC (second team)
Derrick Johnson, KR, Washington (second team)
Rodney Leisle, DT, UCLA (third team)
Reggie Sampay, C, Arizona (third team)

The Sporting News Coach of the Year

Dennis Erickson, Oregon State

American Football Coaches Association Region 5 Coach of the Year

Dennis Erickson, Oregon State

Pac-10 Coach of the Year

Dennis Erickson, Oregon State

Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year

Marques Tuiasosopo, QB, Sr., Washington

Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year

Adam Archuleta, OLB, Sr., Arizona State

Football News Pac-10 Player of the Year

Ken Simonton, TB, Jr., Oregon State

The Sporting News Pac-10 Player of the Year

Ken Simonton, TB, Jr., Oregon State

Pac-10 Freshman of the Year

Terrell Suggs, DE, Arizona State

Morris Trophy Winners (Outstanding Offensive and Defensive Linemen in the Pac-10)

Andre Carter, DE, Sr., California Chad Ward, OG, Sr., Washington

First-Team Verizon Academic All-America Selection

Ryan Schmid, OG, Jr., Oregon

First-Team Verizon Academic All-District VIII Selections

Mike Aguirre, WR, Sr., Arizona State
Ryan Fleming, P, Sr., Washington
Ryan Schmid, OG, Jr., Oregon
Seth Trimmer, FL, So., Oregon State

Second-Team Verizon Academic All-District VIII Selections

Cy Aleman, WR, So., Oregon
Mike Belisle, OT, So., Oregon
Brian Forth, WR, Sr., Arizona State
Joey Harrington, QB, Jr., Oregon
Dan Katz, PK, Sr., Oregon
Kyle Rosselle, DE, Jr., Oregon State
Dennis Weathersby, CB, So., Oregon State
Eli Wnek, TE, Jr., Arizona

2000 PACIFIC-10 CONFERENCE ALL-ACADEMIC FOOTBALL TEAM

*two-time all-academic selection

Honorable Mention

Arizona: Malosi Leonard, WR, Jr., Jarvie Worcester, FS, So.

Arizona State: Mike Aguirre, WR, Sr., Mike Barth, PK, So., Griffin Goodman, QB, Sr., Adam Tanke, MLB, Sr., Patrick Wilson, SS, So.

California: Nolan Bluntzer, C, RFr., Kyle Boller, QB, So., Tyler Fredrickson, P, RFr., Nick Harris, P, Sr., Juan Jimenez, LB, Sr., John Klotsche, ILB, So., James Smith, WR, RFr., Jason Smith, ILB, Sr., Ryan Stanger, FB, So., Tom Swoboda, TE, So., Bert Watts, SS, So., Brian White, WR, So.

Oregon: Cy Aleman, WR, Jr., Michael Callier, ILB, Sr., Josh Frankel, PK, Sr., Erik Nicolaisen, ILB, Jr., Justin Peelle, TE, Jr.

Oregon State: Tim Euhus, TE, RFr., Seth Trimmer, FL, So.

Stanford: Randy Fasani, QB, Sr., Matt Friedrichs, ILB, Sr., Jamien McCullum, FL, Sr., Russell Stewart, TE, Sr.

UCLA: Ryan McCann, QB, So.

USC: Joe Boskovich, C, RFr., Scott Huber, TE, So., Brennan Ochs, FB, Sr., Mike Van Raaphorst, QB, Sr.

Washington: Tyler Krambrink, ILB, RFr., Cody Pickett, QB, RFr., Marques Tuiasosopo, QB, Sr., Chris Waddell, ILB, Sr.

Washington State: Jason Gesser, QB, So., Adam Hawkins, RB, Sr., Mike Isaacson, OLB, RFr., Billy Knotts, OG, RFr., Nick Lambert, PK, Jr., Paul Mencke, WR, Sr., Tupo Tuupo, DE, Jr.