Wake Forest Athletics
Plackemeier Selected to Ray Guy Award Watch List
9/10/2004 12:00:00 AM | Football
Sept. 10, 2004
Winston-Salem, N.C. - Wake Forest junior punter Ryan Plackemeier has been named to the Ray Guy Award watch list, the Greater Augusta Sports Council announced on Thursday. The Ray Guy Award is presented annually to college football's best punter by a national selection committee.
Plackemeier, a 6-foot-4, 235 pound native of Bonsall, Calif., was a first-team All-ACC pick last fall. He led the ACC and ranked sixth nationally in punting with a school season-record average of 45.6 yards per boot. Plackemeier put 11 of his 57 punts inside the 20 yard line and had a long punt of 67 yards.
Coming into the 2004 season, Plackemeier's 44.8 career punting average ranked first all-time at Wake Forest and in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Ray Guy Award watch list will be narrowed to ten semi-finalists who will be announced in early November. The national voting body will then vote for the three finalists who will be announced in late November. On December 9, 2004, the three finalists will travel to Orlando, Fla., for the Home Depot College Football Awards Show, with the winner being announced and presented with the award live on ESPN.
2004 Ray Guy Award Watch List
Adam Anderson, Western Michigan
Jeff Babcock, Colorado State
Kyle Basler, Washington State
Danny Baugher, Arizona
Chris Beckman, Tulane
Bryce Benekos, Texas - El Paso
David Bradley, Iowa
John Braziel, Texas Christian
Vinnie Burns, Virginia Tech
Brendan Carney, Syracuse
Dustin Colquitt, Tennessee
Gary Cook, UNLV
Jared Cook, Mississippi State
Ryan Dougherty, East Carolina
Gordon Ely-Kelso, Georgia
Cole Farden, Oklahoma State
Adam Finley, Michigan
Bo Freeland, Alabama
Luke Johnson, Southern Mississippi
Brad Kadlubar, North Texas
Chris Kluwe, UCLA
Tom Malone, Southern California
Ryan Mentzel, Southern Methodist
Thomas Olmstead, Troy State
Matt Payne, Brigham Young
Ryan Plackemeier, Wake Forest
Adam Podlesh, Maryland
Alex Reyes, Texas Tech
Cody Ridgeway, Mississippi
Daniel Sepulveda, Baylor
Jacob Skinner, Arkansas
Joel Stelly, Louisiana-Monroe
Kyle Stringer, Boise State
Anthony Thornton, Kentucky
John Torp, Colorado
David Wooldridge, North Carolina
