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With the Phinsider Hall Of Fame announcement out of the way, we now move on to the list of awards. In this round, we voted on four awards that are listed below-
The Don Shula (Formerly the Bill Parcells) Award - given to the blogger with the most insightful and knowledgeable posts and comments.
The Zach Thomas Leadership Award - given to the blogger who best exemplifies sportsmanship and level-headedness when posting and commenting.
The Jarvis "Juice" Landry Sophomore of the Year Award (formallyThe Jared Odrick Sophomore of the Year Award) - given to the best sophomore blogger at the site. This award was previously only given out in 2012, due to no Matty Awards in 2011.
The Devante Parker Rookie Blogger of the Year Award (formallyThe Jake Long Rookie Blogger of the Year Award) - given to the best rookie blogger at the site
Without further ado here are this years winners of each award along with the previous year's winners-
The Don Shula Award
The 2016 award goes to KIH004. Congratulations to KIH004 who now joins the following list of previous winners-
The Zach Thomas Award
The 2016 award goes to Brian (Turtle) Naidus. Congratulations to Brian who now joins the following list of previous winners-
The Jarvis "Juice" Landry Sophomore of the Year Award
The 2016 award goes to Craniator. Congratulations to Craniator who now joins the following previous winner-
2011-2012: The Earl (now Chris Early)
The Devante Parker Rookie Blogger of the Year Award
The 2016 award goes to Josh Houtz. This was one of this year's closest votes with Josh just narrowly edging out Max Himmelrich by a vote and sand_in_shoes by two votes. Congratulations to Josh who now joins the list of the following previous winners-