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Augusta, GA (August 2, 2024) - The Augusta Sports Council is pleased to announce the preseason watch list for the 2024 FCS Punter of the Year Award, which honors the nation’s top collegiate punter in the FCS.
The 13 candidates on the list incorporate a broad spectrum of Football Championship Series (FCS) punters. The 2024 watch list was compiled based on the 2023 FCS Punter of the Year watch list, the 2023 All-Conference teams, and the 2023 All-American Teams.
The FCS Punter of the Year Award winner will be determined by the FCS Punter of the Year Award national voting body which consists of FCS sports information directors and national sports writers.
CollegeFootballPoll.com's Dave Congrove is a voter for the FCS Punter of the Year award.
Aaron Trusler, Richmond
Brendan Hall, Montana State
Caleb Brickhouse, North Carolina A&T
Clayton Taylor, Stony Brook
Grant Burkett, Missouri State
Kaedin Steindorf, North Dakota State
Logan Leftrick, Southeast Missouri State
Luke Schabel, Monmouth
Matt Noll, Jackson State
Shane Messenger, Morgan State
Shelby Pruett, Colgate
Trey Wilhoit, FAMU
Will Lynch, LIU
The Augusta Sports Council, also home to the Ray Guy Award (awarded to the best collegiate punter in the FBS), created the FCS Punter of the Year Award in 2019 to honor the best collegiate punter playing in the FCS. Among the statistics used to identify the winner is net punting average, number of times punt is downed or kicked out of bounds inside the opponent's 20-yard line, total yardage punted, average returned yardage, and percentage of punts not returned with particular emphasis placed on net punting average. The winner must display team leadership, self-discipline and have a positive impact on the team's success.
The Augusta Sports Council was established in 1991 by a group of sports-minded volunteers with a goal of recruiting sporting events to the community. Prior to 1991, Augusta only operated nationally in a couple of sports markets. Today, our management team is recognized for being among the best in the country and has partnerships in more than a dozen niche sports.
​Since those early years, more than 800 events have been created, recruited or supported by the Augusta Sports Council. From the small to the multi-sport, these events have attracted 450,000 athletes to the area, leaving behind more than $200 million in economic impact. A couple of stand-out opportunities include the 1996 Olympic Box-Offs, the 1999 and 2002 Georgia Games Championships, NIKE Peach Jam Basketball (1996-present), ESPN Bassmaster Tournament and more recently IRONMAN® 70.3® Augusta, billed as North America's largest IRONMAN® 70.3® event, and GHSA Boys & Girls State Golf Championships.
For more information, visits the AugustaSportsCouncil website.