Browne Named to Groza Semi-Final List
11/4/2002 12:00:00 AM | Football
Nov. 4, 2002
TCU placekicker Nick Browne is one of 20 semifinalists for the 2002 Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award, the Palm Beach County Sports Commission announced today.The award, which is presented by the FedEx Orange Bowl, will be given out during a ceremony on Tuesday, December 10, at the Sheraton West Palm Beach Hotel at CityPlace in West Palm Beach, Fla.
Browne has hit 19-of-21 field goals this season and has converted all 29 of his extra point attempts. He ranks sixth in the nation in scoring, averaging 10.75 points per game. His 86 points on the season already ranks third on the TCU all-time list for kickers, behind only Chris Kaylakie's 98 points in 2000 and Michael Reeder's 89 points in 1995 when he won the Groza Award. A brief biography of each semifinalist can be found at www.palmbeachsports.com/Groza.
The voters for the Lou Groza Award are comprised of all Division I head coaches, sports writers and sportscasters from across the country, conference officials, various NFL kickers, and all previous Lou Groza Award finalists. The three finalists for the Lou Groza Award will be announced on November 18.
The award, now in its 11th year, is named for NFL Hall-of-Fame kicker Lou Groza, who played 21 seasons with the Cleveland Browns.Groza won four NFL championships with Cleveland and was named NFL Player of the Year in 1954. Nicknamed "The Toe," Groza was one of the first people to truly make kicking an art form, and he helped usher in to football the idea that a player could be used exclusively for kicking.
The Lou Groza Award is sponsored by AvMed, Bank Atlantic, The Breakers, Continental Airlines, ESPN, Florida Coca-Cola Bottling, JBS Destination Solutions, Palm Beach Kennel Club, The Palm Beach Post, Parallax Productions Rooney's Public House, Sheraton West Palm Beach at CityPlace, and WPEC News 12.
For more information regarding the Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award, please go to www.palmbeachsports.com, or call the Palm Beach County Sports Commission at (561) 233-1015.
2002 Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award - SEMIFINAL LIST
Joey Ashcroft, Air Force, Junior
Asen Asparuhov, Fresno State, Senior
Xavier Beitia, Florida State, Sophomore
Dustin Bell, Houston, Sophomore
Billy Bennett, Georgia, Junior
Nick Browne, TCU, Junior
Santiago Gramatica, Southern Florida, Sophomore
Nick Hayes, UAB, Sophomore
Curtis Head, Marshall, Senior
Aaron Hunt, Clemson, Junior
Mark Jensen, California, Senior
Nate Kaeding, Iowa, Junior
Dane Kidman, Utah State, Senior
Kevin Miller, East Carolina, Senior
Nick Novak, Maryland, Sophomore
Mike Nugent, Ohio State, Sophomore
Dan Nystrom, Minnesota, Senior
Jared Parseghian, Miami, Freshman
Jared Siegel, Oregon, Sophomore
Shaun Suisham, Bowling Green, Junior
