Junior Will Fuller was named Notre Dame’s Most Valuable Player on Friday night, the headliner of the 95th Fighting Irish awards show, the ECHOES ’15. Fuller is the team leader in receptions, receiving yards, touchdowns and yards from scrimmage. His 13 touchdown catches rank sixth in the country. He’s already been named a second team All-American by Sports Illustrated, CBS Sports and USA Today.
Junior linebacker Jaylon Smith was named the defensive player of the year while left tackle Ronnie Stanley was named the offensive player of the year. Smith’s 113 tackles led the Irish, a season where he’s already collected the Butkus Award and multiple first-team All-American kudos. Stanley was named to CBS Sports and the Walter Camp All-American first-teams as well.
The complete list of award winners is as follows:
Award Winners
Scout Team Player of the Year: Offense — Tristen Hoge
Scout Team Player of the Year: Defense — Asmar Bilal
Newcomer of the Year: Offense — DeShone Kizer
Newcomer of the Year: Defense — Jerry Tillery
Special Teams Player of the Year — Matthias Farley
Offensive Lineman of the Year — Nick Martin
Irish Around the Bend — Joe Schmidt
Moose Krause Lineman of the Year — Sheldon Day
Father Lange Iron Cross — Romeo Okwara
Pietrosante Award — Chris Brown
Rockne Student-Athlete — Jarrett Grace
Offensive Player of the Year — Ronnie Stanley
Defensive Player of the Year — Jaylon Smith
Next Man In — C.J. Prosise
Most Valuable Player — Will Fuller
The Awards were hosted by the talented husband and wife duo of Dan Hicks, NBC’s play-by-play voice for the Irish and ESPN’s Hannah Storm, a Notre Dame alum. The awards show will air next week on NBCSN, but a few of these tweets will get you up to speed on the fun of the event.
Excited to host #Echoes15 tonight in the Bend! @NDFootball pic.twitter.com/YhLEe6ccIt
— Hannah Storm (@HannahStormESPN) December 11, 2015
Laura Thomas, Coach Elston & Romeo Okwara execute the perfect tweet on the red carpet. #TwitterMirror #Echoes15 pic.twitter.com/1hbX1I0Fty
— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) December 11, 2015
@HannahStormESPN and @DanHicksNBC show Chase Hounshell’s career highlights. Seconds later… video ends. Outstanding stuff. #echoes15
— Tom Loy (@TomLoy247) December 12, 2015
Proud of my man! Jerry Tillery... Defensive Newcomer of the Year. #ECHOES15 pic.twitter.com/Z8eKFtGOoF
— Mike Elston (@CoachMikeElston) December 12, 2015
YOOOOOOOOON #ECHOES15 pic.twitter.com/jWoyMPrbi4
— sambo (@sambbush) December 12, 2015
— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) December 12, 2015
Corey Robinson, Matthias Farley, and Avery Sebastian are clearly excited to be here........ #ECHOES15 pic.twitter.com/owEROc02e3
— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) December 12, 2015
