Ed Doherty Award

The Ed Doherty Award is an honor given annually to the top high school football player in Arizona. The award was established in 1987 and named after legendary former Arizona and Arizona State coach Ed Doherty.^[1] It is awarded by the Active 20-30 Clubs of Arizona. After a hiatus from 2013 to 2016, it was revived by the Grand Canyon State Gridiron Club.^[2]

Ed Doherty Award

Awarded for	Given to the best player at the high school level of football
Location	Arizona
Country	United States
Presented by	The Active 20-30 Clubs of Arizona (1987–2012) Grand Canyon State Gridiron Club (2017–present)
History
First award	1987
Most recent	Dezmen Roebuck

Award winners

Year	Player	Position	High School	College	Ref.
1987	Kevin Galbreath	RB	Maryvale	Arizona State	[3]
1988	Eric Drage	WR/DB	Santa Rita	BYU	[4]
1989	Mike Ciasca	OL	Sahuaro	Arizona
1990	Mario Bates	RB	Amphitheater	Arizona State
1991	Sam Salts	WR/DB/K	St. Mary's	Mesa Community College Western New Mexico State	[5]
1992	Mike Mitchell	RB	Brophy	Stanford	[6]
1993	Kevin Schmidtke	RB	Mountain View (Pima County, Arizona)	Arizona	[1]
1994	Scooter Sprotte	RB/LB	Lakeside		[7]
1995	Ryan Kealy	QB	St. Mary's (2)	Arizona State	[8]
1996	Adam Hall	RB	Corona Del Sol		[9]
1997	Todd Heap	TE	Mountain View (Mesa, Arizona)	Arizona State	[10]
1998	Bobby Wade	RB/WR/DB	Desert Vista	Arizona	[11]
1999	John Beck	QB	Mountain View (Mesa, Arizona) (2)	BYU	[12]
2000	Mike Bell	RB	Tolleson	Arizona	[9]
2001	Mike Nixon	QB/DB/K	Sunnyslope	Arizona State
2002	Kyle Caldwell	DE/FB	Saguaro		[13]
2003	Zach Miller	TE	Desert Vista (2)		[14]
2004	Chris McGaha	WR/DB	Moon Valley		[15]
2005	Kyle Williams	RB/WR	Chaparral		[16]
2006	Everson Griffen	DE/RB	Agua Fria	USC
2007	Tim Ruben	QB	Saguaro (2)
2008	Adam Hall	WR/DB	Palo Verde	Arizona
2009	Ramon Abreu	LB	Marcos de Niza	Arizona State
2010	Teddy Ruben	QB	Saguaro (3)	Scottsdale Community College Troy
2011	Ka'Deem Carey	RB	Canyon del Oro	Arizona
	Kelvin Fisher	RB/DB	Higley	Arkansas UTEP
	Brett Hundley	QB	Chandler	UCLA
	Izzy Marshall	LB	Mountain Pointe	Arizona State
	Teddy Ruben (2)	QB	Saguaro (4)	Scottsdale Community College Troy
2012	Ryan Finley	QB	Paradise Valley	Boise State NC State
	Cole Luke	DB	Hamilton	Notre Dame
	Jalen Ortiz	RB/DB	Centennial	UCLA Wyoming
	Jake Roh	WR/LB	Chaparral (2)	Boise State
	Tyler Williams	WR/DB	Ironwood Ridge	Air Force
	Priest Willis	DB	Marcos de Niza (2)	UCLA Texas A&M
2013	Not Awarded				[2]
2014
2015
2016
2017	Brock Purdy	QB	Perry	Iowa State	[17]
2018	Bijan Robinson	RB	Salpointe	Texas	[18]
2019					[3]
2020	Ty Thompson	QB	Mesquite	Oregon Tulane	[19]
2021	Nicco Marchiol	QB	Hamilton (2)	West Virginia	[14]
2022	Devon Dampier	QB	Saguaro (5)	New Mexico Utah	[20]
2023	Navi Bruzon	QB	Liberty	Arizona State	[21]
2024	Dezmen Roebuck	WR/DB	Marana	Washington	[1]

Beginning in 2024, a female winner was also recognized for flag football.

Year	Player	Position	High School	College	Ref.
2024	Samaya Taylor-Jenkins	WR/S	Hamilton		[22][23]
	Katelyn Jewell	QB/S	Canyon View