Iowa senior linebacker Pat Angerer and junior quarterback Ricky Stanzi were named cowinners of the Roy J. Carver Most Valuable Player Award at the team’s annual awards banquet on Dec. 12.

Angerer finished the regular-season as the Hawkeyes’ leading tackler with 135, ranking second in the Big Ten. Sophomore defensive back Tyler Sash ended second on the team with 85 tackles.

The Bettendorf native also picked up a first team All-Big Ten selection by both coaches and the media. Angerer is a finalist for the Bronko Nagurski Defensive Player of the Year Award as well.

At the banquet, he shared the Hayden Fry “Extra Heartbeat” Award with senior tight end Tony Moeaki and was given the “Iron Hawk Award.”

Stanzi led Iowa to nine-straight wins during the beginning of the season before suffering an ankle injury during the Hawkeyes’ loss to Northwestern. The native of Mentor, Ohio, is 17-4 as Iowa’s starting signal-caller. He passed for 2,186 yards and 15 touchdowns this season.

Stanzi is expected to return for Iowa’s Orange Bowl matchup with No. 9 Georgia Tech on Jan. 5, 2010.

— by Ryan Young