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11 U niversity of Iowa junior defensive back Desmond King and junior quarterback C.J. Beathard were named Roy J. Carver Most Valuable Players for the 2015 Hawkeye football team that held its annual awards banquet March 4. Five team captains for the 2015 season were announced: Beathard and senior center Austin Blythe on offense and senior defensive end Drew Ott, senior defensive back Jordan Lomax and sophomore linebacker Josey Jewell on defense. e Hayden Fry "Extra Heartbeat" Award was shared by Beathard and Blythe on offense, Ott and Jewell on defense, and senior linebacker Travis Perry on special teams. e "Extra Heartbeat" Award goes to team members who show exemplary leadership and dedication throughout the year. e Players Choice Awards, selected by player vote, went to Beathard on offense and Jewell and Lomax on defense. Along with serving as a team captain, Lomax received the Forest Evashevski Scholastic Achievement Award, presented to a senior who has the highest scholastic record. e native of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, earned second-team Academic All-America recognition and ranked third on the team with 96 tackles. Senior kicker Marshall Koehn earned the specialist portion of the Reggie Roby Special Teams Award, while King was recognized for his overall special teams play. Koehn, a native of Solon, Iowa, led the team in scoring with 95 points and ranks 13th in career scoring (170). He connected on 16-of-20 field goal attempts, with his career-long 57-yard field goal providing the winning margin against Pittsburgh. King led the Hawkeyes and ranked among conference leaders in both kickoff (24.4) and punt returns (14.2). e Brett Greenwood Award was shared by senior fullbacks Adam Cox and Macon Plewa. e former walk-ons shared the fullback position throughout their careers. e Greenwood Award is presented to a walk-on who embodies the values and behaviors of former Hawkeye walk-on Brett Greenwood, a defensive back from Bettendorf, Iowa, who completed his playing career in 2010. Established in 2011, the Greenwood Award also honors former Hawkeyes who fit the description, one year at a time, for each season Kirk Ferentz has coached the Hawkeyes. Outside linebacker Grant Steen, a 2003 senior, was recognized. Steen has remained involved in college football, currently working with the strength and conditioning program at Southern California. Two Hawkeyes earned the Next Man In Award: junior offensive lineman Cole Croston (Sergeant Bluff, Iowa) on offense and redshirt freshman end Parker Hesse (Waukon, Iowa) on defense. Coaches Appreciation Award recipients included senior running back Jordan Canzeri (Troy, New York), senior wide receiver Tevaun Smith (Toronto) and senior lineman Jordan Walsh (Glendale Heights, Illinois) on offense, Lomax on defense, and junior wide receiver Riley McCarron (Dubuque, Iowa) and senior linebacker Cole Fisher (Omaha, Nebraska) for special teams. Team Hustle Awards went to senior wide receiver Jacob Hillyer, junior wide receiver Matt VandeBerg, and senior tight end Henry Krieger- Coble on offense, Jewell, senior end Nate Meier, and sophomore safety Miles Taylor on defense and redshirt freshman defensive back Brandon Snyder on special teams. Team Leader Awards were presented to freshman quarterback Drew Cook (Iowa City, Iowa), freshman tight end Nate Wieting (Rockford, Illinois), and freshman lineman Brett Waechter (Hartley, Iowa) on offense; freshman fullback Brady Ross (Humboldt, Iowa), junior lineman Daniel Gaffey (Iowa City, Iowa), and junior lineman Jake Hulett (Springville, Iowa) on defense; and sophomore wide receiver Brandon Bishop (Sugar Grove, Illinois) on special teams.