Pac-12 Conference football individual awards
Year Player School ( # )
1950 Russ Pomeroy Stanford ( 1 )
1952 Jim Sears USC ( 1 )
1953 Bob Garrett Stanford ( 2 )
1954 George Shaw Oregon ( 1 )
1955 Bob Davenport UCLA ( 1 )
1956 Jon Arnett USC ( 2 )
1957 Joe Francis Oregon State ( 1 )
1958 Joe Kapp California ( 1 )
1959 Chris Burford Stanford ( 3 )
1960 Billy Kilmer UCLA ( 2 )
1962 Terry Baker Oregon State ( 2 )
1963 Vern Burke Oregon State ( 3 )
1964 Craig Morton California ( 2 )
1965 Mike Garrett USC ( 3 )
1966 Pete Pifer Oregon State ( 4 )
1967 Gary Beban UCLA ( 3 )
1968 O.J . Simpson USC ( 4 )
1969 Don Parish Stanford ( 4 )
1970 Jim Plunkett Stanford ( 5 )
1971 Jeff Siemon Stanford ( 6 )
Pop Warner Trophy
The Glenn `` Pop '' Warner Memorial Trophy was awarded annually by the Palo Club to the most valuable senior player on the West Coast . It was awarded from 1950 to 2004 . [ 1 ] :113 [ 12 ] Notably , all recipients played for Pac-10 institutions . The award is distinguished from the unaffiliated W. J. Voit Memorial Trophy , presented annually from 1951 to 1978 to the top player on the Pacific Coast regardless of class-year .
Coaches of the Pac-12 Conference bestow the following awards at the end of each football season. The conference was founded in its current form as the Athletic Association of Western Universities in 1959, but traces its roots to the Pacific Coast Conference, founded in 1915. The conference name changed to Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) in 1968 and Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) in 1978. The conference's 2011 expansion to 12 members saw the conference formally renamed as the Pac-12 Conference.