Media Selections

First Team

Offense
QB - Daryll Clark, Penn State
RB - Shonn Greene, Iowa
RB - Javon Ringer, Michigan State
WR - Arrelious Benn, Illinois
WR - Eric Decker, Minnesota
C - A.Q. Shipley, Penn State
G - Seth Olsen, Iowa
G - Rich Ohrnberger, Penn State
T - Alex Boone, Ohio State
T - Gerald Cadogan, Ohio State
TE - Garrett Graham, Wisconsin
K - Kevin Kelly, Penn State

Defense
DL - Mitch King, Iowa
DL - Jammie Kirlew, Indiana
DL - Willie VanDeSteeg, Minnesota
DL - Aaron Maybin, Penn State
LB - Brit Miller, Illinois
LB - James Laurinaitis, Ohio State
LB - Navorro Bowman, Penn State
DB - Vontae Davis, Illinois
DB - Otis Wiley, Michigan State
DB - Malcolm Jenkins, Ohio State
DB - Allen Langford, Wisconsin
P - Zoltan Mesko, Michigan

Second Team

Offense
QB - Juice Williams, Illinois
RB - Chris Wells, Ohio State
RB - Evan Royster, Penn State
WR - Deon Butler, Penn State
WR - Derrick Williams, Penn State
C - (tie) - Ryan McDonald, Illinois
- Rob Bruggeman, Iowa
G - Roland Martin, Michigan State
G - Kraig Urbik, Wisconsin
T - (three-way tie) - Xavier Fulton, Illinois
- Kyle Calloway, Iowa
- Jesse Miller, Michigan State
TE - Jack Simmons, Minnesota
K - Brett Swenson, Michigan State

Defense
DL - Matt Kroul, Iowa
DL - Brandon Graham, Michigan
DL - Corey Wootton, Northwestern
DL - Jared Odrick, Penn State
LB - Pat Angerer, Iowa
LB - Greg Jones, Michigan State
LB - Marcus Freeman, Ohio State
DB - Traye Simmons, Minnesota
DB - Kurt Coleman, Ohio State
DB - Lydell Sargeant, Penn State
DB - Anthony Scirrotto, Penn State
P - Alex Bates, Michigan State

HONORABLE MENTION: ILLINOIS: Jon Asamoah, Michael Hoomanawanui, Derek Walker; INDIANA: Chris Hagerup; IOWA: Bryan Bulaga, Ryan Donahue, A.J. Edds, Bradley Fletcher, Brent Greenwood, Brandon Myers, Amari Spievey; MICHIGAN: Obi Ezeh, Tim Jamison, Terrance Taylor; MICHIGAN STATE: Trevor Anderson, Charlie Gantt, Brian Hoyer, Justin Kershaw, Brandon Long, Joel Nitchman, Chris Rucker, Blair White; MINNESOTA: Kyle Theret, Adam Weber; NORTHWESTERN: John Gill, Keegan Kennedy, Sherrick McManis, Eric Peterman, Brad Phillips, Brendan Smith, Amado Villarreal; OHIO STATE: Nader Abdallah, Rory Nicol, Terrelle Pryor, Brian Robiskie; PENN STATE: Jeremy Boone, Tony Davis, Josh Gaines, Dennis Landolt, Mark Rubin, Stefen Wisniewski; PURDUE: Anthony Heygood, Ryan Kerrigan, Greg Orton, Kory Sheets, Desmond Tardy, Torri Williams; WISCONSIN: P.J. Hill, Andy Kemp, DeAndre Levy, Mike Newkirk, Matt Shaughnessy, Eric Vanden Heuvel, Philip Welch.

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Shonn Greene, Iowa
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: James Laurinaitis, Ohio State
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Terrelle Pryor, Ohio State
DAVE McCLAIN COACH OF THE YEAR: Joe Paterno, Penn State

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Complete lists:

Coaches First Team

Offense
QB - Daryll Clark, Penn State
RB - Shonn Greene, Iowa
RB - Javon Ringer, Michigan State
WR - Eric Decker, Minnesota
WR - Derrick Williams, Penn State
C - A.Q. Shipley, Penn State
G - Seth Olsen, Iowa
G - Rich Ohrnberger, Penn State
T - Alex Boone, Ohio State
T - Gerald Cadogan, Penn State
TE - Brandon Myers, Iowa
K - Kevin Kelly, Penn State

Defense
DL - Mitch King, Iowa
DL - Corey Wootton, Northwestern
DL - Aaron Maybin, Penn State
DL - Jared Odrick, Penn State
LB - Greg Jones, Michigan State
LB - James Laurinaitis, Ohio State
LB - Navorro Bowman, Penn State
DB - Vontae Davis, Illinois
DB - Otis Wiley, Michigan State
DB - Malcolm Jenkins, Ohio State
DB - Anthony Scirrotto, Penn State
P - Zoltan Mesko, Michigan

Second Team

Offense
QB - Adam Weber, Minnesota
RB - Chris Wells, Ohio State
RB - Evan Royster, Penn State
WR - Arrelious Benn, Illinois
WR - David Gilreath, Wisconsin
C - Rob Bruggeman, Iowa
G - Stefen Wisniewski, Penn State
G - Kraig Urbik, Wisconsin
T - Xavier Fulton, Illinois
T - Bryan Bulaga, Iowa
TE - Garrett Graham, Wisconsin
K - Brett Swenson, Michigan State

Defense
DL - Jammie Kirlew, Indiana
DL - Brandon Graham, Michigan
DL - Willie VanDeSteeg, Minnesota
DL - Mike Newkirk, Wisconsin
LB - Britt Miller, Illinois
LB - Pat Angerer, Iowa
LB - Marcus Freeman, Ohio State
DB - Amari Spievey, Iowa
DB - Traye Simmons, Minnesota
DB - Allen Langford, Wisconsin
DB - Jay Valai, Wisconsin
P - Ryan Donahue, Iowa

HONORABLE MENTION: ILLINOIS: Jon Asamoah, Michael Hoomanawanui, Ryan McDonald, Derek Walker, Juice Williams; IOWA: Kyle Calloway, A.J. Edds, Bradley Fletcher, Matt Kroul; MICHIGAN: Obi Ezeh, Brandon Minor, Terrance Taylor; MICHIGAN STATE: Trevor Anderson, Aaron Bates, Charlie Gantt, Brian Hoyer, Roland Martin, Jesse Miller, Chris Rucker, Blair White; MINNESOTA: Jack Simmons; NORTHWESTERN: John Gill, Keegan Kennedy, Sherrick McManis, Eric Peterman, Brad Phillips, Brendan Smith, Tyrell Sutton, Amado Villarreal; OHIO STATE: Nader Abdallah, Kurt Coleman, Rory Nicol; PENN STATE: Jeremy Boone, Tony Davis, Dennis Landolt, Jordan Norwood, Mark Rubin, Tyrell Sales, Lydell Sargeant; PURDUE: Anthony Heygood, Greg Orton, David Pender, Kory Sheets, Torri Williams; WISCONSIN: Jonathan Casillas, Jason Chapman, P.J. Hill, Andy Kemp, DeAndre Levy, Matt Shaughnessy, Eric Vanden Heuvel, Philip Welch.

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Shonn Greene, Iowa
OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE YEAR: A.Q. Shipley, Penn State
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: James Laurinaitis, Ohio State
DEFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE YEAR: Mitch King, Iowa
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Terrelle Pryor, Ohio State

Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Honorees: Brit Miller, ILL; Austin Starr, IND; Matt Kroul, IOWA; Sean Griffin, MICH; Javon Ringer, MSU; Jack Simmons, MINN; Eric Peterman, NU; Marcus Freeman, OSU; Gerald Cadogan, PSU; Ryan Baker, PUR; Chris Pressley, WIS.

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Shocker of the year, Ohio State's Terelle Pryor was named rookie of the year.

Also, Shon Greene, from Iowa, was named the league's offensive player of the year after leading the league in rushing yards. Greene passed the century mark during every game and was the only back to rush for more than 100 yards against Penn State.

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Drum roll for the coach of the year award, many great candidates, Tim Brewster from Minnesota, Pat Fitzgerald of Northwestern, Iowa's Kirk Ferentz, Michigan State's Mark Dantonio . . . .

But the winner is the dean of Big Ten coaches, Joe Paterno claimed the third conference coach of the year award of his career. Only Michigan's Bo Schembechler (with four) has been named COY more often.

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Now let's move on to the rest of the teams, four Penn Staters earned second team honors and seven more receiver honorable mention.

Second Team

WR - Deon Butler
RB - Evan Royster
G - Stefen Wisniewski
CB - Lydell Sargeant

Honorable Mention

P - Jeremy Boone
CB - Tony Davis
DE - Josh Gaines
T - Dennis Landolt
WR - Jordan Norwood
S - Mark Rubin
LB - Tyrell Sales

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So that's 10 first team selections for the Lions, far and away the most of any Big Ten school, Iowa finished second with four first-team selections.

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Let's move to the defensive side of the ball, and four Lions earn first-team accolades.

DE - Aaron Maybin
DT - Jared Odrick
LB - Navorro Bowman
S - Anthony Scirrotto

Interesting note, neither Maybin nor Odrick were listed as starters at the beginning of the season, now they're first teamers.

Ohio State linebacker James Laurinaitis was named defense player of the year for the second year in a row.

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MT. WOLF, Pa. -- The all-Big Ten teams are being announced at 7:30 this evening, and my watch says 7:30 so away we go.

They're coming right out of the gate firing with selections, so I'll cut the chitchat and get on with Penn State's winners,

Coaches first team

QB - Daryll Clark
WR - Derrick Wiliams
C - A.Q. Shipley
G - Rich Ohrnberger
T - Gerald Cadogan
K - Kevin Kelly

Media first team

QB - Daryll Clark
C - A.Q. Shipley
G - Rich Ohrnberger
T - Gerald Cadogan
K- Kevin Kelly

Coaches offensive lineman of the year - A.Q. Shipley

Shipley joined the Big Ten network from his hometown of Pittsburgh and talked about being named lineman of the year.

"I was estatic, it meant everything in the world," Shipley told the Big Ten Network. "So many greta linemen that come from the big ten every year, to be put at the top of that list meant everything."