IOWA HAWKEYE FOOTBALL HOLDS 2015 AWARDS BANQUET

THE OSCARS WEREN'T THE END OF AWARDS SEASON. With the extended season that included a Big Ten Championship game and Rose Bowl, Iowa held their annual awards banquet a little later than usual this year. The Hawkeyes will kick off Spring practices in a few weeks, but before that it was time to hand out some hardware for the 2015 season.

AND THE AWARDS GO TO:

Permanent Captains: C.J. Beathard, Austin Blythe, Jordan Lomax, Drew Ott and Josey Jewell

Hayden Fry Extra Heart Beat Award: C.J. Beathard and Austin Blythe on offense. Drew Ott and Josey Jewell on defense and Tyler Travis Perry on special teams.

Player's Choice: C.J. Beathard on offense. Josey Jewell and Jordan Lomax on defense.

Reggie Roby Special Teams Award: Marshall Koehn

Brett Greenwood Award: Adam Cox and Macon Plewa

Next Man-in Award: Cole Croston on offense and Parker Hesse on defense.

Coaches Appreciation Award: Jordan Canzeri, Tevaun Smith and Jordan Walsh on offense. Jordan Lomax on defense and Riley McCarron and Cole Fisher on special teams.

Finish Strong Award: Cole Fisher

Iron Hawk Award: Austin Blythe

Team Hustle Award: Jacob Hillyer, Matt VandeBerg and Henry Krieger-Coble on offense. Josey Jewell, Nate Meier and Miler Taylor on defense. Brandon Snyder on special teams.

Team Leader Award: Drew Cook, Nate Wieting,  Brett Waechter and Brady Ross on offense. Daniel Gaffey and Jake Hullet on defense and Brandon Bishop for special teams.

Distinguished Service Award: Bob Brooks

Offensive MVP: C.J. Beathard

Defensive MVP: Desmond King

congrats to team MVP's: C.J. Beathard and Desmond King! Both return in 2016. #Hawkeyes pic.twitter.com/kXjdtuGkm9

— Steve Roe (@Hawkeyelefty) March 5, 2016

Gunna mis these 2 special guys! #Bashbrothers Plewa & Cox the heartbeat of r offense #GoHawks pic.twitter.com/jdJ4RSMhMt

— Chris White (@IowaCoachWhite) March 5, 2016