Aussies miss out on award

AUSTRALIA’S st r anglehold on US college punting’s top prize has been broken with an American winning this year’s Ray Guy Award.

Australian punters have won the award the previous five years and appeared headed for a sixth with Perth’s Mitch Wishnowsky, punting for the University of Utah, and Wangaratta’s James Smith, for the University of Cincinnati, among the three finalists.

During a ceremony in Atlanta, the lone American finalist, Texas A& M’s Braden Mann, was the victor.