May 21, 2013

LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - UNLV offensive lineman Robert Waterman is one of 44 players named to the 2013 Rimington Trophy Spring Watch List, the award's committee announced Tuesday.

The Rimington Trophy is awarded each year to the nation's top college football center. The winner will be honored at Rimington Trophy Presentation banquet at the Rococo Theater in Lincoln, Neb., on Jan. 11, 2014.

Waterman, a native of Castaic, Calif., and graduate of West Ranch High School, has twice been honorable mention All-Mountain West. He heads into his third season as the Rebels' anchor in the middle after starting all 25 games of his career at center.

Since its inception, the Rimington Trophy has raised over $2 million for the cystic fibrosis community. The 14-year-old award is overseen by the Boomer Esiason Foundation, which is committed to finding a cure for cystic fibrosis and has raised nearly $100 million for CF Research.

Dave Rimington, the award's namesake, was a consensus first-team All-America center at the University of Nebraska in 1981 and 1982, during which time he became the John Outland Trophy's only double winner as the nation's finest college interior lineman.

For more on the Rimington Trophy and a list of past recipients, visit www.rimingtontrophy.com.

David Andrews, Georgia
Russell Bodine, North Carolina
Evan Boehm, Missouri
Jake Brendel, UCLA
Betim Bujari, Rutgers
Ben Clarke, Hawaii
Sean Conway, Western Kentucky
Dillon Day, Mississippi State
Reese Dismukes, Auburn
Dominic Espinosa, Texas
Dillon Farrell, New Mexico
Jay Finch, Georgia Tech
B.J. Finney, Kansas State
Matt Galas, Nevada, Reno
Bryce Giddens, Arkansas State
Hroniss Grasu, Oregon
Gus Handler, Colorado
Jonotthan Harrison, Florida
Andre Huval, Louisiana-Lafayette
Gabe Ikard, Oklahoma
Travis Jackson, Michigan State
David Kekuewa, Bowling Green
Ryan Kelly, Alabama
Zac Kerin, Toledo
Kody Koebensky, Arizona State
Tyler Larsen, Utah State
Taylor Lasecki, SMU
Corey Linsley, Ohio State
Macky MacPherson, Syracuse
Mike Marboe, Idaho
Shane McDermott, Miami
Cole Pensick, Nebraska
Ryan Powis, Army
Bryce Redman, Houston
Austin Reiter, USF
Weston Richburg, Colorado State
Isaac Seumalo, Oregon State
James Stone, Tennessee
Bryan Stork, Florida State
Travis Swanson, Arkansas
Evan Swindall, Mississippi
Valerian Ume-Ezeoke, New Mexico State
Brandon Vitabile, Northwestern Robert Waterman, UNLV