Max Duggan Named 2022-23 Big 12 Male Athlete of the Year

TCU’s Max Duggan raked in another honor from the Big 12 Conference when he was named the 2022-23 Big 12 Male Athlete of the Year on Monday. Earlier this month, Duggan was announced by the Big 12 as the inaugural winner of the Bob Bowlsby Award, given to the male and female athletes who represent the absolute best of the Big 12.

In addition to Duggan, Julien Alfred, Texas Track and Field, was named the 2022-23 Big 12 Female Athlete of the Year. Duggan is the first Horned Frog to earn the award, while Alfred is the 15th Longhorn to procure the honor and the first since the 2018-19 season.

Nominees were submitted by Big 12 institutions and selected based on athletic performance during the 2022-23 school year by a media panel. Student-athletes were required to be in good academic standing and had to be from a league-sponsored sport. The ten schools that competed during the 2022-23 academic year were eligible.

Max Duggan, TCU Football

In leading TCU to the College Football Playoff, a semifinal win over Michigan and a trip to the CFP National Championship, Duggan won the Davey O'Brien Award, Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, and Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award while being the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy. He was the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year and a unanimous First-Team All-Big 12 selection. He tied for the national lead with 17 touchdown passes of at least 20 yards and led the Big 12 in touchdown passes (32), passing efficiency (159.2), passing yards (3,698), yards per attempt (8.9), and yards per completion (13.9). He accounted for three or more touchdowns in nine games. His 32 touchdown passes on the season were one shy of the TCU record, while his 41 touchdowns (32 passing, nine rushing) responsible for were also second-most at TCU.

Duggan was one of two Big 12 student-athletes on the NCAA Division I Football Oversight Committee Student-Athlete Connection Group. As part of the committee assignment, Duggan represented the interests of Big 12 players and college football as a whole.

A Council Bluffs, Iowa native, Duggan was a three-time Academic All-Big 12 recipient and a member of the 2019-20 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team. He earned his degree in marketing in December 2022 from TCU's prestigious Neeley School of Business.

Julien Alfred – Texas Track and Field

Alfred finished the 2023 season as a five-time NCAA Champion and led UT to its fifth NCAA women's outdoor track and field title, Texas' first since 2005. She also helped lead the Longhorns to an NCAA Indoor team runner-up finish.

The St. Lucia native secured five collegiate records (60m & 200m indoor; 4x100m, 4x200m & sprint medley relays outdoor) and two other all-conditions records (100m & 200m outdoor) for a total of seven events with the fastest times in NCAA history. She is a finalist for The Bowerman and was named the USTFCCCA Indoor and Outdoor Women's Track Athlete of the Year. The four-time USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week was also recognized as the Big 12 Women's Indoor and Outdoor Track Athlete and Performer of the Year.

Alfred was named the 2023 USTFCCCA's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Women's Scholar-Athlete of the Year. The graduate student finished her career as a four-time Big 12 Performer of the Year and a 12-time Big 12 individual champion.

2022-23 Big 12 Athletes of the Year Nominees

Baylor

Adam Flagler
Dominika Silvestri

Iowa State

David Carr
Ashley Joens

Kansas

Jalen Wilson
Rylee Anderson

Kansas State

Deuce Vaughn
Emma Robbins

Oklahoma

Vernon Turner
Jayda Coleman

Oklahoma State

Fouad Messaoudi
Maddison Hinson-Tolchard

TCU

Max Duggan
Messiah Bright

Texas

Eliot Spizzirri
Julien Alfred

Texas Tech

Ludvig Aberg
Ruta Lasmane

West Virginia

JJ Wetherholt
Ceili McCabe

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