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Ron Stone Jr. and Simon Samarzich named to pre-season award watch lists

Washington State juniors Ron Stone Jr. and Simon Samarzich were each named to award watch lists on Monday. Stone was named to the Rotary Lombardi Award Watch list while Samarzich was named to the Patrick Mannelly Award Watch list.

The Rotary Lombardi award is given out yearly to the most outstanding offensive or defensive lineman that best exemplifies great character and discipline. He is the latest Coug to be named to the watch list since Hercules Mata’afa was named to it in 2016. To be eligible for the award, players must line up within 10-yards of the ball from left to right or be a linebacker that lines up no more than five yards back from the line of scrimmage.