The good news continues to roll in for Louisville football.
The Big East has announced that Charlie Strong has been named its 2012 co-Coach of the Year, and Teddy Bridgewater has earned the title of 2012 Offensive Player of the Year .
Strong shares the Coach of the Year honor with Kyle Flood, whose Rutgers team also finished the Big East season with a 5-2 record. Strong also shared the award back in 2010.
Bridgewater becomes just the second Cardinal to be named Big East Offensive Player of the Year (Brian Brohm also picked up the award as a sophomore in '05), and is the first quarterback to earn the honor since West Virginia's Pat White did so in 2007.
In addition to the individual awards, eight Cardinals were named either first or second team All-Big East.
Bridgewater, Mario Benavides and DeVante Parker were all named to the league's first team offense, while Adrian Bushell earned his second straight first team nod on defense. Alex Kupper, Preston Brown, Calvin Pryor and Hakeem Smith were all second team honorees.
Here's the full list of awards and honorees:
BIG EAST OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville (So., Miami, Fla.)
BIG EAST DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Khaseem Greene, LB, Rutgers (Sr., Elizabeth, N.J.)
BIG EAST SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Matt Brown, RB, Temple (Sr., Baltimore, Md.)
BIG EAST ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Tyler Matakevich, LB, Temple (Fr., Stratford, Conn.)
BIG EAST COACH OF THE YEAR
Charlie Strong, Louisville
Kyle Flood, Rutgers
ALL-BIG EAST FIRST TEAM
OFFENSE
Pos.
Player
School
Cl.
Ht.
Wt.
Hometown/High School
WR
Alec Lemon *
Syracuse
Sr.
6-2
204
Crofton, Md./Arundel
WR
DeVante Parker
Louisville
So.
6-3
205
Louisville, Ky./Ballard
OT
Eric Lefeld
Cincinnati
So.
6-6
287
Coldwater, Ohio/Coldwater
OT
Justin Pugh
Syracuse
Sr.
6-5
297
Holland, Pa./Council Rock South
OG
Austen Bujnoch
Cincinnati
Jr.
6-5
285
Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder
OG
Antwan Lowery
Rutgers
Jr.
6-4
305
Miami, Fla./Christopher Columbus
C
Mario Benavides
Louisville
Sr.
6-4
280
Los Fresnos, Texas/Los Fresnos
TE
Travis Kelce
Cincinnati
Sr.
6-6
260
Cleveland Heights, Ohio/Cleveland Heights
QB
Teddy Bridgewater
Louisville
So.
6-3
218
Miami, Fla./Northwestern
RB
Ray Graham
Pittsburgh
Sr.
5-9
190
Elizabeth, N.J./Elizabeth
RB
Montel Harris
Temple
Sr.
5-10
207
Jacksonville, Fla./Trinity Christian
K
Maikon Bonani
USF
Sr.
5-10
176
Lake Wales, Fla./Lake Wales
RS
Matt Brown
Temple
Sr.
5-5
165
Baltimore, Md./Peddie School/Milford Academy
DEFENSE
Pos.
Player
School
Cl.
Ht.
Wt.
Hometown/High School
DL
Dan Giordano
Cincinnati
Sr.
6-4
260
Frankford, Ill./Lincoln-Way East
DL
Trevardo Williams *
Connecticut
Sr.
6-2
233
Bridgeport, Conn./Canterbury
DL
Aaron Donald
Pittsburgh
Jr.
6-0
275
Pittsburgh, Pa./Penn Hills
DL
Scott Vallone
Rutgers
Sr.
6-3
275
Central Islip, N.Y./St. Anthony’s
LB
Greg Blair
Cincinnati
Sr.
6-2
252
Pittsburgh, Pa./Schenley/Lackawanna CC
LB
Sio Moore
Connecticut
Sr.
6-2
229
Apex, N.C./Apex
LB
Yawin Smallwood
Connecticut
So.
6-3
235
Worcester, Mass./Doherty
LB
Khaseem Greene *
Rutgers
Sr.
6-1
230
Elizabeth, N.J./Avon Old Farms
CB
Adrian Bushell
Louisville
Sr.
5-11
184
DeSoto, Texas/Cedar Valley CC
CB
Logan Ryan
Rutgers
Jr.
6-0
190
Berlin, N.J./Eastern
S
Duron Harmon
Rutgers
Sr.
6-1
200
Magnolia, Del./Caesar Rodney
S
Shamarko Thomas
Syracuse
Sr.
5-10
206
Virginia Beach, Va./Ocean Lakes
P
Brandon McManus
Temple
Sr.
6-3
190
Hatfield, Pa./North Penn
* unanimous selection
ALL-BIG EAST SECOND TEAM
OFFENSE
Pos.
Player
School
Cl.
Ht.
Wt.
Hometown/High School
WR
Mike Shanahan
Pittsburgh
Sr.
6-5
225
North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin
WR
Devin Street
Pittsburgh
Jr.
6-4
190
Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty
WR
Brandon Coleman
Rutgers
So.
6-6
220
Accokeek, Md./Bishop McNamara
OT
Alex Kupper
Louisville
Sr.
6-3
298
Louisville, Ky./Trinity
OT
Kaleb Johnson
Rutgers
So.
6-4
300
Jacksonville, Fla./Edward H. White
OT
Martin Wallace
Temple
Sr.
6-6
300
New York, N.Y./Beacon School
OG
Adam Masters
Connecticut
Sr.
6-4
298
Bethesda, Md./Walt Whitman
OG
Mark Popek
USF
Sr.
6-7
299
Plant City, Fla./Plant City
C
Ryan Turnley
Pittsburgh
Sr.
6-6
320
Hopewell, Pa./Hopewell
QB
Ryan Nassib
Syracuse
Gr.
6-3
227
West Chester, Pa./Malvern Prep
TE
Ryan Griffin
Connecticut
Sr.
6-6
247
Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry
RB
George Winn
Cincinnati
Sr.
5-11
210
Southfield, Mich./Detroit Jesuit
RB
Jawan Jamison
Rutgers
So.
5-8
200
Stark, Fla./The Bolles School
K
Brandon McManus
Temple
Sr.
6-3
190
Hatfield, Pa./North Penn
RS
Nick Williams
Connecticut
Sr.</