MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (December 9, 2023) – West Virginia University redshirt senior cornerback Beanie Bishop Jr. and junior center Zach Frazier were named to the Associated Press All-America Second and Third Teams, respectively, as announced by the organization.
Bishop and Frazier become the first Mountaineers to earn AP All-America honors since Darius Stills was honored as a first-team selection in 2020 and the 55th and 56th in WVU history. They become the first set of WVU players to earn a spot on one of the three teams since Stills and Tykee Smith were named in that year, the sixth duo of Mountaineer players to earn a spot on one of the AP teams and 19th and 20th WVU players to earn a spot on the AP team since 2000.
Bishop, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, is the third WVU cornerback to earn AP All-America honors in school history and the first since Rasul Douglas earned second-team honors in 2016. Frazier is the seventh center to be recognized from WVU and first since Tyler Orlosky in 2016.
This recent honor for Bishop marks the third (Walter Camp – first team, FWAA – first team) of the five All-America teams that make up the consensus team. He also is WVU’s 49th All-America selection since 2002. The program now has 112 All-Americans overall. Bishop was previously named to All-America teams by the College Football Network and Bleacher Report (first team) and USA Today and FOX Sport (second team).
Frazier’s third-team honor is the first on the consensus All-America list for him. He also was named to the Action Network First Team and the USA Today, The Athletic, SI.com, FOX Sports and College Football Network Second Teams. Frazier was a finalist for the National Football Foundation’s William V. Campbell Award and the NFF Scholar-Athlete Team and a semifinalist for the Wuerffel Trophy and the Jason Witten Man of the Year Award.
Frazier, a three-time All-Big 12 performer, including first-team selection in 2022 and 2023, is a two-time All-American selection. He earned second-team honors in 2021 by Walter Camp Football Foundation and the American Football Coaches Association.
Bishop, a 2023 All-Big 12 Conference first team performer, became the first Mountaineer to earn FWAA All-America honors since Darius Stills and Tykee Smith were named to the team in 2020. He also is the 16th WVU player to be honored by the FWAA, including 11 first-team honorees.
Bishop, a 2023 All-Big 12 Conference First Team performer also was a semifinalist for the Chuck Bednarik Award. He played his final season at West Virginia in 2023 after transferring from Minnesota. He started all 12 games for the Mountaineers and led the nation in passes defended (24), pass breakups (20), forced incompletions (17) and ball-hawk rate (interceptions and forced incompletions combined). He currently needs two more breakups to become WVU’s single-season leader with 22, currently held by Brian King (21, 2003). He is ranked No. 16 nationally in interceptions (4).
He posted 13 pass breakups over the last six games and tied the school record with five pass breakups against BYU and also had four against Oklahoma State. He was named the Big 12 Conference Defensive Player of the Week and Co-Newcomer of the Week for the UCF game when he finished with two interceptions and a pass breakup.
Frazier, a three-year captain and two-time Iron Mountaineer Award winner, has played in 47 career games, including starting 45 games and 37 straight at center. He has led the team in knockdowns each of the past three years, registering more than 170 during that time. He has allowed only one sack during the past two years and four over his entire career.
A Fairmont, West Virginia native, Frazier has been the stalwart on WVU’s offensive line, which leads Power 5 in rushing yards, per game at 234.3 yards per game and No. 7 nationally in fewest sacks allowed, in 2023. That same offensive line was the only group in the Big 12 to finish with more than 2,000 rushing yards in conference games (2,211).
He was named WVU’s Offensive Lineman of the Week six times in 2023, 16 times over his career, and earned an invite to play in the Reese’s Senior Bowl.
West Virginia AP All-American First Team Selections
2020 – Darius Stills, DL
2012 – Tavon Austin, All-Purpose
2006 – Dan Mozes, OC, Steve Slaton, Running Back
2003 – Grant Wiley, LB
1996 – Canute Curtis, LB
1994 – Todd Sauerbrun, P
1992 – Mike Compton, OL
1985 – Brian Jozwiak, OL
1982 – Darryl Talley, LB
1970 – Jim Braxton, TE
West Virginia AP All-American Second Team Selections
2023 – Beanie Bishop Jr., CB
2018 – David Long Jr., LB
2017 – David Sills V, WR
2016 – Rasul Douglas, CB
2016 – Tyler Orlosky, C
2014 – Kevin White, WR
2012 – Stedman Bailey, WR
2005 – Dan Mozes, C
1995 – Aaron Beasley, DB
1993 – Rich Braham, OT
1989 – Major Harris, QB
1988 – Chris Parker, DT
1988 – Rick Phillips, OT
1984 – Brian Jozwiak, OT
1973 – Danny Buggs, WR
1969 – Carl Crennel, Middle Guard
1967 – Carl Crennel, Middle Guard
1966 – Garrett Ford Jr., HB
1963 – Pete Goimarac, C
1955 – Bruce Bosley, T
1953 – Gene “Beef” Lamone, G
1952 – Ben Duckerley, T
West Virginia AP All-American Third Team Selections
2023 – Zach Frazier, C
2020 – Tykee Smith, S
2019 – Colton McKivitz, OL
2018 – David Sills V, WR
2011 – Tavon Austin, All-Purpose
2008 – Pat McAfee, P
2007 – Ryan Stanchek, OT
2003 – Quincy Wilson, RB
2002 – Avon Cobourne, RB
1998 – Eric de Groh, C
1997 – Henry Slay, DT
1989 – Reggie Rembert, WR
1988 – Chris Haering, LB
1988 – Major Harris, QB
1988 – John Stroia, OG
1982 – Paul Woodside, PK
1981 – Mark Raugh, TE
1981 – Darryl Talley, LB
1972 – Gerald Schultze, C
1971 – B.C. Williams, G
1968 – Carl Crennel, Middle Guard
1962 – Jerry Yost, QB
1954 – Gene “Beef” Lamone, G
1925 – Walter “Red” Mahan, G
Bishop and Frazier become the first Mountaineers to earn AP All-America honors since Darius Stills was honored as a first-team selection in 2020 and the 55th and 56th in WVU history. They become the first set of WVU players to earn a spot on one of the three teams since Stills and Tykee Smith were named in that year, the sixth duo of Mountaineer players to earn a spot on one of the AP teams and 19th and 20th WVU players to earn a spot on the AP team since 2000.
Bishop, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, is the third WVU cornerback to earn AP All-America honors in school history and the first since Rasul Douglas earned second-team honors in 2016. Frazier is the seventh center to be recognized from WVU and first since Tyler Orlosky in 2016.
This recent honor for Bishop marks the third (Walter Camp – first team, FWAA – first team) of the five All-America teams that make up the consensus team. He also is WVU’s 49th All-America selection since 2002. The program now has 112 All-Americans overall. Bishop was previously named to All-America teams by the College Football Network and Bleacher Report (first team) and USA Today and FOX Sport (second team).
Frazier’s third-team honor is the first on the consensus All-America list for him. He also was named to the Action Network First Team and the USA Today, The Athletic, SI.com, FOX Sports and College Football Network Second Teams. Frazier was a finalist for the National Football Foundation’s William V. Campbell Award and the NFF Scholar-Athlete Team and a semifinalist for the Wuerffel Trophy and the Jason Witten Man of the Year Award.
Frazier, a three-time All-Big 12 performer, including first-team selection in 2022 and 2023, is a two-time All-American selection. He earned second-team honors in 2021 by Walter Camp Football Foundation and the American Football Coaches Association.
Bishop, a 2023 All-Big 12 Conference first team performer, became the first Mountaineer to earn FWAA All-America honors since Darius Stills and Tykee Smith were named to the team in 2020. He also is the 16th WVU player to be honored by the FWAA, including 11 first-team honorees.
Bishop, a 2023 All-Big 12 Conference First Team performer also was a semifinalist for the Chuck Bednarik Award. He played his final season at West Virginia in 2023 after transferring from Minnesota. He started all 12 games for the Mountaineers and led the nation in passes defended (24), pass breakups (20), forced incompletions (17) and ball-hawk rate (interceptions and forced incompletions combined). He currently needs two more breakups to become WVU’s single-season leader with 22, currently held by Brian King (21, 2003). He is ranked No. 16 nationally in interceptions (4).
He posted 13 pass breakups over the last six games and tied the school record with five pass breakups against BYU and also had four against Oklahoma State. He was named the Big 12 Conference Defensive Player of the Week and Co-Newcomer of the Week for the UCF game when he finished with two interceptions and a pass breakup.
Frazier, a three-year captain and two-time Iron Mountaineer Award winner, has played in 47 career games, including starting 45 games and 37 straight at center. He has led the team in knockdowns each of the past three years, registering more than 170 during that time. He has allowed only one sack during the past two years and four over his entire career.
A Fairmont, West Virginia native, Frazier has been the stalwart on WVU’s offensive line, which leads Power 5 in rushing yards, per game at 234.3 yards per game and No. 7 nationally in fewest sacks allowed, in 2023. That same offensive line was the only group in the Big 12 to finish with more than 2,000 rushing yards in conference games (2,211).
He was named WVU’s Offensive Lineman of the Week six times in 2023, 16 times over his career, and earned an invite to play in the Reese’s Senior Bowl.
West Virginia AP All-American First Team Selections
2020 – Darius Stills, DL
2012 – Tavon Austin, All-Purpose
2006 – Dan Mozes, OC, Steve Slaton, Running Back
2003 – Grant Wiley, LB
1996 – Canute Curtis, LB
1994 – Todd Sauerbrun, P
1992 – Mike Compton, OL
1985 – Brian Jozwiak, OL
1982 – Darryl Talley, LB
1970 – Jim Braxton, TE
West Virginia AP All-American Second Team Selections
2023 – Beanie Bishop Jr., CB
2018 – David Long Jr., LB
2017 – David Sills V, WR
2016 – Rasul Douglas, CB
2016 – Tyler Orlosky, C
2014 – Kevin White, WR
2012 – Stedman Bailey, WR
2005 – Dan Mozes, C
1995 – Aaron Beasley, DB
1993 – Rich Braham, OT
1989 – Major Harris, QB
1988 – Chris Parker, DT
1988 – Rick Phillips, OT
1984 – Brian Jozwiak, OT
1973 – Danny Buggs, WR
1969 – Carl Crennel, Middle Guard
1967 – Carl Crennel, Middle Guard
1966 – Garrett Ford Jr., HB
1963 – Pete Goimarac, C
1955 – Bruce Bosley, T
1953 – Gene “Beef” Lamone, G
1952 – Ben Duckerley, T
West Virginia AP All-American Third Team Selections
2023 – Zach Frazier, C
2020 – Tykee Smith, S
2019 – Colton McKivitz, OL
2018 – David Sills V, WR
2011 – Tavon Austin, All-Purpose
2008 – Pat McAfee, P
2007 – Ryan Stanchek, OT
2003 – Quincy Wilson, RB
2002 – Avon Cobourne, RB
1998 – Eric de Groh, C
1997 – Henry Slay, DT
1989 – Reggie Rembert, WR
1988 – Chris Haering, LB
1988 – Major Harris, QB
1988 – John Stroia, OG
1982 – Paul Woodside, PK
1981 – Mark Raugh, TE
1981 – Darryl Talley, LB
1972 – Gerald Schultze, C
1971 – B.C. Williams, G
1968 – Carl Crennel, Middle Guard
1962 – Jerry Yost, QB
1954 – Gene “Beef” Lamone, G
1925 – Walter “Red” Mahan, G
