The brilliant and exciting signal-caller from Thomasville, Georgia is the first Seminole player to win the Heisman award. From the first moment of the '93 season, the spotlight focused on Ward, who was considered to be the nation's premier quarterback and the prime candidate for the Heisman Trophy. Ward responded not only with many a marvelous performance at passing and running, but also with the kind of inspired leadership which is present in only the finest of quarterbacks. Analysts noted that the 6-foot 2 inch, 190-pound Ward did much better when lined up in the "Shotgun" formation, wherein he stood some seven yards behind center. This enabled him to get a better view of the defense and to use his phenomenal escape skills to avoid the oncoming defensive linemen. Indeed, he averaged six yards every time he ran with the ball. But it was as a passer that Ward ruined a defense, with an almost unbelievable- near 70 percent- completion average, and the ability to throw the long pass as well as the short. Even in the furiously exciting heart-stopping loss to Notre Dame at South Bend in mid-November '93, Ward still managed some 300 yards passing and came within a whisker of saving the day for the Seminoles. Charlie was drafted in 1994 by the New York Knickerbockers of the NBA, who selected him as the 26th overall pick. He is currently playing for the Houston Rockets.

The Voting

					Points
Place	Name	School	Class	Position	1	2	3	Total
1st	Charlie Ward	Florida State	Sr.	QB	740	39	12	2,310
2nd	Heath Shuler	Tennessee	Jr.	QB	10	274	110	688
3rd	David Palmer	Alabama	Jr.	RB	16	78	88	292
4th	Marshall Faulk	San Diego State	Jr.	RB	7	74	81	250
5th	Glenn Foley	Boston College	Sr.	QB	5	47	71	180
6th	LeShon Johnson	Northern Illinois	Sr.	RB	5	51	59	176
7th	J.J. Stokes	UCLA	Jr.	WR	3	37	48	131
8th	Tyrone Wheatley	Michigan	Jr.	RB	2	31	32	100
9th	Trent Dilfer	Fresno State	Jr.	QB	2	28	29	91
10th	Eric Zeier	Georgia	Jr.	QB	0	24	37	85

Charlie Ward became the first player from Florida State to win the Heisman. With 919 ballots mailed out, Ward captured all six sections. Heath Shuler of Tennessee took second place in all six regions and David Palmer of Alabama rounded out the top three by capturing third place in the Mid-Atlantic, South and Southwest regions respectively.

No. of registered electors: 919
Date of announcement: December 11, 1993
Date of dinner: December 14, 1993

The number of points by region and position within each region are as follows for the top five candidates:

Name	North-east		Mid Atlantic		South		South-west		Mid-west		Far West
Ward	371	1	388	1	373	1	408	1	380	1	390	1
Shuler	81	2	132	2	157	2	122	2	103	2	93	2
Palmer	34	5	55	3	97	3	50	3	26	7	30	6
Faulk	49	4	34	5	21	5	39	4	33	5	74	3
Foley	80	3	49	4	5	13	13	11	21	8	12	11