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updatedAt: 2026-08-25T14:47:58.000Z
agentTools:
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# Seasonal Awards

**NCAAFB Seasonal Awards** provides a list of all NCAA Football awards for a given season and season type.

<Callout icon="⏱️" theme="default">
  ### Update Frequency

  **TTL / Cache:** 12 hours

  **Data Updates:** Award entries are added as they are announced
</Callout>

***

## Data Points

<Accordion title="League" icon="fa-duotone fa-basketball-hoop">
  | Attribute | Parent Element | Type    | Description                                                                 |
  | --------- | -------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
  | `alias`   | `league`       | String  | Alias of a league<br /><br />ex. `NCAAFB`                                   |
  | `id`      | `league`       | GUID    | Unique ID of a league<br /><br />ex. `26c1246a-2fc3-4b7e-8999-1685d3ab4676` |
  | `name`    | `league`       | String  | Name of a league<br /><br />ex. `NCAA FOOTBALL`                             |
  | `id`      | `season`       | GUID    | Unique ID of a season<br /><br />ex. `754e4990-efc7-11ef-bb2a-5d2d22b9215e` |
  | `type`    | `season`       | String  | Type of a season<br /><br />`REG` (Regular Season)                          |
  | `year`    | `season`       | Integer | Year of a season                                                            |
</Accordion>

<Accordion title="Awards" icon="fa-duotone fa-basketball-hoop">
  | Attribute                | Parent Element | Type   | Description                                                                             |
  | ------------------------ | -------------- | ------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
  | `awarded_time_frequency` | `award`        | String | Frequency at which an award is distributed<br /><br />ex. `annual`                      |
  | `awarded_time_period`    | `award`        | String | Time period of an award<br /><br />ex. `2025`                                           |
  | `description`            | `award`        | String | Description of an award<br /><br />ex. `Awarded to the top player in college football.` |
  | `effective_date`         | `award`        | String | Date of an award's announcement<br /><br />ex. `2025-09-29`                             |
  | `id`                     | `award`        | String | Unique ID of an award<br /><br />ex. `77bb4581-c8ee-44dc-814c-2389e6609546`             |
  | `name`                   | `award`        | String | Name of an award<br /><br />ex. `Heisman Trophy`                                        |
  | `type`                   | `award`        | String | Type of award<br /><br />ex. `player`, `coach`, `team`                                  |
</Accordion>

<Accordion title="Award Recipient" icon="fa-duotone fa-basketball-hoop">
  | Attribute  | Parent Element        | Type   | Description                                                                                                                      |
  | ---------- | --------------------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
  | `id`       | `award` - `recipient` | String | Unique player Id of an award recipient<br /><br />ex. `e41043f0-8946-11ec-b2b8-adecafc94fa4`                                     |
  | `level`    | `award` - `recipient` | String | Level of an award recipient (could be used to distinguish between an award winner and an award finalist)<br /><br />ex. `winner` |
  | `name`     | `award` - `recipient` | String | Name of an award recipient<br /><br />ex. `Mendoza, Fernando`                                                                    |
  | `position` | `award` - `recipient` | String | Position of an award recipient<br /><br />ex. `QB`                                                                               |
</Accordion>

<Accordion title="Team" icon="fa-duotone fa-basketball-hoop">
  | Attribute | Parent Element       | Type   | Description                                                                                  |
  | --------- | -------------------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
  | `alias`   | `recipient` - `team` | String | Abbreviation of an award recipient's team<br /><br />ex. `IND`                               |
  | `id`      | `recipient` - `team` | GUID   | Unique ID of an award recipient's team<br /><br />ex. `fa0eb091-8e35-49c7-b00f-269794a99a61` |
  | `market`  | `recipient` - `team` | String | Market name of an award recipient's team<br /><br />ex. `Indiana`                            |
  | `name`    | `recipient` - `team` | String | Name of an award recipient's team<br /><br />ex. `Fighting Hoosiers`                         |
</Accordion>

# OpenAPI definition

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```