The chair of the ARA Sportsmanship Award Selection Committee is LaVell Edwards, former head football coach at Brigham Young University. Other members of the panel include:

Retired Coaches:

Don Nehlen (West Virginia)
Dick MacPherson (Syracuse)
Vince Dooley (Georgia)
Gene Stallings (Alabama)
Tubby Raymond (Delaware)
Spike Dykes (Texas Tech)
Don James (Washington)
Ted Tollner (San Diego State and USC)

Media:

Lee Corso, ESPN
Christine Brennan, USA Today

Others:

Ed Hunt (President, ARA)
Grant Teaff (Executive Director, American Football Coaches Association)
Steve Hatchell (President, The National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame)
Rick Walls (Executive Director, College Football hall of Fame)
Bernie Kish (College Football Hall of Fame)