Honors and Awards

2023: Lou Groza Award Preseason Watch List (8/2)
2023: Preseason All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
2022: Lou Groza Award Preseason Watch List
2022: All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention

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2022: Appeared in all 12 games as the teams primary kicker, handling kickoff duties as well… Made 18 of 21 attempts with a career-long of 48 yards for a percentage of 85.71… Made 38 of 38 extra points… Booted his long of 48 yards at Washington on 10/15… Made nine straight field goals to end the season, going 3-for-3 against USC on 10/29, 1-for-1 at Utah on 11/5, 2-for-2 at UCLA on 11/12, 2-for-2 vs. Washington State on 11/19, and 1-for-1 in the Territorial Cup victory over Arizona State on 11/25… Booted 45 touchbacks on kickoff marking a career high… 30-for-33 on field goals in career.

2021: Played in eight games … Finished the season as Arizona’s PAT and short kick specialist … Made all 12 of his attempts with a long of 42 … Became the first player in Arizona history to make their first 10 career kicks … Made all 12 of his point after attempts … Led the team in scoring with 48 points.

2020: Played in all five games as the Wildcats primary punter…Totaled 24 punts on the year and averaged 43.0 yards per punt with a long of 64…Downed eight punts inside the opponents 20 yard line…Boomed eight kicks 50+ yards…Only notched two touchbacks…Long punt of 64 yards came in the Territorial Cup on Dec. 11, one of three punts in the game…Career-high seven punts came on Dec. 5 versus Colorado…Forced three fair catches in both the Nov. 21 game at Washington and the next week, Nov. 28 at UCLA…Best performance of the year came Dec. 5 versus Colorado, booming three punts of 50+ yards and averaging 47.14 yards per punt.

High School: Graduated from Lovejoy High School in Lucas, Texas in May 2020…Lettered three years in football as a kicker/punter, two years in soccer (forward), and one year in track and field (high jump, 100-meter, 200-meter)…Finished high school ranked as the No. 8 kicker in the country by Kohl’s Kicking…Competed in 2019 Texas Showcase and won both the field goal and kickoff portions of the event…Named to 2019 Whataburger Super Team.

Personal: Steven Tyler Loop…Son of Steve and Linda Loop…One brother, Andrew, and one sister, Sarah…Majoring in Pre-Business…Chose Arizona because, “I saw the best opportunity for myself to develop into the best kicker I can be and compete early in my career.”