NFF SoAZ Chapter

Last but certainly not least, our final high school Scholar-Athlete honoree is Sabino's Caden Wechsler! ✅1st Team All-State OL ✅ All Sports Tucson Lineman of the Year ✅Sports360 AZ All-Academic First Team ✅3.71 GPA ✅Tucson Youth Football Camp Counselor

It's time to honor Cienega's Thomas Webb Jr.! ✅1st Team All-Region Defensive Back ✅Team Captain ✅4.062 GPA w/ honors & AP courses ✅National Society of High School Scholars ✅President of FCA

Now let's recognize Pusch Ridge's Casey Way! ✅Honorable Mention All-State ✅1st Team All-Region ✅Team captain ✅3.66 weighted GPA w/ honors & AP courses ✅Hundreds of hours community service

Continuing our 2019 Scholar-Athlete Class, let's meet CDO's Dominick Rodriguez! ✅2nd Team All-Region DE ✅Arizona Sports Character Counts Finalist ✅4.02 weighted GPA ✅4-year Honor Roll ✅National Honor Society member

Now it's time to recognize Ironwood Ridge's Charles Mustain! ✅124 tackles & 3 interceptions as senior ✅1st Team All-Region LB ✅Student Body President ✅3.9 GPA ✅Volunteered at Amphi Food Bank to make Thanksgiving meals

Continuing our spotlight on the Scholar-Athlete Class of 2019, let's meet Marana's Diego Miranda! ✅Two-year starter & team captain ✅ Ironman Award Recipient ✅ Also played basketball and track & field ✅4.2 weighted GPA ✅National Honor Society

Next, we are thrilled to recognize Salpointe's Thomas Lares! ✅Two-year starting center for 4A State runner-ups ✅Lancer Award winner for athleticism and leadership ✅Four-year Honor Roll student ✅2-time AIA Scholar-Athlete Award recipient

Let's get to know our next honoree: Empire's Wyatt Jeffries! ✅ Four-year starter and school’s all-time leading rusher ✅5A Sonoran First Team RB in 2018 ✅ Team Captain and Leadership Council member ✅ 3.53 GPA ✅Peer Mentor Program member helping special needs students

On Today's Eye on the Ball: former UA WR @throw_it_up19 who is preparing for Thursday's NFL Draft. He's on at 1:15 p.m. & Rick Gonzales, who spearheads the So. Arizona Chapter of the National Football Foundation National High School Scholar-Athlete Award. He's at 2 p.m.

Our next honoree is Sabino's Jimmy Hamilton! ✅ 1st team All-Region WR ✅ Team captain ✅ Works with at-risk students at Boys & Girls Club ✅ 4.14 weighted GPA with multiple AP courses

Let's take a moment to honor Salpointe's Curtis Franks! 🏈 ✅ 3-year starter on O-Line ✅ 2018 AZ Coaches Association First Team All-State ✅ Salpointe's John Glinski Award Recipient ✅ 3.65 GPA while taking AP & Honors courses

Our next Scholar-Athlete Class of 2019 honoree is Trenton Bourguet from Marana! 💪 🏈 ✅ Three-year starter ✅ Team captain ✅ 1st Team 5A Southern All-Region ✅ 89 career TD passes ✅ 3.80 GPA

Over the next week, we'll meet the Scholar-Athlete Class of 2019. To kick things off, let's recognize Ismael Ballesteros from Tucson High. ✔️2018 6A Metro All-Region 1st Team (long snapper) ✔️2018 All-Region 2nd Team (center) ✔️Team captain ✔️3.90 GPA w/ multiple AP classes

Thank you to @PaulCicala @KVOA for showcasing our Scholar-Athlete Class of 2019 last night. We are incredibly excited about this year's group, and we cannot wait to honor them at our banquet on April 27! 🏈 youtu.be/oE5XLjeUHss

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Congratulations to all of our 2018 Scholar-Athlete award winners. You have made your community proud.

Packed house today! Special thanks to all who supported our scholar-athlete awards banquet. We couldn’t do it without you.

Christian and our other outstanding honorees will be recognized at our annual banquet today. Congrats Christian!

Our final 2018 NFF Scholar-Athlete honoree is Christian Boettcher from @UofA. ✔️2017 @pac12 All-Academic 1st team ✔️Starter on the offensive line for all 13 games of the 2017 season ✔️3.65 GPA majoring in biochemistry ✔️Member of the UA @Div1SAAC