Seattle Chapter Named Charity of the Month
The Seattle NFF Chapter was recently honored as the Bonneville Charity
of the Month.
The 43rd Annual Scholar-Athlete Awards Ceremony took place on December
14, 2008 at Qwest field. Jackson Pierce and Kurt
Stottlemyer, both from Bothell High, were honored with the top
awards. Read Story.
At the 2008 Awards Banquet, Dick Dugdale was honored with the E.R.
"Rusty" Young Memorial Award. Read
Story.
At the 2008 Awards Banquet, Craig Smith, Seattle Times Reporter, was
honored with the Tony Gasparovich Award. Read
Story.
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2008 Chapter Golf Tournament
The Seattle NFF Chapter Annual Shotgun Golf tournament was
held Monday, August 18, at Indian
Summer Golf and Country Club. Read Story.
The Seattle Chapter 2007 Scholar-Athlete Awards Ceremony and Brunch was
held Sunday, December 16, at Qwest Field. J.J. Clark of
Eastlake High School and Allen Trillana of Kent-Meridian
were honored with the top two awards, each receiving a $2000 scholarships
from the Seattle Chapter. Read
Story.
Terry Ennis and Rollie Robins were
both honored with the Tony Gasparovich Award at the 2007 Scholar-Atlete
Awards on December 16. This award is presented by the Seattle-King
County Chapter to football supporters who exhibit love and dedication
of the game through their principles and leadership with those they
work with. Read Story.
Kellen Kiilsgaard was honored by the NFF as one of five 2007 National
High School Scholar-Athletes during the 60th annual awards
luncheon held December 4, 2007 in New York City. Read
Story. View
Photos.
2007 Scholar-Athlete Awards Mentioned in The Seattle Times
An article about the chapter awards was published on Dec
17. Read
Seattle Times Story
Legendary High School coach, Terry Ennis, dies
 Terry
Ennis, football coach at Archbishop Murphy High School, died September
12 at University Medical Center of prostate cancer.
He was the second-winningest coach in state history with a record of
287-87. He won 1A state championships at Archbishop Murphy in 2002
and 2003 and the 4A (then-AAA) title in 1991 at Cascade. Read
Seattle Times Article.
Kellen Kiilsgaard, one of the top two 2006
Scholar-Athletes, was featured
in the June 8, 2007 issue of Chapter
Network,
the newsletter of the NFF. View
newsletter (Adobe PDF format). Kiilsgaard was also selected
by the Seattle Times as one of the five finalists for Male
High School Star of the Year Award. Read
Story.
The 2006 Scholar-Athlete Awards Ceremony and Banquet was held December
17, 2006 at Qwest field. Kellen Kiilsgaard of
Auburn and Taylor
Firman of Kentlake were honored with the top two awards. Read
Story and View All Finalists.
Seattle NFF board member Dick Nicholl was recently featured in the Prep
Flashback section of the Seattle Times. Read
Story.
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NCAA Football has launched a Facebook
page for its Youth Initiative,
that provides detailed information on the program, including
listings and sign-up links for upcoming youth football clinics,
images and video footage from past clinics and events, photos
and videos from coaches and parents that showcase their youth
football players, and much more. Read
Story.
College football fans from across the country will join
the NFF from July 17-18 at the
College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Ind., for the
organization's annual Enshrinement Festival, which will pay
tribute to the storied careers of 21 of the game's greatest
stars. Read
Story.
Jim Owens, Oklahoma All-American and longtime UW football coach,
died Saturday, June 6 at his home in Bigfork, Mont. He was
82. Read
Story.
Archie Manning, chairman of The National Football
Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF), announced today the
recipients of the NFF’s 2009 Major Awards, topped by Nike co-founders
Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight who will receive the organization’s
highest honor, the NFF Gold Medal. Read
Story.
U.S. President Barack Obama has nominated 1994 NFF Distinguished
American Award recipient Charles Bolden, Jr., to head NASA.
Read
Story.
The Football Writers Association of America announces its 2009 All-America
Committee, which selects the 25-man All-America Team and
the winners of the Bronko Nagurski and Outland trophies.
This spring, the committee will help select the FWAA All-America
Watch List and the watch lists for both of the FWAA's major
player awards. Read
Story.
The NFF
announced the 2009 Divisional Hall of Fame Class, which
considers players and coaches from the NCAA Football Championship
Subdivision (formerly I-AA), Divisions II, III, and the NAIA
(National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) for induction.
Read
Story.
The National
Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame announced the members of
the 2009 NFF Hampshire Honor Society, which is comprised of college football
players from all divisions of play who each maintained a 3.2 GPA or better. A
total of 564 players from 266 schools qualified for membership in the society's
third year, a 27 percent increase from the 2008 class. Read
Story.
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The Seattle Chapter Annual Shotgun Golf tournament will be held on
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