Wuerffel Trophy Finalist – Stanford University Athletics

ATLANTA, Ga. – For the second straight season, Stanford’s fifth-yr security Patrick Fields has been named a finalist for the Wuerffel Trophy. Fields is joined by Florida State’s Dillan Gibbons and Minnesota’s Tanner Morgan because the three finalists. The winner can be introduced on Thursday, Dec. 8.
 
A two-time graduate at Oklahoma, Fields is learning for his grasp’s in administration science and engineering at Stanford. He was considered one of three finalists for the award final season at Oklahoma, which finally was acquired by Cardinal quarterback Isaiah Sanders.
 
Fields has been lively within the Stanford neighborhood since becoming a member of the Cardinal program from Oklahoma in January. He deliberate and executed a 3-day mentorship and networking occasion previous to Juneteenth in his hometown of Tulsa, Okla. The occasion introduced collectively highschool and faculty college students with black enterprise homeowners, leaders and mentors, to show the scholars in regards to the faculty admissions course of and monetary assets obtainable to them. Fields raised the funds to make all occasions through the three days free to those that attended and hopes to provide out educational scholarships by the occasion sooner or later.
 
While at Oklahoma, Fields based the Black Wall Street Scholarship, collaborating with the president of the OU National Black Alumni Association to determine an endowment with the aim of offering scholarships for underrepresented and decrease revenue college students from internal-metropolis Tulsa. In July of 2021, Fields based and coordinated the Patrick Fields Back to School Bash and soccer camp for economically weak elementary college students in Tulsa. He is keen about educating college students, particularly underrepresented college students, about monetary literacy, cash administration, credit score and private branding, and based Town Business to do exactly that in Tulsa.
 
The Wuerffel Trophy, often called “College Football’s Premier Award for Community Service,” is offered every February in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. Named after Danny Wuerffel, 1996 Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback from the University of Florida, the Wuerffel Trophy exists to honor faculty soccer gamers who serve others, have fun their constructive influence on society, and encourage better service on this planet.

“It’s an incredibly challenging task for our selection committee to narrow our list of 109 FBS nominees to three Wuerffel Trophy finalists, and this year was no different,” mentioned Wuerffel. “These three deserving student-athletes are remarkable leaders and are making a tremendous impact in their respective communities. Congratulations to Dillan, Tanner, and Patrick for being named 2022 Wuerffel Trophy finalists. I am thrilled that this year’s recipient will join me at the Heisman Ceremony and Gala in New York City.”

The Wuerffel Trophy recipient can be formally introduced on The Home Depot College Football Awards Show, airing on ESPN on December 8, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. EST/6:00 p.m. CST. The recipient will attend the Heisman Trophy ceremonies, together with the press convention, televised announcement, and the Heisman Gala. The presentation of the 2022 Wuerffel Trophy will happen on February 24, 2023, on the 54^th All Sports Association Awards Banquet in Fort  Walton Beach.

Past recipients of the award are Rudy Niswanger – LSU – 2005; Joel Penton – Ohio State – 2006; Paul Smith – Tulsa – 2007; Tim Tebow – Florida – 2008; Tim Hiller – Western Michigan – 2009; Sam Acho – Texas – 2010; Barrett Jones – Alabama – 2011; Matt Barkley – USC – 2012; Gabe Ikard – Oklahoma – 2013; Deterrian Shackelford – Ole Miss – 2014; Ty Darlington – Oklahoma – 2015; Trevor Knight – Texas A&M – 2016; Courtney Love – Kentucky -?2017; Drue Tranquill – Notre Dame – 2018; Jon Wassink – Western Michigan – 2019; Teton Saltes – New Mexico – 2020; Isaiah Sanders – Stanford– 2021.

 

The Wuerffel Trophy is a member of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA), which encompasses probably the most prestigious awards in faculty soccer. Founded in 1997, the NCFAA and its 25 awards now boast greater than 800 recipients, relationship again to 1935. For extra information on the NCFAA, go to NCFAA.org.

 

The Wuerffel Trophy is supported by its company companions Dart Container Corporation/Solo Cup and Herff Jones.

ABOUT THE WUERFFEL TROPHY 

Established in 2005, the Wuerffel Trophy honors faculty soccer gamers who serve others, have fun their influence, and encourage better service on this planet.  A member of the National College Football Awards Association, the Wuerffel Trophy is offered yearly to the FBS participant who greatest combines exemplary neighborhood service with management achievement on and off the sector.  It is the primary main award honoring the character of service to others. 

The Wuerffel Trophy is called after Heisman Trophy winner, College Football Hall of Famer, former NFL quarterback, and famend humanitarian Danny Wuerffel, whose mission is to encourage better service worldwide. Wuerffel led the University of Florida to 4 SEC Championships and the Gators’ first National Football Championship because the group’s star quarterback. The 1996 Heisman Trophy winner set 17 NCAA and Florida data and received a myriad of different awards, together with the Maxwell Award, the Davey O’Brien Award, and The William V. Campbell Trophy, offered to the nation’s prime scholar-athlete. As a nationally acknowledged humanitarian, Wuerffel conjures up leaders to make use of their affect to make a constructive influence and at present serves as President of the Wuerffel Foundation.