Lott Trophy® Announces Player of the Week Award
Newport Beach, Ca. – For four years, The Pacific Club IMPACT Foundation® has proudly honored the college football defensive player of the year who has had the biggest IMPACT both on and off the field.
The award, the only one in college sports that combines both performance and character, is named after Ronnie Lott: The Lott Trophy® has come to symbolize the very best in college football, promoting those student-athletes who exhibit excellence in the classroom, on the field and in the community.
Now, after 168 players have been nominated for the Trophy (42 on the watch list each year) since 2004, the IMPACT® Foundation has announced it will take another step forward in recognizing those student-athletes by creating a national ‘IMPACT® Player Of The Week’ award.
“As we have come to learn about more and more of the great things these young men are doing with their lives while competing at such a high level, we wanted to spread the news even farther,” said John Hamilton, Chairman of the Board of The IMPACT® Foundation. “The ‘IMPACT® Player of the Week’ award will include $1,000 donated to the school’s general scholarship fund”.
Each year, the university of The Lott Trophy® winner receives $25,000 for its general scholarship fund while the universities of the three finalists are awarded $5,000 each.
Voting for the ‘Player of the Week’ will be conducted by The Master Coaches, a group of 17 distinguished former head college coaches, who will review tapes of games each week to aid them in their selection.
“All 42 players on our watch list every year have been nominated by their schools so we already know of their character,” said Hamilton. “The coaches will be choosing the IMPACT® ‘Player of the Week’ based on his on-field accomplishments. However, we always take into account off-field activities such as volunteerism and academics.”
‘The IMPACT® Player of the Week’ will be featured at halftime each week during the broadcast of the College Game of the Week on Sports USA Radio Network.
For more information:
Pete Donovan
The Lott Trophy®
760/360-0414
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