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2018 National Football Foundation Celebrating Our Legends Honors Dinner
NFF Honors Dinner Celebrates Achievements of 52 Individuals
A record number of 52 people, ranging in age from 18 to 87, were recognized for their achievements at the 2018 edition of the National Football Foundation’s Honors Dinner on June 10 at the Four Points by Sheraton Grand Ballroom in West Lafayette.
The event definitely had a “quarterback” flair as the Purdue University community celebrated the inductions of two former Boilermaker QBs into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame
and the recognition of two current Boilermaker QBs as award winners.
The Lafayette Journal & Courier and the Indiana Football Coaches Association assisted the NFF’s Joe Tiller Chapter of
Northwest Indiana at this “Celebrating Our Legends XIV” Dinner.
The new Indiana Football Hall of Fame members are a pair of former Purdue quarterbacks from the 1950’s, Dale Samuels and Len Dawson, while current Purdue QBs David Blough and Elijah Sindelar received two of the chapter’s top annual awards, the Citizenship
Award and the Drew Brees Mental Toughness Award, respectively.
The chapter awards presented this year were:
- Drew Brees Mental Toughness Award – Elijah Sindelar
- Citizenship Award – David Blough
- Bernie Flowers Award for Outstanding Contribution to Amateur Sports – Brad Cohen & Orlando Itin
- Legends Award – Jeff Washburn (deceased), accepted by son Jade & wife Cheryl
- Patrick Mackey Courage Award – Tyler Trent
- Outstanding Game Official Award – Dr. Todd Clark
- Arnette Tiller “Service to Football” Award – Jan O’Shea
- J&C Female Student-Athlete of the Year Award – Sami Royer
- J&C Male Student-Athlete of the Year Award – August Schott
- NFF Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award – August Schott
For more information about the event, click the link below.
August Schott was named both the NFF Scholar-Athlete of the Year and the J&C Male Student-Athlete of the Year.
Sami Royer walked away as the J&C Female Student-Athlete of the Year.
A record number of high school students were recognized in 2018 as the Journal and Courier recognized their Players of the Year and Student-Athletes of the Year.
