Jack Trice Award Application Cover Sheet

Jack Trice Award Application Cover Sheet Name: Phone: Address: Email: Univ ID: Major: Grad Date: GPA: Please follow these guidelines for application submission: 1. Please type responses to the two essay questions and limit the length to a total of two double-spaced pages. 2. Do not include your name or ID number on the remainder of the application, only on this cover page. 3. Attach this application cover sheet to your completed application. 4. Return your completed application to the GSB office (West Student Office Space, Memorial Union) by 5pm on Friday, February 15th. 5. Please refer any questions to GSB Chief of Staff Andrew Gall at [email protected]. Jack Trice Award The Story of Jack Trice On October 8, 1923, Jack Trice became the first and only athlete ever to lose his life competing for Iowa State. He was also ISU’s first black athlete. The football team Trice played on was composed of a courageous group of young men who defended Trice’s right to play amid pressure from teams of Iowa State’s schedule who expressed a desire not to have to play against a black. Three days before he died, the team had insisted that Trice be admitted with them to a segregated dining room in the Minneapolis hotel they were staying at prior to playing a game against Minnesota. Iowa State fans who traveled to the Minnesota game returned home with reports of vicious treatment directed at Trice on nearly every play. Coach Sam Willaman pulled Trice out of the game midway through the third quarter after a play in which he ended up on his back and was trampled by Minnesota players, although Trice had asked to be allowed to keep playing. Two days later Jack Trice died from hemorrhaged lungs and internal bleeding. Trice’s teammates wore black arm bands during the rest of their games that season, and an editorial in the student newspaper noted, “Some tribute, some tangible thing, must be set up to the memory of Jack Trice... What form this tribute may take cannot yet be known, but the thought and comment of a student body can determine it.” Iowa State University took steps to honor his contributions to our university. The first was a move by administration to name ISU’s football field and stadium “Jack Trice Field/Cyclone Stadium” as a compromise between those who favored each of the two names. The second step was allocation by the Government of the Student Body (GSB) of $10,000 to set up a Jack Trice Memorial Award. During the fall of 1983, the GSB was successful in getting thousands of students to wear black arm bands to show their support for Trice stadium at a home football game which fell exactly on the 60th anniversary of Trice’s tragic death. Finally, the GSB commissioned a life-size bronze statue of Jack Trice to be located on campus. The statue has since been moved to the entrance of Jack Trice Field/Cyclone Stadium. ***** Jack Trice Award The Jack Trice Memorial Award was created to honor the personal merits and attributes of Jack Trice as a student and a leader. On a separate sheet, please answer the following questions as clearly and concisely as possible, following the instructions on the cover page. Applicants will be considered and recipients chosen on the basis of their commitment to the ideals demonstrated by Jack Trice throughout his lifetime. Three $1000 scholarships will be awarded for the 2013-2014 school year. Written October 5, 1923 “My thoughts just before the first real college game of my life: The honors of my race, family, and self is at stake. Everyone is expecting me to do great things. I will. My whole body and soul are to be thrown recklessly about the field tomorrow. Every time the ball is snapped, I will be trying to do more than my part. Fight low, with your eyes open and toward the play. Watch out for crossbucks and reverse end runs. Be on your toes every minute if you expect to make good.” ESSAY QUESTIONS: 1. After reading the above passage written by Jack Trice three days before his death, please elaborate upon one or more experiences of your own which you feel reveal your personal commitment to the ideals demonstrated by Jack Trice. 2. What contributions have you made to the Iowa State and the Ames community (campus involvement, community work, athletic participation, etc.)? .

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