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2011 Awards Selection Committee

DREW BLEDSOE Former Patriots QB & four-time Pro Bowl Selection; Rudy Awards Chair

TROY AIKMAN Former Cowboys QB & three-time Super Bowl winner; Fox Sportscaster

SHAUN ALEXANDER Former Seahawks Running Back & NFL MVP

ANDY BEAL President, CBS MaxPreps, Inc.

JENN BROWN CELEBRATE CHARACTER, COURAGE, CONTRIBUTION ABC/ESPN Sideline Reporter & ESPN GameDay Correspondent & COMMITMENT IN TODAY’S YOUNG ATHLETES

TEDY BRUSCHI Former Patriots Linebacker & three-time The High School Football Rudy Awards™ celebrate Your opportunity to celebrate and reward your RUDY Super Bowl winner; ESPN Sportscaster outstanding young athletes - not because of their is right around the corner. Just tell us how the ANDREA KREMER statistical performance, but because of their ability inspirational player on your high school team brings Award Winning Reporter outstanding character, courage, contribution and to inspire teammates, classmates and communities. Correspondent, HBO’s Real Sports commitment to the game. Nominations open These awards honor players who demonstrate the JIM MORA, SR. September 15, 2011, and can be completed online at exemplary values of football legend Daniel 'Rudy' Former Indianapolis Colts & www.highschoolrudyawards.com. New Orleans Saints Head Coach Ruettiger, inspirational figure of the classic football

JIMMY PITARO film RUDY. Each year, hundreds of football players $25,000 in academic scholarships will be awarded by Co-President, Disney Interactive nationwide are nominated by coaches, parents and Trusted Sports Foundation to the twelve finalists, who

GLENN ROSENBLOOM teammates for this prestigious award, generating will also receive an autographed Rudy #45 jersey. A Vice President, ESPN High School millions of votes from fans across the country. national Selection Committee along with a fan vote

LEIGH ANNE TUOHY chooses the scholarship recipients and final Rudy Mother of NFL player Michael Oher & The Rudy AwardsTM celebrate inspirational young Award Winner. The nation's most inspirational player inspirational figure of film The Blind Side athletes who embody the values of character, will receive an $7,500 scholarship.

courage, contribution and commitment through Inspireum™ operates The Rudy Awards™ in the sport of football. Recognizing and rewarding

partnership with Trusted Sports Foundation, a these outstanding players inspires other youth to 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity focused on removing pursue sports as a positive, action-oriented path to barriers that prevent youth from participating in sports self-discipline, leadership, strong academic to get and keep kids in the game. performance and a healthy lifestyle. Tory Squires, 2009 Finalist

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get & keep kids in the game.

Trusted Sports Foundation

Trusted Sports Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization InspireumTM and Trusted Sports Foundation work in The last academic year (2009-2010) saw over $2 billion focused on inspiring kids to thrive partnership to inspire young athletes to live up to their full eliminated from after-school sports programs in public in life through sports. We provide potential through positive sports experiences that form schools around the US. financial assistance to low-income, active, healthy habits for a lifetime. underserved youth who cannot afford the increasing costs of Youth sports are a critical positive developmental tool for playing sports. We also raise Despite the multitude of physical, mental and social the next generation of Americans. Kids involved in sports awareness of the importance of benefits attributed to youth sports involvement, programs have better social skills, better academic athletics in developing future opportunities for youth to participate in athletics are in performance, and higher levels of physical activity leaders, with skills and values that serious decline. throughout life. Athletics also has the potential to reverse transfer from the sports field into alarming trends in teenage pregnancy, juvenile • 62% of kids ages 9-13 do not participate in any the classroom, workplace, family delinquency and underage drug use. organized physical activity during non-school hours. and community.

! 75% of these kids don’t play because they can’t Join InspireumTM and Trusted Sports Foundation in afford registration fees and equipment. providing financial assistance to low-income, underserved

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Awards Schedule

September 15 Open for Nominations

September 30 Fan voting begins! October 26 NominationsSeptember close 27(5pm PST)Rudy Awards website opens for nominations November 1 Top 50 SemifinalistsNovember 30 announced50 Semifinalists announced on Awards website December 28 Top 12 Finalists announced on Awards website December 11 Top 12 Finalists announced January 16 4 Scholarship Recipients announced January 15 Final results announced: Winner, 4 Runners-up & Fan Favorite February 11, 2011 High School Football Rudy Awards ceremony February (tbd) Awards Ceremony at Winner’s high school Chance Anthony, 2010 Winner

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