THE GREATER CINCINNATI CHAPTER THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION & COLLEGE HALL OF FAME SCHOLAR-ATHLETE Scholarship Endowment Program FOUNDED 1967

GREATER CINCINNATI

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PURPOSE / MISSION

Our mission is to promote and develop the power of amateur football in developing the qualities of leadership, sportsmanship, and competitive zeal and drive for academic excellence in America's young people.

Together we can achieve our goal of honoring scholarship, citizenship, and athletic achievement.

Stephen Bailey Roger Thesing President, Board of Trustees Treasurer, Board of Trustees Greater Cincinnati Chapter Greater Cincinnati Chapter National Football Foundation National Football Foundation 513-235-7648 513-936-0990

NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION 18 E. Fourth Street, Suite 100 • Cincinnati, OH 45202 • (513) 580-4GCC (4422) www.greatercincinnatichapter.com www.footballfoundation.org • Founded in 1947.

• Non-profit educational organization.

• Developing, managing and promoting model football programs, which further strengthen the educational and character building qualities of the game, building leaders through sports.

• Honoring, publicizing and providing financial support to high school and college football players who represent our ideal of the scholar athlete.

• National annual scholarships of more than $1.3 million in 2015, to inspire future leaders.

• 120 local chapters in 47 states, 5,000 high schools, 3,500 selected scholarship players, average GPA of 3.75.

• Programs for excellence on the gridiron, in the classroom, and leadership in the community.

• The College Football Hall of Fame is associated with the National Football Foundation. The Hall of Fame recognizes and honors teams, players, and coaches.

NFF NATIONAL PARTNERS Greater Cincinnati Chapter

• Established in 1967.

• One of the oldest associated chapters in the National organization.

• We honor scholar athletes in the Greater Cincinnati area each year for play on the football field, academic achievement, and for civic leadership.

• The National Scholarship Program is the most extensive in sports, $1.3 million awarded annually.

• To honor the scholar athletes we host our annual Scholar-Athlete Awards Banquet, usually for 400 people in attendance.

• The Chapter estimates over $315,000 awarded in scholarships year to date. We estimate ten to twelve scholarships each year.

• Past speakers at the Awards Banquet have included , , Roger Staubach, Brian Kelly, and .

• Chapter Awards 1. Tom Potter Courage Award 2. Lifetime Achievement Award 3. Contribution to Amateur Football 4. Distinguished American 5. "That's My Boy" The Greater Cincinnati Chapter of The National Football Foundation

TOM POTTER MEMORIAL AWARD OF COURAGE

On occasions when the chapter feels it is worthy, we honor an individual who participates in the great game of football with our Tom Potter Memorial Award of Courage. This award is presented to a person who has overcome great obstacles in his life.

The award is appropriately named The Tom Potter Memorial Award of Courage. Our fellow board member and dear friend, Tom, lived each day of his life with a great deal of courage while possessing an overwhelming devotion and commitment to young people. He truly represented the mission and beliefs of the Greater Cincinnati Chapter of the National Football Foundation.

PAST WINNERS 1992 - Mike Pearl, Wyoming High School 1994 - Scott Wiggins, Newport Central Catholic High School 1995 - James Adams, Covington Catholic High School 1997 - Tim Alexander, Dixie Heights High School 1998 - Ben Kelhoffer, LaSalle High School 1999 - Mark Kayes, Winton Woods High School 2000 - George Lewis, Wyoming High School 2002 - Matt Baker, Roger Bacon High School 2003 - Trenton Elliott, Lakota East High School 2004 - Tom Potter (posthumously) 2007 - Ben Johnston, Middletown High School 2008 - Bruce Ernest, Kings High School 2009 - Francisco Michels, Holy Cross High School 2010 - Cory Hardin, College of Mount St. Joseph 2011 - Zach Gelter, New Richmond High School 2012 - Shawn Roberts, Newport High School 2013 - Sam Becker, McNicholas High School 2014 - Dylan Barnett, LaSalle High School 2015 - Ryan Davis, Cincinnati Country Day

Tom Potter

2016 Award of Courage Winner

Tanner Dole Harrison High School Past Winners of the “That’s My Boy” Award

1962 Tom Kiehfuss - Purcell Ohio State 1997 Ed Eviston - Newport Central Catholic Georgetown 1963 Paul Erickson - Colerain Cornell Danny Jones - Goshen Wilmington 1964 Tom Rhoads - St. Xavier Notre Dame 1998 Scott Kuhnhein - Highlands Ohio State 1965 Gene Otting - Elder Xavier Dan Startsman - Mariemont Brown 1966 Dennis Fox - Oak Hills Purdue 1999 Tom Beechem - Covington Catholic Dayton 1967 Steve Hopping - Sycamore Brown Austin King - Purcell-Marian Northwestern 1968 John Raterman - Elder Notre Dame 2000 Matt Atkins - Newport Thomas More 1969 Ron Dieckman - Western Hills Harvard Steve Sollmann - St. Xavier Notre Dame 1970 Steve Imhoff - Sycamore Miami 2001 Brent Grover - Highlands Purdue 1971 Mark Morelli - Roger Bacon Butler Andrew Willis - Cincinnati Country Day Colgate 1972 Doug Crum - Lockland Purdue 2002 Mike Hurley - St. Xavier Yale 1973 Steve Grote - Elder Michigan Rob Smith - Highlands Tennessee 1974 John Tuke - St. Xavier Harvard 2003 Brandent Englemon - Holmes Michigan 1975 Scott Schroer - Mariemont Vanderbilt Brad Maurer - Kings Lafayette 1976 Tom Berger - Wyoming Eastern Ky. 2004 Jeff Wera - Beechwood William and Mary 1977 Tim Koegel - Moeller Notre Dame Josh Kuempel - Mariemont Stanford 1978 Kevin Bates - Wyoming Stanford 2005 Brayden Coombs - Colerain Miami 1979 Sam Ach - Wyoming Amherst Trevor Stellman - Conner Thomas More Jeff Dennis - Wyoming Kentucky 2006 Mike Scherpenberg - Indian Hill Grand Valley State 1980 Eric Humpert - Forest Park Ball State Lance Durbin - Conner Cincinnati 1981 Eric Kattus - Colerain Michigan 2007 Doug Browne - CHCA Vanderbilt 1982 Paul Rolfes - Oak Hills Cincinnati Scott Gray - Ryle Marshall 1983 Jim Heiser - Mariemont Duke Matt Frankey - Hamilton-Badin Cincinnati 1984 Pete Mather - Sycamore Miami 2008 Fred Craig - St. Xavier Stanford 1985 Todd Smith - Goshen U.S. Naval Academy Cory Farris - Boone County Kentucky 1986 Sean Apke - Lockland Ohio Northern 2009 Drake Browne - CHCA Furman 1987 Rodney Vincent - Cin. Country Day Brown Patrick Van Sant - Covington Catholic Georgetown 1988 Mike Healy - St. Xavier Vanderbilt 2010 Tate Nichols - Ryle Notre Dame 1989 Nick Smith - Forest Park Notre Dame Andrew Perkins - CHCA Ohio State 1990 Chris Allen - New Miami Miami 2011 Jarrett Grace - Colerain Notre Dame 1991 Justin Clark - Williamsburg Ohio State Troy Timmerman - Covington Catholic Air Force 1992 Craig Wilmhoff -Beechwood Eastern KY 2012 Joe Burger - LaSalle Ohio State Matt Hirsch - Colerain Cincinnati Patrick Towles - Highlands Kentucky 1993 Chad Cogswell - Covington Cath. Northern KY 2013 Donovan McCoy - Highlands Kentucky Marc Edwards - Norwood Notre Dame Dylan Wiesman - Colerain Tennessee Scott Sollmann - St. Xavier Notre Dame 2014 Jon Bezney - Mariemont Yale 1994 Ryan Murphy - LaSalle Illinois Sam Burchell - Covington Catholic Cincinnati Rob Sandfoss - Newport Cent. Cath. KY Wesleyan Andrew Way - Conner Dayton Trevor Speeg - Williamsburg Cincinnati 2015 Simeon Lane - St. Xavier Princeton 1995 Jeremy Burns - Campbell County Valparaiso Ryan Woolf - Ryle Georgetown Ahmed Plummer - Wyoming Ohio State 1996 Cameron Demmerle - Beechwood Centre Seneca Gray - Holmes Kentucky State Jefferson Kelley - Colerain Ohio State Past Award Winners

CONTRIBUTION TO AMATEUR DISTINGUISHED FOOTBALL AWARD AMERICAN AWARD

Si Burick* Jerry Nardiello Bron Bacevich* Bob Miller Tom Ballaban* Clark A. Oyler Dr. Charles Barrett* Ray Nolting* Joe Clark* William J. Parchman Dr. Warren G. Bennis Rev. Paul L. O’Conner, S.J* Barry Cobb John Popovich Paul Brown* Donald Powers Angilo J. Colosimo, M.D. Joe Quinn* Weeb Ewbank* John Pont* Ritter Collett* Paul Ritter Jack Farcasin* Ernest Roush Tom Crosby Ken Rusche Joseph P. Hayden* Eugene Ruehlman Stephen W. Dailey Phil Samp* * Glenn Sample* Gerry Faust A.J. “Bud” Schaub, Jr. Hugh Hindman* Danny Scholl* Dick Forbes Jim Schottlekotte Bob Johnson Charles “Chuck” Settle* Harry Goedde Richard Seitz William J. Keating Dr. Reed Shank* Pat Harmon* Steve Sheehan Joseph Kelly George D. Smith* Bill Hoffeld* Dick Shrider* Ted Kluszewski* Joseph Steger Bob Hollifield* Bill Smith Donald S. “Buddy” LaRosa Charles Taft* Robert Horton, DDS Paul Sommerkamp* James McCafferty* Dan Tehan* Ben Hubbard William Stargel* Pat Mancuso Gen. Lewis W. Walt Terry Jacobs Stan Stutzman* Charles S. Mechem, Jr. John Wiethe* Bobby Kelly Patrick Sweeney Phil Meyers* William H. Zimmer Jim Kelly* Roger Thesing Charles “Chick” Mileham* Reggie Williams Mike Kelly Tommy Thompson Robert Lewis* Sister Francis Marie Thrailkill Jim Miner* Julia Ward-Perdue Bill Moeller* John Wiethe* Jack Moran* Herb Woeste Anthony Muñoz Ron Woyan Robert Napier

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Bernie Barre Terry Malone Ron Corradini Pat Mancuso Tom Crosby Dale Mueller Owen Hauck* Ken Osborne Dick Kerin Lynn Ray Steve Klonne Steve Rasso* Roy Lucas, Sr. Bob Schneider

*deceased Greater Cincinnati Chapter SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

• Contributions are needed for the general fund to provide program support today while endowment funds are needed to ensure our future programs, surplus funds are invested in the endowment fund.

• The scholarship program will award 10-12 $2,000 scholarships on an annual basis. The awards are presented at our annual Scholar-Athlete Awards Banquet.

• Scholarship Contribution Program (Tax Deductible) 1. Pledge of $2,000 to fund a scholarship for 1 year 2. Pledge of $6,000 to fund a scholarship for 3 years 3. Pledge of $10,000 to fund a scholarship for 5 years Greater Cincinnati Chapter SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT PROGRAM SPONSORSHIP

• The Scholarship will be presented in the name of the donor. You will be introduced and acknowledged at the Annual Scholarship Awards Banquet.

• You will receive a plaque which can be displayed in your home or business.

• Two or four complimentary tickets for the Banquet, depending on the level of giving.

• Donors will be listed in the Banquet Program and on the Chapter Website.

• You will be invited to attend the Scholarship Endowment Program luncheon to meet the recipient of your scholarship donation.

• The National Football Foundation is a 501c3 non-profit organization and your donation is tax deductible. Greater Cincinnati Chapter CONTRIBUTION QUESTIONS

• Consult your financial advisor, lawyer, CPA, or accountant for tax deductible questions on charitable giving.

• The Greater Cincinnati Chapter of the National Football Foundation is a 501c3 non-profit organization which qualifies for tax deductible contributions.

• Donations by check, cash, money order, and credit card are deductible if you itemize your taxes in the year you make the contribution, up to 50% of adjusted gross income.

• By timing your gift before December 31st, you will see a tax break for the year you itemized deductions on your tax return.

For questions regarding giving to the Greater Cincinnati Chapter of the National Football Foundation, email: [email protected] or call (513) 290-8585. • The College Football Hall of Fame was established in 1951

• The new College Football Hall of Fame, which opened on Aug. 23, 2014, is a 94,256-square-foot attraction located in the heart of Atlanta's sports, entertainment and tourism district.

• More than 5.12 million student-athletes have played college football since the first game on Nov. 6, 1869

• Including the 2016 inductees, only 977 players and 211 coaches have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame from the nearly 5.12 million who have played or coached the game over the past 147 years.

• First class of inductees included notables Red Grange (Illinois), George Gipp (Notre Dame), Knute Rockne (Notre Dame), (four schools) and Jim Thorpe (Carlisle)

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