SCHOLAR-ATHLETEScholarship Endowment Program

THE GREATER CINCINNATI CHAPTERTHE NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION& COLLEGE HALL OF FAME

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.

GREATER

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FOUNDED1967

NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION

18 E. Fourth Street, Suite 100 • Cincinnati, OH 45202 • (513) 580-4GCC (4422)

www.greatercincinnatichapter.com

www.footballfoundation.org

Stephen BaileyPresident, Board of TrusteesGreater Cincinnati ChapterNational Football Foundation513-235-7648

Roger ThesingTreasurer, Board of TrusteesGreater Cincinnati ChapterNational Football Foundation513-936-0990

CINCINNATI

• 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 Lou Holtz, Jim Tressel, Roger Staubach, Brian Kelly, and Tommy Tuberville.

• Chapter Awards1. Tom Potter Courage Award

2. Lifetime Achievement Award

3. Contribution to Amateur Football

4. Distinguished American

5. "That's My Boy"

The Greater Cincinnati Chapterof 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 WINNERS1992 - Mike Pearl, Wyoming High School1994 - Scott Wiggins, Newport Central Catholic High School1995 - James Adams, Covington Catholic High School1997 - Tim Alexander, Dixie Heights High School1998 - Ben Kelhoffer, LaSalle High School1999 - Mark Kayes, Winton Woods High School2000 - George Lewis, Wyoming High School2002 - Matt Baker, Roger Bacon High School2003 - Trenton Elliott, Lakota East High School2004 - Tom Potter (posthumously)2007 - Ben Johnston, Middletown High School2008 - Bruce Ernest, Kings High School2009 - Francisco Michels, Holy Cross High School2010 - Cory Hardin, College of Mount St. Joseph2011 - Zach Gelter, New Richmond High School2012 - Shawn Roberts, Newport High School2013 - Sam Becker, McNicholas High School2014 - Dylan Barnett, LaSalle High School2015 - Ryan Davis, Cincinnati Country Day

2016Award of Courage

Winner

Tanner DoleHarrison High School

Tom Potter

Past Winners of the“That’s My Boy” Award

1962 Tom Kiehfuss - Purcell Ohio State1963 Paul Erickson - Colerain Cornell1964 Tom Rhoads - St. Xavier Notre Dame1965 Gene Otting - Elder Xavier1966 Dennis Fox - Oak Hills Purdue1967 Steve Hopping - Sycamore Brown1968 John Raterman - Elder Notre Dame1969 Ron Dieckman - Western Hills Harvard1970 Steve Imhoff - Sycamore Miami1971 Mark Morelli - Roger Bacon Butler1972 Doug Crum - Lockland Purdue1973 Steve Grote - Elder Michigan1974 John Tuke - St. Xavier Harvard1975 Scott Schroer - Mariemont Vanderbilt1976 Tom Berger - Wyoming Eastern Ky.1977 Tim Koegel - Moeller Notre Dame1978 Kevin Bates - Wyoming Stanford1979 Sam Ach - Wyoming Amherst Jeff Dennis - Wyoming Kentucky1980 Eric Humpert - Forest Park Ball State1981 Eric Kattus - Colerain Michigan1982 Paul Rolfes - Oak Hills Cincinnati1983 Jim Heiser - Mariemont Duke1984 Pete Mather - Sycamore Miami1985 Todd Smith - Goshen U.S. Naval Academy1986 Sean Apke - Lockland Ohio Northern1987 Rodney Vincent - Cin. Country Day Brown1988 Mike Healy - St. Xavier Vanderbilt1989 Nick Smith - Forest Park Notre Dame1990 Chris Allen - New Miami Miami1991 Justin Clark - Williamsburg Ohio State1992 Craig Wilmhoff -Beechwood Eastern KY Matt Hirsch - Colerain Cincinnati1993 Chad Cogswell - Covington Cath. Northern KY Marc Edwards - Norwood Notre Dame Scott Sollmann - St. Xavier Notre Dame1994 Ryan Murphy - LaSalle Illinois Rob Sandfoss - Newport Cent. Cath. KY Wesleyan Trevor Speeg - Williamsburg Cincinnati1995 Jeremy Burns - Campbell County Valparaiso Ahmed Plummer - Wyoming Ohio State1996 Cameron Demmerle - Beechwood Centre Seneca Gray - Holmes Kentucky State Jefferson Kelley - Colerain Ohio State

1997 Ed Eviston - Newport Central Catholic Georgetown Danny Jones - Goshen Wilmington1998 Scott Kuhnhein - Highlands Ohio State Dan Startsman - Mariemont Brown1999 Tom Beechem - Covington Catholic Dayton Austin King - Purcell-Marian Northwestern2000 Matt Atkins - Newport Thomas More Steve Sollmann - St. Xavier Notre Dame2001 Brent Grover - Highlands Purdue Andrew Willis - Cincinnati Country Day Colgate2002 Mike Hurley - St. Xavier Yale Rob Smith - Highlands Tennessee2003 Brandent Englemon - Holmes Michigan Brad Maurer - Kings Lafayette2004 Jeff Wera - Beechwood William and Mary Josh Kuempel - Mariemont Stanford2005 Brayden Coombs - Colerain Miami Trevor Stellman - Conner Thomas More2006 Mike Scherpenberg - Indian Hill Grand Valley State Lance Durbin - Conner Cincinnati2007 Doug Browne - CHCA Vanderbilt Scott Gray - Ryle Marshall Matt Frankey - Hamilton-Badin Cincinnati2008 Fred Craig - St. Xavier Stanford Cory Farris - Boone County Kentucky2009 Drake Browne - CHCA Furman Patrick Van Sant - Covington Catholic Georgetown2010 Tate Nichols - Ryle Notre Dame Andrew Perkins - CHCA Ohio State2011 Jarrett Grace - Colerain Notre Dame Troy Timmerman - Covington Catholic Air Force2012 Joe Burger - LaSalle Ohio State Patrick Towles - Highlands Kentucky2013 Donovan McCoy - Highlands Kentucky Dylan Wiesman - Colerain Tennessee2014 Jon Bezney - Mariemont Yale Sam Burchell - Covington Catholic Cincinnati Andrew Way - Conner Dayton2015 Simeon Lane - St. Xavier Princeton Ryan Woolf - Ryle Georgetown

Past Award Winners

CONTRIBUTION TO AMATEURFOOTBALL AWARD

Si Burick*

Tom Ballaban*

Joe Clark*

Barry Cobb

Angilo J. Colosimo, M.D.

Ritter Collett*

Tom Crosby

Stephen W. Dailey

Gerry Faust

Dick Forbes

Harry Goedde

Pat Harmon*

Bill Hoffeld*

Bob Hollifield*

Robert Horton, DDS

Ben Hubbard

Terry Jacobs

Bobby Kelly

Jim Kelly*

Mike Kelly

Robert Lewis*

Jim Miner*

Bill Moeller*

Jack Moran*

Anthony Muñoz

Robert Napier

*deceased

Jerry Nardiello

Clark A. Oyler

William J. Parchman

John Popovich

Joe Quinn*

Paul Ritter

Ken Rusche

Phil Samp*

A.J. “Bud” Schaub, Jr.

Jim Schottlekotte

Richard Seitz

Steve Sheehan

Dick Shrider*

Bill Smith

Paul Sommerkamp*

William Stargel*

Stan Stutzman*

Patrick Sweeney

Roger Thesing

Tommy Thompson

Sister Francis Marie Thrailkill

Julia Ward-Perdue

John Wiethe*

Herb Woeste

Ron Woyan

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

DISTINGUISHEDAMERICAN AWARD

Bron Bacevich* Bob Miller

Dr. Charles Barrett* Ray Nolting*

Dr. Warren G. Bennis Rev. Paul L. O’Conner, S.J*

Paul Brown* Donald Powers

Weeb Ewbank* John Pont*

Jack Farcasin* Ernest Roush

Joseph P. Hayden* Eugene Ruehlman

Woody Hayes* Glenn Sample*

Hugh Hindman* Danny Scholl*

Bob Johnson Charles “Chuck” Settle*

William J. Keating Dr. Reed Shank*

Joseph Kelly George D. Smith*

Ted Kluszewski* Joseph Steger

Donald S. “Buddy” LaRosa Charles Taft*

James McCafferty* Dan Tehan*

Pat Mancuso Gen. Lewis W. Walt

Charles S. Mechem, Jr. John Wiethe*

Phil Meyers* William H. Zimmer

Charles “Chick” Mileham* Reggie Williams

Bernie BarreRon CorradiniTom CrosbyOwen Hauck*Dick KerinSteve KlonneRoy Lucas, Sr.

Terry MalonePat MancusoDale MuellerKen OsborneLynn RaySteve Rasso*Bob Schneider

Greater Cincinnati ChapterSCHOLARSHIP 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 ChapterSCHOLARSHIP 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 ChapterCONTRIBUTION 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: michaelrbrown@cinci.rr.com 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), Amos Alonzo Stagg (four schools) and Jim Thorpe (Carlisle)

• 305 schools are represented with at least one College Football Hall of Famer

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