2017 Season High School and University Special Awards

Harrison Patton Smith of Brentwood Academy was this chapter’s winner of the “Admiral William P. Lawrence Award.”

This award recognizes the top high school scholar-athlete in Middle Tennessee based on scholarship, sportsmanship and value to his team. Presented NFF board member Mike Hargis. Admiral Lawrence was a highly decorated U.S. Naval hero who served his country with distinction, being awarded 17 medals including the Distinguished Service Medal, the nation’s third highest military award.

Jaylan Alavsius Granberry Received 

the “2017 Bob Sullins Inspiration Award.”

The Bob Sullins Award is presented to a Middle Tennessee high school student who serves as an inspiration to his teammates, his classmates and members of his community. The Pearl-Cohn Entertainment Magnet High School student receives his award from NFF President Emeritus Bob Sullins.

Khristian Taylor Harris-Lusk from Fairview High School received the “2017 Joe L. Worden / Jack Redgren Courage Award” from NFF board members Mike Tribue (left) and  Greg Wyant.

Worden and Redgren were former Vanderbilt Athletic Department trainers who both earned this chapter’s Roy Kramer Contribution to Football Award.

John Robert Critchlow of Franklin High School received the “2017 Harold ‘Cotton’ Clark Spirit Award.”

This award is presented to a Middle Tennessee student-athlete who exemplifies the highest qualities of sportsmanship. The award named for Cotton Clark, who was a long-time executive secretary of this NFF chapter.  Presenting the award was  NFF board members Derrick Burroughs (left) and Larry Taft.

Oren Spencer Burks of Vanderbilt accepts the “2017 C.R. Bickerstaff / Bill Pace University Scholarship Award”.

Bickerstaff was a long-time executive secretary of this NFF chapter and Pace is a former Vanderbilt football head coach. The award is presented to the top university scholar-athlete in Middle Tennessee. Presenting the award are NFF board members Scott Brunette (left) and Mike Organ.