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Last but certainly not least, our final high school Scholar-Athlete honoree is Sabino's Caden Wechsler!

✅1st Team All-State OL
✅ All Sports Tucson Lineman of the Year
✅Sports360 AZ All-Academic First Team
✅3.71 GPA
✅Tucson Youth Football Camp Counselor

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It's time to honor Cienega's Thomas Webb Jr.!

✅1st Team All-Region Defensive Back
✅Team Captain
✅4.062 GPA w/ honors & AP courses
✅National Society of High School Scholars
✅President of FCA

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Now let's recognize Pusch Ridge's Casey Way!

✅Honorable Mention All-State
✅1st Team All-Region
✅Team captain
✅3.66 weighted GPA w/ honors & AP courses
✅Hundreds of hours community service

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Continuing our 2019 Scholar-Athlete Class, let's meet CDO's Dominick Rodriguez!

✅2nd Team All-Region DE
✅Arizona Sports Character Counts Finalist
✅4.02 weighted GPA
✅4-year Honor Roll
✅National Honor Society member

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Now it's time to recognize Ironwood Ridge's Charles Mustain!

✅124 tackles & 3 interceptions as senior
✅1st Team All-Region LB
✅Student Body President
✅3.9 GPA
✅Volunteered at Amphi Food Bank to make Thanksgiving meals

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Continuing our spotlight on the Scholar-Athlete Class of 2019, let's meet Marana's Diego Miranda!

✅Two-year starter & team captain
✅ Ironman Award Recipient
✅ Also played basketball and track & field
✅4.2 weighted GPA
✅National Honor Society

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Next, we are thrilled to recognize Salpointe's Thomas Lares!

✅Two-year starting center for 4A State runner-ups
✅Lancer Award winner for athleticism and leadership
✅Four-year Honor Roll student
✅2-time AIA Scholar-Athlete Award recipient

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Let's get to know our next honoree: Empire's Wyatt Jeffries!

✅ Four-year starter and school’s all-time leading rusher
✅5A Sonoran First Team RB in 2018
✅ Team Captain and Leadership Council member
✅ 3.53 GPA
✅Peer Mentor Program member helping special needs students

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On Today's Eye on the Ball: former UA WR @throw_it_up19 who is preparing for Thursday's NFL Draft. He's on at 1:15 p.m. & Rick Gonzales, who spearheads the So. Arizona Chapter of the National Football Foundation National High School Scholar-Athlete Award. He's at 2 p.m.

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Our next honoree is Sabino's Jimmy Hamilton!

✅ 1st team All-Region WR
✅ Team captain
✅ Works with at-risk students at Boys & Girls Club
✅ 4.14 weighted GPA with multiple AP courses

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Let's take a moment to honor Salpointe's Curtis Franks! 🏈

✅ 3-year starter on O-Line
✅ 2018 AZ Coaches Association First Team All-State
✅ Salpointe's John Glinski Award Recipient
✅ 3.65 GPA while taking AP & Honors courses

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Our next Scholar-Athlete Class of 2019 honoree is Trenton Bourguet from Marana! 💪 🏈

✅ Three-year starter
✅ Team captain
✅ 1st Team 5A Southern All-Region
✅ 89 career TD passes
✅ 3.80 GPA

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Over the next week, we'll meet the Scholar-Athlete Class of 2019.

To kick things off, let's recognize Ismael Ballesteros from Tucson High.

✔️2018 6A Metro All-Region 1st Team (long snapper)
✔️2018 All-Region 2nd Team (center)
✔️Team captain
✔️3.90 GPA w/ multiple AP classes

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Thank you to @PaulCicala @KVOA for showcasing our Scholar-Athlete Class of 2019 last night. We are incredibly excited about this year's group, and we cannot wait to honor them at our banquet on April 27! 🏈

https://t.co/igZfm0HiVB

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Have you signed up for our annual golf tournament? Dec. 15 at the @omnitucsonnatl golf course. Spots are filling up.

Complete this form or email [email protected] for more info.

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We are very thankful for @AZATHLETICS support. Thanks for coming! https://t.co/eJBTF5J4oJ

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Fantastic afternoon in Tucson! Honoring @NFFSoAz scholar athletes and the great game of football! @NFFNetwork https://t.co/UJG4cyZmyK

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It was an honor to have you in attendance! #NFFlegend https://t.co/uupDwUAaez

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Congratulations to all of our 2018 Scholar-Athlete award winners. You have made your community proud.

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Packed house today! Special thanks to all who supported our scholar-athlete awards banquet. We couldn’t do it without you.

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Christian and our other outstanding honorees will be recognized at our annual banquet today. Congrats Christian!

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Our final 2018 NFF Scholar-Athlete honoree is Christian Boettcher from @UofA.
✔️2017 @pac12 All-Academic 1st team
✔️Starter on the offensive line for all 13 games of the 2017 season
✔️3.65 GPA majoring in biochemistry
✔️Member of the UA @Div1SAAC