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Brown Earns Spot on Wuerffel Trophy Watch List
7/25/2019 | Football
Rebel Punter Named to Preseason List for Community Service Efforts
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. – Ole Miss junior punter Mac Brown has been named to the preseason watch list for the Wuerffel Trophy, the organization announced on Thursday.
The Wuerffel Trophy, known as "College Football's Premier Award for Community Service," is named after 1996 Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Danny Wuerffel and is awarded to the FBS player that best combines exemplary community service with athletic and academic achievement.
When he was in seventh grade, Brown had a modest goal of raising $500 for a childhood friend's dad who had been diagnosed with ALS. Along with a group of neighborhood friends, Brown started a lemonade stand, Awesome Lemonade Stand, in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, to help his friend's family.
Eight years later, that $500 goal has ballooned to over $67,000 raised by Brown and his friends for ALS research. The Awesome Lemonade Stand is held on a late day in June and this year's fundraiser raised more than $17,000 alone.
Besides the Awesome Lemonade Stand, Brown has participated in many community service activities around the Oxford and Mississippi area including: Student-Athlete Advisory Council, Sweetheart for residents at The Blake in Oxford, Reading with the Rebels, Hope to Dream, Special Olympics, plus much more.
Brown was also listed as a nominee for the 2019 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team® last week.
The SEC led all conferences with 14 players appearing on the 2019 watch list. Following the SEC is the PAC 12 with 11 players, the ACC with 10 and the Mountain West Conference, Sun Belt Conference and Conference USA with 9 players each.
Semifinalists for the award will be announced on Nov. 5 and finalists will be announced on Nov. 18. The formal announcement of the 2019 recipient will be made at the National Football Foundation's festivities in New York City on Dec. 10.
Follow Ole Miss Football on Twitter (@OleMissFB), Facebook and Instagram.
The Wuerffel Trophy, known as "College Football's Premier Award for Community Service," is named after 1996 Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Danny Wuerffel and is awarded to the FBS player that best combines exemplary community service with athletic and academic achievement.
When he was in seventh grade, Brown had a modest goal of raising $500 for a childhood friend's dad who had been diagnosed with ALS. Along with a group of neighborhood friends, Brown started a lemonade stand, Awesome Lemonade Stand, in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, to help his friend's family.
Eight years later, that $500 goal has ballooned to over $67,000 raised by Brown and his friends for ALS research. The Awesome Lemonade Stand is held on a late day in June and this year's fundraiser raised more than $17,000 alone.
Besides the Awesome Lemonade Stand, Brown has participated in many community service activities around the Oxford and Mississippi area including: Student-Athlete Advisory Council, Sweetheart for residents at The Blake in Oxford, Reading with the Rebels, Hope to Dream, Special Olympics, plus much more.
Brown was also listed as a nominee for the 2019 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team® last week.
The SEC led all conferences with 14 players appearing on the 2019 watch list. Following the SEC is the PAC 12 with 11 players, the ACC with 10 and the Mountain West Conference, Sun Belt Conference and Conference USA with 9 players each.
Semifinalists for the award will be announced on Nov. 5 and finalists will be announced on Nov. 18. The formal announcement of the 2019 recipient will be made at the National Football Foundation's festivities in New York City on Dec. 10.
Follow Ole Miss Football on Twitter (@OleMissFB), Facebook and Instagram.
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