NORMAL, Ill. - Illinois State freshman quarterback Matt Lancaster has returned to campus with some new hardware, after he was recognized as a National Football Foundation National High School Scholar-Athlete during the NFF Chapter Awards Luncheon on Dec. 8, at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City.
Selected from the 400,000 high school football players covered by the NFF Chapter Network, Lancaster was honored for his accomplishments as an athlete, scholar and citizen while at West Lafayette High School in West Lafayette, Ind. He was presented the award along with fellow award winners Gavin Mills (Air Force), Brenton Caprio (College of William & Mary), John Gilboy (Colby College) and Jamal-Rashad Patterson (Stanford).
First bestowed in 1991, the NFF National High School Scholar-Athlete Award has become one of the most prestigious high school honors in the country. Criteria for the award include, but are not limited to, academic achievement, athletic accolades and community involvement. The award is presented to college freshmen, but is solely based on their high school accomplishments.
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