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Thomas, Wain To Be Honored By Gridiron Club Of Greater Boston
>>University of Connecticut senior wide receiver Noel Thomas, Jr. (Norwalk, Conn.) and senior punter Justin Wain (Wilmington, N.C.) will both receive awards from the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston when the group holds its annual dinner on Thursday, December 15.
Thomas has been named the winner of the 78th Annual George “Bulger” Lowe Award, known as “New England’s Heisman Trophy” and is one of the oldest college football awards in the country.
Thomas becomes the first Husky to win the award since quarterback Matt DeGennaro in 1990 and joins other prestigious winners such as Matt Ryan (2007) and Doug Flutie (1982 and 1984) of Boston College, Gordie Lockbuam (1986 and ’87) and George Connor (1943) of Holy Cross, Dick Jauron (1972) of Yale and Harry Agganis (1951) of Boston University.<<
>>Wain will receive the 71st Annual Nils V. “Swede” Nelson Award for exceptional achievement in sportsmanship, academics and athletics. He is the first UConn winner of the award since Keron Henry in 2004.
Wain is an allied health sciences major and has an overall grade point average of over 3.7. He was a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, given by the National Football Foundation and the College Football Hall of Fame to the top college football student-athlete in the country.
Wain was also a member of the year’s College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District team. Wain has spent time in his native North Carolina shadowing surgeons to learn about patient contact, patient-family interaction and the tasks of a surgeon and surgical procedures. <<
>>University of Connecticut senior wide receiver Noel Thomas, Jr. (Norwalk, Conn.) and senior punter Justin Wain (Wilmington, N.C.) will both receive awards from the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston when the group holds its annual dinner on Thursday, December 15.
Thomas has been named the winner of the 78th Annual George “Bulger” Lowe Award, known as “New England’s Heisman Trophy” and is one of the oldest college football awards in the country.
Thomas becomes the first Husky to win the award since quarterback Matt DeGennaro in 1990 and joins other prestigious winners such as Matt Ryan (2007) and Doug Flutie (1982 and 1984) of Boston College, Gordie Lockbuam (1986 and ’87) and George Connor (1943) of Holy Cross, Dick Jauron (1972) of Yale and Harry Agganis (1951) of Boston University.<<
>>Wain will receive the 71st Annual Nils V. “Swede” Nelson Award for exceptional achievement in sportsmanship, academics and athletics. He is the first UConn winner of the award since Keron Henry in 2004.
Wain is an allied health sciences major and has an overall grade point average of over 3.7. He was a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, given by the National Football Foundation and the College Football Hall of Fame to the top college football student-athlete in the country.
Wain was also a member of the year’s College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District team. Wain has spent time in his native North Carolina shadowing surgeons to learn about patient contact, patient-family interaction and the tasks of a surgeon and surgical procedures. <<
