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BEF Awards $180,000 in Sacks for CF Scholarships
February 8 2010
source BEF Staff
The Boomer Esiason Foundation has awarded $180,000 in college scholarships via its “Sacks for CF” scholarship program.
Under the Sacks for CF program, Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc. donates $1,000 to BEF’s scholarship program for every quarterback sack recorded during NFL Monday Night Football games.
Through the BEF/SolvayCARES partnership, Sacks for CF funds then are awarded to college students with cystic fibrosis based on academic achievement and adherence to daily CF therapy.
The names of the top 10 Sacks for CF scholarship winners for the 2009-10 NFL season were announced by Boomer Esiason during Westwood One’s radio broadcast of the Super Bowl. Click here to listen to Boomer’s announcement.
The top 10 scholarship winners are:
- Jonathan Brown (Seattle, Wash.) – Seattle University
- Derek Christensen (Parker, S.D.) – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Logan Doseck (Fort Wayne, Ind.) – University of Indiana
- Casey Flaherty (New York, N.Y.) – Hunter College
- Hayli Hodsdon (Salem, Ore.) – Franciscan University
- Michelle Jones (Montara, Calif.) – Humboldt State University
- Ethan Pauling (New Braunfels, Texas) – University of Texas-Austin
- Julia Ruggirello (Warren, Mich.) – Michigan State University
- Christopher Simon (Garden Plain, Kan.) – Kansas State University
- Astra Waller (South Jordan, Utah) – University of Utah
BEF congratulates all Sacks for CF scholarship winners. For more information about the Sacks for CF program, please visit www.SacksForCF.com. For information about SolvayCARES, please visit www.SolvayCARES.com.
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