Bobby Gene Sanders Memorial Scholarship Recipients for 2023
The Bobby Gene Sanders Memorial Scholarship was established to recognize a young person’s accomplishments on and off the field as well as in the classroom. By evaluating the academics, community service, athletic accomplishments and leadership qualities of these outstanding scholar athletes, the Club awards a monetary scholarship to honor the student athlete and further their education.
Through the fundraising efforts of the Macon Touchdown Club, the Macon Touchdown Club Educational Foundation maintains the endowment in order to fund the scholarships this year, as well as future scholarships. Since 1983, the Foundation has awarded over $420,000 in scholarships for college bound scholar athletes.
If you would like to make a contribution to the Foundation, please go to https://www.macontouchdownclub.com/foundation for more information.
Gabe Howard – Mount de Sales Academy
Gabe has a 4.0 GPA and is a STAR student (highest SAT) at Mount de Sales. He accomplished this while taking 7 AP courses and 6 honors classes. He was a nominee for the Governor’s Honors and a Golden Eagle nominee in the area of math. In addition to these accomplishments, Gabe was the captain of both the football team and the wrestling team. He was a GIAA Region 1 4A wrestling champion. He volunteers as a wrestling coach, as director of the Can Food Drive for his church, and is involved in the Georgia Civics Awareness Program.
Griffin Moore – Stratford Academy
Griffin is very active in his school community and is the student body president. Some of his activities include Mock Trail Team, where he was awarded Best Attorney award, Beta Club, Peer Mentor, and President of Model UN group .While leading these groups, Griffin maintained a 4.0 GPA and scored 1310 on the SAT. Other academic accolades include: Walker Bethune Memorial Scholarship, Daughters of the American Revolution Award for Excellence in American History, Governor’s Honor Program nominee, Latin 3 Achievement Award among others. In addition to this, Griffin is captain of his football team and was All-Region honorable mention as captain of his soccer team. Griffin volunteers his efforts to Backpack Ministry and the Stratford Academy youth sports camps. Griffin and 4 friends established a foundation to raise funds for local charities.
Henry Lewis – ACE
Henry scored a 1270 on the SAT and has maintained a 4.0 GPA . He is an AP Scholar, National Honor Society member, and has honor scholarships from Belmont University and LSU. Henry is a 4-year varsity football letterman, 4-year varsity baseball letterman, and selected as a 2-time All-Region football player.
In addition to these accomplishments, Henry was a lead in ACE’s high school musical and performs with ACE’s performing arts group. Henry volunteers over 100 hours to the community through his service with meals for the needy, youth football and baseball camps, and several others.
Patrick Thompson – FPD
Patrick has maintained a 4.0 GPA while taking 10 AP courses. He scored 1350 on the SAT and will graduate with honors with distinction from FPD. Patrick has accumulated 153 hours of community service with various organizations. He accomplished this while being actively involved in three sports: football, wrestling, and track. He was selected as All-region offensive and defensive lineman in football and was team captain for football and wrestling. Patrick’s play and leadership helped lead his team to winning the GIAA 4A Football State Championship.
Silas Risper – Westside High School
Silas has maintained a 3.98 GPA while taking AP courses and being dual enrolled at Central Ga Technical College. He will be a 2024 Honor Graduate and will receive an associate degree due to his heavy dual enrollment work. As a very involved student at Westside High School, he is on the Student Council, is a Peer Mentor, leads training sessions for younger children, and helps children with mental and physical disabilities. Silas volunteers to serve by raising funds for the Red Cross, collecting food for Community Food Bank, and at least 5 more community groups. He has done all this while being the team captain and 3-year starter on his football team and track team.
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