Lake Highlands High School senior Will Moomaw has been named to an elite list of local scholar-athletes by the National Football Foundation’s Gridiron Club of Dallas. Will is one of 58 students from schools around North Texas who’ll be honored at the club’s fourth annual awards banquet April 16th at the Marriott Quorum in Addison.
“These players represent everything good in football,” said Gerald Brence, president of the Gridiron Club and athletics director for Plano ISD, “and they serve as a tremendous example about what it means to bring the same competitive spirit to academics that we teach them to use on the field.”
Gil Brandt, longtime Dallas Cowboys personnel director, will receive the Distinguished Texan Award at the banquet and Scott Murray, local sportscaster, will serve as emcee. More than 700 people are expected to attend.
Will is an AP Scholar and National Honor Society member ranked 11th in his class. He’s active on campus, dancing as a Wrangler in addition to playing center on the Wildcat football team. He’s earned the Lechner Fellowship and the Nelson Scholarship for Texas A&M petroleum engineer majors, and he just learned he’s been awarded a scholarship from the Dallas A&M Club.
Will is the only scholar-athlete from Richardson ISD on this list year’s list, but Wildcat fans may recall that Scott Hanks was honored by the group in 2011 and Ricky Zorn was their national winner in 2010.
The selection committee included coaches, teachers, administrators and business leaders from the North Texas area. Will and his fellow honorees were chosen based on athletic accomplishments, performance in the classroom and commitment to the community. At the banquet, one student will be named the club’s top scholar-athlete and receive a $2,500 college scholarship.
Congratulations and good luck, Will!
