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Author Message   Jerry_haughton Posted on Saturday, May 31, 2008 - 07:07 am:        (from Mitch Ware, 5/31/08 - FB) Everyone, We are very excited to announce that the first Matt Ware Courage Award has been handed out at the East Kentwood Athletic Awards Banquet. If you recall, we are giving out [an annual] $1000 scholarship in honor of Matt. The athletic staff at EK nominate candidates for the award, then they decide who the eventual winner is. We have no idea who it is until we hear the announcement at the awards banquet. The first ever recipient is a young man who although a gifted athlete, has encountered numerous serious physical injuries over his 4 years at EK... which required corrective surgeries on his back and knees. Yet, in spite of these setbacks, he persevered through months of physical therapy and was able to compete in football and track and field throwing the discus. He graduated last week with a 3.97 GPA and is headed to the University of Michigan to study Engineering. And the icing on the cake, is his first name is Matt... Matt Sanderson. As these things go, Lori and I entered the auditorium that night and grabbed a couple of seats on the aisle. Unknown to us at the time was the fact that Matt had won, and his parents (who we didn't know) were sitting directly in front of us. And, Matt is dating [our son] Scotty's best friend's sister... very small world in a school of 3000. Thank you for sharing in this and helping to keep [our son] Matt's legacy alive. Blessings to you Mitch and family   Glitch Posted on Saturday, May 31, 2008 - 09:01 am:        Blessings to you Mitch and family! & Congrats to Matt Sanderson! Way cool!   Rubberdown Posted on Saturday, May 31, 2008 - 09:24 am:        Cool! Nice work.   Reepicheep Posted on Saturday, May 31, 2008 - 10:41 am:        Very cool! Get Dave Barr to ride in and hand it over!   Jerry_haughton Posted on Saturday, May 31, 2008 - 12:49 pm:        wow, Reep, what a great idea! :-)   Twig Posted on Saturday, May 31, 2008 - 01:41 pm:        Thanks for letting us know. Fantastic! Does anyone happen to have a spare Matt Ware decal they can send me? I plan to have the signed city-x poster I received thru the fund raiser framed up soon, and I think it would be fitting to have a decal on it.   Jerry_haughton Posted on Saturday, May 31, 2008 - 03:36 pm:        Twig, e-mail me your mailing address and i'll get one on it's way to you. :-)   Nevrenuf Posted on Saturday, May 31, 2008 - 05:38 pm:        always great to hear stories like that jerry.   Twig Posted on Saturday, May 31, 2008 - 06:16 pm:        Thanks FB, will do!   Oldog Posted on Sunday, June 01, 2008 - 01:45 am:        GO MATT!   Diablobrian Posted on Sunday, June 01, 2008 - 02:09 am:        Outstanding! I love to hear about people overcoming adversity and not just surviving, but excelling in their chosen pursuits.   Ulywife Posted on Sunday, June 01, 2008 - 11:03 am:        Thanks for letting us know. What a great way to pay tribute to Matt.

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