STANFORD, Calif. - Freshman Scooter Harrington was selected to receive the 2016 National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame National High School Scholar-Athlete Award on Wednesday.
The five honorees will travel to New York City to be honored during the NFF Chapter Awards Luncheon on Dec. 6 at the Waldorf Astoria. First bestowed in 1991, the NFF National High School Scholar-Athlete Awards have become one of the most prestigious high school honors in the country. Criteria for the award include, but are not limited to, academic achievement, athletic accolades and community involvement.
A 2016 Under Armour All-American, Harrington was a three-year letterwinner at tight end and defensive end at Greenwich High School in Greenwich, Connecticut. The senior team captain was twice named all-state and all-county, and also earned spots on the USA Today and Hearst Media Super 33 all-state teams. Harrington was named the 2016 Greenwich High School Athlete of the Year and was part of the Connecticut Media Male Athlete of the Year honor roll.
With a cumulative 4.4 grade-point average, Harrington was selected as a lacrosse Academic All-American in 2016. An AP Scholar with Honors, he is a member of the National Honor Society and has appeared on the high honor roll every semester of high school.
Active in the community, Harrington served as a peer mentor and student government representative at Greenwich. He received the Ben Davenport Service Award for his contributions to youth sports, having served as a youth football, lacrosse and basketball coach throughout high school. Harrington also served as a tutor volunteer for students at risk through the Avid Program and was selected to the High School Athletic Captain's Resource Conference at the New York University Institute of Leadership.
Each recipient is selected as the best of the best from his region of the country at the high school level. The five honorees, who are now playing college football after graduating high school in 2016, are being recognized solely for their accomplishments in high school.
Past Stanford recipients include Mark Anderson (2001), Kellen Kiilsgaard (2007), Andrew Luck (2008), Jamal-Rashad Patterson (2009) and Sam Yules (2012).