JUN 26, 2015 2:50p ET
JUN 26, 2015 2:50p ET
Denzel Goolsby hadn’t intended to accept the Barry Sanders High School Male Athlete of the Year award in person.
Already at work at Kansas State, the incoming freshman running back had planned for his grade-school coach to accept the honor from the Wichita Sports Commission on his behalf if he won, but then Goolsby received terrible news Wednesday morning.
“I woke up in Manhattan to a lot of missed calls and text messages and I didn’t know what was going on,” Goolsby said.