Rusty Whitt has been named as Armed Forces Merit Award finalist for the second consecutive season, the Football Writers Association of America announced on Wednesday afternoon.
The award is presented annually to the “individual and/or a group who has created, developed and produced a program within the realm of the sport of football that provides care, concern and support for past or present members of the United States Armed Forces and/or their families,” according to the Armed Forces Bowl website.
There are 38 nominees for the award, which includes six collegiate players, 12 administrators, two college referees, one college president, 14 college coaches, and three college programs, which include the Iron Rangers, NACDA’s partnership with the Wounded Warrior Project, and Mike Pereira’s Battlefield’s to Ballfields.