Tim Tebow
2008 Wuerffel Trophy Recipient

The All Sports Association and the Wuerffel Trophy committee are proud to introduce Tim Tebow as the 2008 recipient of the Wuerffel Trophy. Tim follows previous winners Paul Smith, Joel Penton and Rudy Niswanger, becoming the 4th winner of this prestigious award. The Wuerffel Trophy is presented annually to the collegiate football player who best combines exemplary community service with athletic and academic achievement. These three areas best define the award’s namesake, Danny Wuerffel, who is truly one of the game’s great ambassadors.
As a freshman at The University of Florida, Tim was named All-SEC Freshman team honoree and The Sporting News Freshman All-American honorable mention while playing an integral role in UF’s second National Championship in 2006. In 2007, Tim was the first sophomore in history to win the Heisman Trophy, and the only sophomore in history to win the Heisman, Davey O’Brien Award, Sullivan Award and the Maxwell award. Tim was also the AP SEC Offensive Player of the Year and a First-Team AP All-American. He became the first player in NCAA History to pass (32) and rush (23) for at least 20 touchdowns in a season. Tim followed his Heisman Trophy winning year in 2008 by leading the University of Florida to its third National Championship with a win over the University of Oklahoma in the 2008 BCS Championship Game. Tim was again a finalist for the Heisman Trophy and a semifinalist for the Davey O’Brien Award. He is the winner of the 2008 Maxwell Award, Manning Award, Disney Sports Spirit Award and the AP Offensive Player of the Year.
While Tim’s athletic awards and statistics are numerous, one cannot overlook his commitment to academics. In 2007 Tim was named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll. Tim also earned ESPN.com Academic All-American First–Team honors making him the only sophomore in school history to earn this award. Thanks to Tim, the University of Florida became one of only three Schools to have a Heisman winner receive Academic All-American honors in the same year. In 2008 Tim became just the fourth UF football player to receive Academic All-American honors when he was named ESPN, The Magazine Academic All-American of the Year for the second consecutive year.
For all of Tim’s athletic notoriety, his remarkable achievements off the field define him far more than those on the field. Whether it is donating his time to the “Goodwill Gators” program, visiting hospitals and prisons, attending numerous community service functions or spending his spring break as a missionary in the Philippines, Tim is relentless and unwavering in his faith and his message. After being told by Danny Wuerffel that he was the 2008 recipient Tim said “To win the SEC Championship is a dream come true and then to get this award - Danny’s award, is humbling. I want to take this platform that I have by being a quarterback and being at the University of Florida and use it to help people and use that to share my message about helping people and about helping people’s lives.”
The All Sports Association and Wuerffel Trophy committee welcome Tim’s parents Bob and Pam Tebow, and University of Florida Sports Communication Director Steve McClain as they share in this occasion. 

Danny Wuerffel with Wuerffel Trophy Winners Rudy Niswenger, Paul Smith, Joel Penton and Tim Tebow