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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Mruczkowski Nominated For Rotary Lombardi Award
September 03, 2003 | Football
Sept. 3, 2003
Houston, Texas - Bowling Green State University junior offensive lineman Scott Mruczkowski has been nominated for the 2003 Rotary Lombardi Award which is presented to the best lineman (offense or defense) in college football. Mruczkowski, a junior from Garfield Heights, Ohio, moved to center this year after starting the previous two seasons at left guard. He was named pre-season All-MAC by College Football News.com.
The Rotary Lombardi Award is hosted by the Rotary Club of Houston and benefits the American Cancer Society. The Award was initiated by the Rotary Club in 1970 shortly after the death of Vince Lombardi to cancer.
The Rotary Lombardi Award goes annually to the college football lineman -- offense or defense -- who, in addition to outstanding performance and ability, best exemplifies the discipline of Vince Lombardi. As the legendary coach of the Green Bay Packers, Lombardi first made a name for himself as the smallest but toughest member of Fordham University's "Seven Blocks of Granite," renowned in their day (1934-37) for being the most unyielding line in college football.
Appropriately, the trophy is a 40-pound block of granite atop a silver pedestal built over a foundation of discipline. The symbolic design was created by Houston Rotarian and professional artist, the late Mark Storm.
A distinguished committee of nearly 400 of America's most prominent college football coaches, football writers, sports broadcasters and previous Rotary Lombardi Award winners, participate in a three-tiered balloting process. Each year the selection committee selects twelve semifinalists, four finalists and the ultimate winner in balloting conducted by the accounting firm of KPMG Peat Marwick.
2003 Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List
Andrews, Shawn OL ArkansasArmstrong, Calvin OL Washington State
Baas, David OL Michigan
Babin, Jason OL Western Michigan
Ball, Dave DE UCLA
Blackstock, Darryl OLB Virginia
Boley, Michael LB Southern Miss
Britt, Wesley OL Alabama
Brown, Elton OGL Virginia
Dansby, Karlos LB Auburn
Davis, Rod LB Southern Miss
Dreessen, Joel TE Colorado State
Droege, Rob OL Missouri
Dorsey, Nat OL Georgia Tech
Efseaff, Eyoseph OG UCLA
Gachelin, Louis DT Syracuse
Gallery, Robert OL Iowa
Goodwin, Doug DT Boston College
Grootegoed, Matt LB USC
Hadnot, Rex C Houston
Hall, Antonio OL Kentucky
Harriott, Claude DL Pittsburgh
Harris, Marques DE Colorado
Harris, Tommie DL Oklahoma
Hayes, Joseph OG San Jose State
Incognito, Richie OG Nebraska
Johnson, Derrick LB Texas
Justice, Winston OT USC
Kaczur, Nick OL Toledo
Kaufusi, Jason DL Utah
Kegler, Daniel DE New Mexico
Kennedy, Brandon DL North Texas
Krug, Ryan OL Connecticut
Leckey, Nick OL Kansas State
Lehman, Teddy LB Oklahoma
Leisle, Rodney DT UCLA
Lenzmeier, Jason OT New Mexico
Mitchell, Lance LB Oklahoma
Moore, Travis DL Northern Illinois
Morrison, Kirk LB San Diego State
Mruczkowski, Scott C Bowling Green
Osunde, Uyi DE UConn
Pape, Tony OL Michigan
Peterman, Stephen OL LSU
Pollack, David DL Georgia
Poppinga, Brady DL BYU
Renteria, D.J. DE New Mexico
Reilly, Hugh C Georgia Tech
Ricker, A.J. C Missouri
Rimpf, Brian OL East Carolina
Rogers, Jacob OL USC
Schobel, Bo DL TCU
Scott, Darrion DL Ohio State
Seigler, Richard LB Oregon State
Sonnier, Maurice LB Louisiana-Monroe
Smith, Will DE Ohio State
Starks, Randy DT Maryland
Terrell, Claude OG New Mexico
Thomas, Dontarrious LB Auburn
Vilma, Jonathan LB Miami
Ware, Demarcus DL Troy State
Westbrook, Brandon OL Middle Tennessee
Wiley, Grant LB West Virginia
Winslow, Kellen TE Miami
