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Herschel Walker has been selected as the winner of the 20th MFC Legends Award
Maxwell Football Club Director, Mark Wolpert, announced that Herschel Walker has been selected as the winner of the 20th MFC Legends Award.
Widely considered one of the greatest college football players of all time, Walker was named an All-American during all three of his seasons at Georgia. As a freshman in 1980, Walker led the Bulldogs to the national championship with 1,616 yards and 15 touchdowns. He finished third in Heisman voting and was the first true freshman named a unanimous All-American. Walker’s 1981 season saw him rush for 1,891 yards and 18 scores on his way to Heisman runner-up. In 1982, Walker rushed for 1,752 yards and 16 touchdowns despite nursing a broken thumb to start the season. He led the Bulldogs to their third-straight SEC championship and received the Maxwell Award and Heisman Trophy.
Walker spent the first three years of his professional career with the New Jersey Generals of the USFL, winning two rushing titles. The Dallas Cowboys then drafted Walker in the fifth round of the 1985 NFL Draft. Walker’s banner season in the NFL was a second-team All-Pro and Pro Bowl selection in 1987 and 1988, rushing for 1,514 yards in 1988. A dual threat throughout his pro career, Walker rushed for 61 touchdowns and caught 21 touchdown receptions during his 13 seasons with four teams.
Walker is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, was an All-American track and field athlete at Georgia and also competed in the two-man bobsled at the 1992 Winter Olympics.
Walker will be honored Friday March 14, 2025 at the 88th Maxwell Football Club National Awards which will be held at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta, Georgia. Additional college and professional award winners will be announced in the upcoming months.
Tickets for the Maxwell Football Club National Awards will be available for purchase starting September 1, 2024 on the Club’s website www.maxwellfootballclub.org or by calling 215-643-3833.
UGA Will Host Several NCAA Championships
The University of Georgia has been selected to host the 2027 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Tennis Team Championships, the 2027 NCAA Gymnastics Regional and the 2026 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Tennis Singles and Doubles Championships, according to an announcement by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
Georgia is already scheduled to host the NCAA men’s and women’s tennis team championships in 2026, giving Athens the championships in back-to-back years for the first time since 2000-01. This will mark the first time Georgia will host a gymnastics regional since 2021 and the 13th time overall.
“College tennis is synonymous with the University of Georgia and Athens,” J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Josh Brooks said. “We are thrilled to host this event in back-to-back years and are looking forward to welcoming teams from across the country back to the home of college tennis. This is also great news for our gymnastics program, which has a long and storied history of excellence in NCAA postseason events.”
The Bulldogs first hosted the men’s tennis championships in 1972 and every year from 1977 through 1989. Long known as the home of college tennis, Athens has hosted the men’s and women’s events a combined 36 times.
Georgia men’s tennis boasts six NCAA national championships (1985, 1987, 1999, 2001, 2007 and 2008), while Bulldog women’s tennis has twice captured the NCAA crown (1994 and 2000). The Gymdogs have earned an impressive 10 national titles during the program’s storied history.
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