 Most attention is paid to what athletes are doing on the field, but sometimes even more important is what they do off of it. BSU junior quarterback Jared Henning was named to the 2018 Allstate AFCA Good Works team earlier this month for his work in the community, and today at a homecoming event, his head coach Brent Volte surprised him, brought him out center stage, and he was given his trophy in front of a packed gym. Representatives from the American Football Coaches Association in Allstate were on hand to give out the award. Henning is the president of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee, raises money for Make-A-Wish, helped create Beaver Fever Fridays where student athletes read to children, among other things. It's a pretty unreal award to get just because there's so much more to life than football, so with me getting this award I just kind of want to show it as I came here to play football, but football is just a pedestal that I could do, branch out and do other things on, like work in the community, so that's what means a lot. Henning hopes that he can be an example and inspire others to give back long after he graduates. Kind of show off the good work that you've done, but kind of hopefully get others to do the same because pretty soon I'll be done here, but hopefully I've kind of laid the path that other people can follow and just kind of step right in, because there's so much work we can do in the community, and like that's the main reason, that's the main reason we're here to do what we do, because other people can't. Henning will head to the Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans later this year, where he will be recognized at halftime for his accomplishment. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.