In highschool, Tommy Mellott was already a standout soccer participant and scholar when he started to really feel a necessity for service in his neighborhood.
At Montana State College, the junior quarterback has been bringing all of these qualities collectively.
Tuesday night, Mellott was named the 2023 recipient of the FedEx Floor Doris Robinson Scholar-Athlete Award. The ninth annual award, named after the late college trainer and spouse of legendary coach Grambling State coach Eddie Robinson, is introduced to a student-athlete in FCS faculty soccer who excels on the enjoying discipline, within the classroom and throughout the neighborhood.
Mellott will likely be honored on the Stats Carry out FCS Nationwide Awards banquet on Jan. 6 in Frisco, Texas. He was one in all 15 finalists – one from every convention concerned within the Division I subdivision.
Mellott considers being a student-athlete a accountability. As early as elementary college, he was a recipient from the service of highschool athletes in his hometown of Butte, Montana, and by the point he was their age, he says he discovered himself asking, “What can I do to be completely different?”
His reply took off in 2020 through the pandemic when he helped to prepare a bunch of teammates to boost about $60,000 for the Shriners Youngsters’s Hospital to interchange income misplaced from the cancellation of Montana’s East-West Shrine Recreation, which Mellott was presupposed to play in after his senior 12 months.
“Clearly, what the Shriners do is fairly particular,” Mellott mentioned. “I’m positive that the wants had been even greater throughout Covid and through that situation – (misplaced) jobs and every thing like this. I couldn’t think about if that was me or if that was my sister or if that was a buddy, turned away as a result of they didn’t get the funding from a soccer sport.”
Since arriving at Montana State for the autumn 2020 semester, Mellott has volunteered over 200 hours of neighborhood service, with emphasis on teen psychological well being.
He’s partnered with the muse I Love This Life, a suicide consciousness and prevention non-profit, and used his NIL – title, picture and likeness offers on business and sports activities attire – to place his face towards causes. He’s a part of a Hope and Love (HOLO) model consciousness marketing campaign for a disaster hotline that encourages others to hunt assist. Moreover, he has volunteered for over two years with Huge Brothers Huge Sisters of America, collaborating with youth camps and talking engagements in Butte and Montana State’s Bozeman neighborhood.
Mellott carries a 4.0 cumulative grade level common in monetary engineering and is on tempo to graduate subsequent December. On the sector, the 6-foot, 192-pound quarterback grew to become MSU’s starter at, of all instances, the beginning of the 2021 FCS playoffs, however he accounted for 11 touchdowns by way of go, run and reception in three wins and helped the Bobcats advance to the nationwide championship sport and a runner-up end.
The 2-time staff captain was a Stats Carry out All-American and a Walter Payton Award finalist throughout MSU’s 2022 Huge Sky Convention championship season, and he’s totaled over 5,700 yards of whole offense with 53 whole touchdowns in 33 profession video games. The Bobcats are 32-9 over his three seasons.
Maybe most significantly, although, Mellott says he desires to affect youthful folks to aspire to be larger than they’ve even imagined for themselves.
2023 FedEx Floor Doris Robinson Scholar-Athlete Award Finalists
Kwaku Adubofour, Harvard, DL, Sr., 6-2, 283, Norristown, Pa. (Ivy League)
Majoring in neuroscience, 3.76 GPA
Julian Ashby, Furman, LS, Sr., 6-2, 214, Lilburn, Ga. (Southern Convention)
Majoring in physics, 3.97
Max Brosmer, New Hampshire, QB, Gr., 6-2, 221 Roswell, Ga. (CAA Soccer)
Undergraduate diploma in medical and veterinary science, 3.88; pursuing masters in kinesiology/train science
Jason Brown, Jackson State, QB, Sr., 6-2, 230, Fredericksburg, Va. (Southwestern Athletic Convention)
Majoring in sports activities science, 3.667 GPA
Will Burke, St. Thomas, TE, R-So., 6-3, 235, St. Paul, Minn. (Pioneer Soccer League)
Majoring in biology, 3.76 GPA
Jacob Dicharry, Lamar, OL, Jr., 6-5, 285, Dallas (Southland Convention)
Majoring in mechanical engineering, 3.47 GPA
Jacob Dobbs, Holy Cross, LB, fifth 12 months, 6-0, 237, Macomb, Mich. (Patriot League)
Double main in economics and spiritual research, 3.76 GPA
Anthony Egbo Jr., Abilene Christian, CB, Sr., 5-8, 190, Richmond, Texas (Western Athletic Convention)
Undergraduate diploma in psychology, 3.9 GPA; pursuing MBA
William McRainey, Gardner-Webb, LB, Sr., 6-0, 228, Shallotte, N.C. (Huge South Convention)
Undergraduate diploma in economics and finance, 3.55 GPA; ending up MBA, 4.0 GPA
Tommy Mellott, Montana State, QB, Jr., 6-0, 192, Butte, Mont. (Huge Sky Convention)
Majoring in monetary engineering, 4.0 GPA
David Satkowski, Stonehill, OL, fifth 12 months, 6-4, 290, Southbury, Conn. (Northeast Convention)
Undergraduate diploma in secondary training and historical past with range, fairness & inclusion training graduate certification, 3.82 GPA
Chad Strickland, Jap Illinois, OL, Sr., 6-5, 315, Salem, Ala. (Ohio Valley Convention)
Majoring in train science, 3.82 GPA
Juan Velarde, North Carolina Central, P, Sr., 5-10, 200, Anderson, S.C. (Mid-Jap Athletic Convention)
Majoring in enterprise administration with focus in entrepreneurship, 3.97 GPA
Cole Wisniewski, North Dakota State, S, Sr., 6-4, 217, Sparta, Wisc., (Missouri Valley Soccer Convention)
Double main in enterprise administration and advertising with minor in skilled promoting, 4.0 GPA
Jau’Von Younger, Austin Peay, DL, Grad., 6-2, 281, Nashville (United Athletic Convention)
Undergraduate diploma in well being and human efficiency; pursuing masters in administration, 3.71 GPA
(Listed here are the All-Time Recipients of the FCS Nationwide Awards)
