ROSEMONT, Ill. –
Former Michigan quarterback Brian Griese was honored with the Ford-Kinnick Leadership Award. The awards recognize Big Ten football players that have achieved success in the areas of leadership and humanitarianism after their college careers have ended.
Shinsky was a three-year letterwinner for the Spartans from 1970-73, earning Academic All-America recognition and second-team All-Big Ten honors in 1973. Since then, he has established himself as a selfless humanitarian.
In 2005, he broke ground on Ciudad de Niños, “The City of the Children,” an orphanage in Matamoros, Mexico. In 2007, Shinsky biked from East Lansing to Mexico to raise funds for the orphanage.