TAMPA, FLORIDA -- MTSU's Steven Rhodes was presented the Armed Forces Merit Award Monday at the annual Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) breakfast.
Dr. Sidney A. McPhee, the president of MTSU, introduced Rhodes at the FWAA gathering where Jason Kersey was honored at the Steve Ellis/FWAA beat writer of the year, Buddy Davis received the FWAA lifetime achievement award and Charlie Fiss was named the FWAA Bert McGrane Award recipient.
Coordinated by the staff at the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl, the Armed Forces Merit Award presented by the FWAA was created in June 2012 "to honor an individual and/or a group within the realm of the sport of college football.