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Arkansas State's Anderson Receives Capital One Orange Bowl-FWAA Courage Award Nomination

Capital One Orange Bowl Release

MIAMI LAKES, Fla. – Arkansas State football head coach Blake Anderson was named this week's nominee for the 2019 Capital One Orange Bowl-Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) Courage Award.

Anderson, the sixth-year Red Wolves head coach, lost his wife, Wendy, on Aug. 19 after a two-year battle with breast cancer. He returned to the sidelines on Sept. 7 for his team’s game at UNLV.

“It’s impossible to adequately say thank you to so many amazing people who both energized Wendy’s fight and who now are carrying me and our kids daily through prayer, texts, hugs, cards, food and so much more,” Anderson said in a statement on Sept.