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Seider Finalist For Rare Disease Champion Award

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (February 1, 2016) – Uplifting Athletes is pleased to announce that Ja’Juan Seider from West Virginia has been chosen as a finalist for the 2016 Rare Disease Champion Award.

The Uplifting Athletes Rare Disease Champion Award is given annually to a leader in college football who has realized his or her potential to make a positive and lasting impact on the rare disease community.

Nominees for the 2016 award were solicited from any NCAA FBS, FCS, Division II and Division III college football programs nationwide.

Seider is one of six finalists chosen to determine the eighth winner of the Rare Disease Champion award.