Army West Point Athletics
Giachinta Named Finalist for Pop Warner Award
November 05, 2015 | Football
WEST POINT, N.Y. - Army senior running back Matt Giachinta has been named a finalist for the 2015 Pop Warner College Football Award, it was announced Thursday.
Giachinta, from Cold Spring, N.Y., is one of four finalists, which include Duke's Jeremy Cash, Wake Forest's Brandon Chubb and UCLA's Jake Brendel. The winner of the 2015 Pop Warner College Football Award will be announced at Walt Disney World's ESPN Wide World of Sports during the Pop Warner Super Bowl week in early December. Â
Giachinta is a team captain for the Black Knights who has been a member of the West Point Dean's List every semester of his career. He is a Systems Engineering major with a 3.237 cumulative grade-point average who hopes to branch Infantry and attend Ranger School following graduation. He has played in 33 games for the Black Knights and averages 4.1 yards per carry on 127 career attempts and four touchdowns.
Off the field, Giachinta is a three-year participant in Relay for Life and also has competed in Pat's Run for the Tillman Foundation. In addition, Giachinta has organized visits to local VA hospitals and hosted Sean Callahan, the Black Knights' honorary teammate adopted through the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation. He was also named a semifinalist for the 2015 William V. Campbell Trophy earlier this season.
Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc., the nation's largest and oldest youth football, cheer and dance organization, presents the award annually to a senior who has made a difference on the field, in the classroom and in his community, and serves as a role model to Pop Warner's young student athletes.
"We created the Pop Warner College Football Award to honor a student-athlete whose approach to football, academics and community stand as a model for young people to emulate," said Jon Butler, executive director of Pop Warner Little Scholars.
Pop Warner created the National College Football Award in 2010 to honor a student-athlete who has continued to demonstrate Pop Warner's fundamental values of sportsmanship, academics and community service at the next level. Past winners include University of Nebraska cornerback and current New York Giant Prince Amukamara; University of Virginia and current Washington Redskins cornerback Chase Minnifield; former Duke University and current Atlanta Falcons quarterback Sean Renfree; former Purdue University wide receiver Gary Bush; and former Stanford University and current New England Patriots safety Jordan Richards.
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Giachinta, from Cold Spring, N.Y., is one of four finalists, which include Duke's Jeremy Cash, Wake Forest's Brandon Chubb and UCLA's Jake Brendel. The winner of the 2015 Pop Warner College Football Award will be announced at Walt Disney World's ESPN Wide World of Sports during the Pop Warner Super Bowl week in early December. Â
Giachinta is a team captain for the Black Knights who has been a member of the West Point Dean's List every semester of his career. He is a Systems Engineering major with a 3.237 cumulative grade-point average who hopes to branch Infantry and attend Ranger School following graduation. He has played in 33 games for the Black Knights and averages 4.1 yards per carry on 127 career attempts and four touchdowns.
Off the field, Giachinta is a three-year participant in Relay for Life and also has competed in Pat's Run for the Tillman Foundation. In addition, Giachinta has organized visits to local VA hospitals and hosted Sean Callahan, the Black Knights' honorary teammate adopted through the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation. He was also named a semifinalist for the 2015 William V. Campbell Trophy earlier this season.
Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc., the nation's largest and oldest youth football, cheer and dance organization, presents the award annually to a senior who has made a difference on the field, in the classroom and in his community, and serves as a role model to Pop Warner's young student athletes.
"We created the Pop Warner College Football Award to honor a student-athlete whose approach to football, academics and community stand as a model for young people to emulate," said Jon Butler, executive director of Pop Warner Little Scholars.
Pop Warner created the National College Football Award in 2010 to honor a student-athlete who has continued to demonstrate Pop Warner's fundamental values of sportsmanship, academics and community service at the next level. Past winners include University of Nebraska cornerback and current New York Giant Prince Amukamara; University of Virginia and current Washington Redskins cornerback Chase Minnifield; former Duke University and current Atlanta Falcons quarterback Sean Renfree; former Purdue University wide receiver Gary Bush; and former Stanford University and current New England Patriots safety Jordan Richards.
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