Chris Vaughan of the Houston Touchdown Club, Coach Phil Camp of Milby High School and the Senior Football Showcase, North Shore Rotary President Matt Davis, and Rotarian Scott Stephens and head of the Cody Stephens Foundation, learned about the opportunities for scholarships to small colleges for senior football players that were not drafted and signed in the first round of athletic scholarships from the larger colleges. Stephens also won the endorsement of the Showcase for his program of screening athletes for serious heart defects.Chris Vaughan of the Houston Touchdown Club, Coach Phil Camp of Milby High School and the Senior Football Showcase, North Shore Rotary President Matt Davis, and Rotarian Scott Stephens and head of the Cody Stephens Foundation, learned about the opportunities for scholarships to small colleges for senior football players that were not drafted and signed in the first round of athletic scholarships from the larger colleges. Stephens also won the endorsement of the Showcase for his program of screening athletes for serious heart defects.
North Shore Rotarians heard two speakers at their luncheon last Thursday, explain how the five year old program known as the Greater Houston Senior Football Showcase, gave graduating athletes a second chance to win a college scholarship, based on their academic standing first and their athletic abilities.
The annual trials took place in February, and over 300 players showed up at the Texans/Methodist training field to get the attention and approval of at least 43 coaches from smaller colleges.
Since the program was started by Milby Coach Phil Camp in 2009, over 500 kids have won another chance, with over $50 million given to them for college expenses.
