Football’s O’Brien Named Finalist for Doris Robinson FCS Scholar-Athlete Award

PHILADELPHIA – Stats Perform introduced Tuesday morning the finalists for the Doris Robinson Scholar-Athlete Award, recognizing one student-athlete from every Division I convention. The University of Pennsylvania soccer group’s Liam O’Brien was chosen to symbolize the Ivy League as one in all this yr’s finalists.
 
The Doris Robinson Award, first introduced in 2015 and in its eleventh season, honors FCS student-athletes who exemplify excellence on the sector, within the classroom and throughout the neighborhood. The values embody the management and integrity championed by Doris Robinson, a former schoolteacher and the spouse of legendary Grambling State University coach Eddie Robinson.
 
In the classroom, O’Brien is a Finance and Business Analytics double main in Penn’s prestigious Wharton School of Business. He spent the earlier summer season as an Investment Banking Analyst at J.P. Morgan, receiving a full-time job supply from the corporate upon completion. In addition, he is a member of Penn’s Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC), the Penn Athletics Wharton Leadership Academy (PAWLA) and the Ivy League Football Council, the management group that introduced the FCS Playoffs to the convention. O’Brien was additionally a semifinalist for the National Football Foundation’s (NFF) William V. Campbell Trophy.
 
In the neighborhood, O’Brien has participated in Uplifting Athletes, a non-profit group that invests within the lives of these affected by uncommon ailments. He’s additionally been concerned with Penn Football’s annual Get within the Game Bone Marrow Drive with NMDP.
 
O’Brien has loved himself a powerful yr as Penn’s beginning quarterback, passing for two,133 yards and 17 touchdowns whereas finishing 76 % (189-for-283) of his move makes an attempt. He has additionally rushed for 517 yards with seven extra TDs.
 
He enters the ultimate weekend of the season ranked second within the Ivy League in completion proportion, completions per recreation (21.0), and passing touchdowns (17), third in passing yards and passing yards per recreation (237.0). He’s additionally ranked fifth in whole dashing yards (517) and sixth in dashing yards per carry (4.20), sixth in dashing yards per recreation (57.4).
 
O’Brien additionally holds the single-game program information for whole touchdowns (7) and passing touchdowns (6).
 
The Doris Robinson Scholar-Athlete Award recipient shall be introduced on Dec. 9, then honored on the Stats Perform FCS National Awards Show on Jan. 3 in Nashville, Tennessee. Also to be introduced are the Walter Payton Award (FCS Offensive Player of the Year), Buck Buchanan Award (FCS Defensive Player of the Year), Jerry Rice Award (FCS Freshman Player of the Year), Eddie Robinson Award (FCS Coach of the Year) and HBCU National Player of the Year Award.
 
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