The Nashville City Civitan Club handed out its annual Nipper/Hancock football sportsmanship awards to seven high school and collegiate athletes during a luncheon Wednesday. Left to right: Andrew Bather (TSU), Jacob Webster (CPA), Jaelin Fisher (Pearl-Cohn), Malique Fleming (Hillsboro), Gunnar Pfeffer (NCS), Larry Wilhoite (FRA) and Spencer Pulley (Vanderbilt).
The Nashville City Civitan Club handed out its annual Nipper/Hancock football sportsmanship awards to seven high school and collegiate athletes during a luncheon Wednesday.
The awards, given out at Swett’s restaurant, are presented in honor of former Metro Nashville Public Schools principal A.D. Hancock and longtime Nashville Sporting Goods owner Walter Nipper.
This year’s high school honorees were Jacob Webster (CPA), Jaelin Fisher (Pearl-Cohn), Malique Fleming (Hillsboro), Gunnar Pfeffer (Nashville Christian) and Larry Wilhoite (FRA).
Vanderbilt’s Spencer Pulley and TSU’s Andrew Bather were also honored as the collegiate selections.
The awards honor athletes who best display outstanding sportsmanship qualities on and off the field.