Thomas Weber to receive post-graduate scholarship

<p><a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/weber_thomas00.html">T… Weber</a>, placekicker on the 2010 Arizona State University football team, is the 2011 recipient of a postgraduate scholarship presented annually by the Valley of the Sun Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, Chapter Executive Director Dan Manucci announced Friday.<br />&nbsp;<br />Weber, 35 other Scholar-Athletes, coaches, referees, chapter leaders and a distinguished Arizonan, will be honored at the Chapter's annual Scholarship Banquet on Saturday, March 19, at 6:30 p.m. at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort, 7200 North Scottsdale Road. &nbsp;For more information regarding the banquet, contact Dan Manucci at 480-516-6002.&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;<br />Weber was one of the most decorated kickers in school history. &nbsp;A five-year member of the Sun Devil football team, he was ASU's kicker in 45 of 49 games over the past four years. &nbsp;He connected on 68-of-87 field goal attempts and 136-of-143 extra points. &nbsp;His 68 field goals are second-most all-time in school history, his 136 extra-points rank third all-time and his 340 points are second all-time by any position. &nbsp;<br />&nbsp;<br />Weber made 43 field goals in his first two seasons, the most by a Sun Devil in the beginning two seasons. &nbsp;He served as the team's punter for the majority of the '07 and `08 seasons, with 106 career punts for 4,289 yards (40.2 avg.). He was the first freshman to win the Lou Groza Award as the nation's best kicker and was named a First-Team AP All-American in 2007. &nbsp;His 24 made field goals and 118 points in 2007 placed him among the school's all-time single-season leaders in both categories. &nbsp;In 2008 he was named a Playboy Magazine All-American, ASU's 15th all-time. &nbsp;He set a school record by making 17 consecutive field goals over the first nine games of the 2007 season. &nbsp;He kicked a 53-yard field goal at UCLA in 2007, the third-longest kick in school history and went 4-for-4 on field goals from beyond 50 yards in his career.<br />&nbsp;<br />Active in ASU student leadership, Weber was named 2011 Vice President of ASU's Student Athlete Advisory Council. &nbsp;He was a four-time member of the Academic All-Pac-10 team, earning First Team, Second Team and Honorable Mention (twice) honors.<br /><br />&nbsp;<br />ASU’s National Football Foundation Hall of Fame Scholar-Athletes<br /><br />2011 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thomas Weber<br />2010 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mike Nixon<br />2009 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Troy Nolan<br />2008 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Michael Marquardt<br />2007 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jason Burke<br />2006 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chad Christensen<br />2005 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Grayling Love<br />2004 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Skyler Fulton<br />2003 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mike Barth<br />2002 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Nick Murphy<br />2001 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mike Aguirre<br />1997 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Damien Richardson<br />1996 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kirk Robertson<br />1995 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Justin Dragoo<br />1993 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Toby Mills<br />1992 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Adam Brass<br />1990 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Drew Metcalfe<br />1989 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mark Tingstad<br />1978 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chris Mott<br />1966 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ken Dyer</p>