Matthew Cindric has been selected as one of 12 semifinalists nationally for the Wuerffel Trophy.
2022 Redshirt Senior Keeps Racking Up Honors Despite Season-Ending Injury
ATLANTA – Matthew Cindric was one of 12 players across the nation to be named a semifinalist for the 2022 Wuerffel Trophy on Tuesday. Known as “College Football’s Premier Award for Community Service”, the Wuerffel Trophy is named after Danny Wuerffel, 1996 Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback from Florida. The Wuerffel Trophy exists to honor college football players who serve others, celebrate their positive impact on society, and inspire greater service in the world.
Cindric was selected despite suffering a season-ending injury at Colorado on October 15.
Finalists for the award will be announced on November 29 with the formal announcement of the 2022 recipient to be made December 8 and the presentation of the honor to occur on Feb. 24, 2023, at the 54th All Sports Association Award Banquet in Fort Walton Beach, Fla.
Below are notes on Cindric with his extended bio available by clicking on his name.
Matthew Cindric, OL, 6-4, 295, R-Sr., 5th Season At Cal (Sammamish, WA/Skyline HS)
Community/Leadership
— One of Cal’s three season team captains in 2022 also along with Daniel Scott and Jack Plummer
— One of two Cal student-athlete representatives along with Scott at 2022 Pac-12 Football Media Day
— President of Cal’s Athletes In Action chapter who went to Croatia on the organization’s community service trip
— Gave Ted Talk on leadership as a participant in Cal’s Cameron Institute Speaker Series
— Worked with UpCycle and Cal’s Cameron Institute to lead a clothing drive
— Three-year youth coach for Next Level Flag Football on the Cal campus
— Member of the Cal Football Team Leadership Council (2019 – Current)
— Student Director of Cal’s Haas School of Business Student-Athlete Mentorship Program that helps student-athletes through the rigorous application process to the prestigious business school
Academics
— Graduated from Cal in business administration in May of 2022 with a 3.77 GPA and is currently enrolled in master’s of education program with an intersection of sports in education
— Three-time member of Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2019-21) with the 2022 selections yet to…
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