2022 Rare Disease Champion Team
About the Award
The Rare Disease Champion Team presented Sanofi is an Uplifting Athletes awareness campaign that is part of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA). The Rare Disease Champion Team is celebrated at the Uplifting Athletes’ Young Investigator Draft at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, PA.
This is the 14th year Uplifting Athletes has recognized Rare Disease Champions by highlighting leaders in college athletics that have made a positive and lasting impact on people affected by rare diseaes.
Sculpted by world renowned artist Brian Hanlon, the Rare Disease Champion trophy is in the likeness of Mark Herzlich, the former Boston College and current New York Giants linebacker who provided the inspiration for the award after overcoming a life-threatening battle with the rare disease Ewing’s sarcoma in 2009.
Past Champions
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*Uplifting Athletes began recognizing each team by the year nominations were submitted and the team was announced.
Founded in 2007, Uplifting Athletes fulfills its mission to inspire the Rare Disease Community with hope through the power of sport with a powerful network of over 20 college football student-athlete led chapters, Uplifting Ambassadors and Team UA participants.
Since its inception, Uplifting Athletes has raised more than $5 million to support the mission of Uplifting Athletes and its charitable programs: Rare Disease Awareness, Rare Disease Research, Uplifting Experiences and Uplifting Leaders.
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