What it's all about.

Last night, we had the annual banquet for our board, IAABO#9 Fairfield County Ct. It was a typical banquet for sports officials, Certificates of service for 10, 15, 20, 25, and 2 for 40 years. More importantly, we, at our monthly meetings, run a raffle, and the proceeds go towards the Donald Lomme Student Scholarship Awards. We have divided our county to 3 areas and the schools nominate a senior player from both the girls and the boys basketball teams, then the awards committee, looks into each candidate. We take into consideration, the student's sportsmanship, grades, outside aactivities and such. Well last nught one of the boys award recipients played on a team that went 0 and 21 for the season. You would think that would be enough to earn the award but, he made 1400 on his SAT's he's 4th in his class of 400, captain of the basketball team as a senoir, captain of baseball team last two seasons, he, as a junior, won an engineering contest at West Point, his has no father figure at home for whatever reason, he's just an all around good kid. Now after going 0-fer the season you would think that there would be some humility but when he excepted his award he thanked us for being on the floor because " while we couldn't play the games without you, you made up 50% of the crowd at most games."
All I can say is, that is why I officiate high school basketball.

Any other "good kid" stories out there?