Colorado State University Athletics
Golditch on watch list for 2017 Wuerffel Trophy
7/18/2017 8:15:00 AM | Football
Senior makes appearance on list for second consecutive year
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. – Colorado State senior offensive lineman Zack Golditch has been named to the 2017 Wuerffel Trophy watch list. The award is known as "College Football's Premier Award for Community Service," and is presented annually by the All Sports Association in Fort Walton Beach Florida.
Golditch was also on the watch list in 2016, and joins eight others who also return. Named after 1996 Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Danny Wuerffel from the University of Florida, the Wuerffel Trophy is awarded to the FBS player that best combines exemplary community service with athletic and academic achievement. The 2017 watch list is comprised of 108 players.
The Aurora, Colo., native has been a fixture in the Fort Collins community throughout his collegiate career. He recently took his community service ambition abroad with CSU's Green & Global initiative in Jamaica.
Golditch has made several visits to hospitals, including the burn unit at Aurora's UCHealth facility and the nearby Children's Hospital Colorado. He has also spent time befriending children involved with Respite Care, a non-profit organization in Larimer County provides short term, quality care for children with developmental disabilities, giving respite to their families, and enhancing the quality of life for the entire family. He has also been a regular volunteer with the Fort Collins Boys and Girls Club.
He has previously been recognized for his community service efforts, including being named a nominee for the 2017 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team. He was CSU's representative for the 2016 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Humanitarian Award, which recognized excellence in community service. Golditch was also on the 2016 Wuerffel Trophy Watch List, another premier award for off-the-field efforts in the sport. As a freshman in 2013, he was presented with the National Football Foundation Inspiration Award for his courage and resiliency in returning to the football field after being among those wounded during the July 20, 2012 Aurora theater shooting. He was honored during the NFF Chapter Awards Luncheon at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City.
In two seasons as a starter on Colorado State's offense line, Golditch has played four positions and helped power a strong running game while keeping Rams quarterbacks on their feet. They allowed just 1.08 sacks per game in 2016—13th-fewest in all of FBS—and the CSU offense ranked 19th nationally in passing efficiency, 31st in rushing offense and 38th in scoring offense and total offense. The Rams allowed just one sack in the last 21 quarters of the season. CSU has had a winning season and competed in a bowl game each season with Golditch on its roster.
Golditch is double majoring in sociology and ethnic studies. He is expected to graduate in December, becoming the first member of his immediate family to do so.
Voting for the Wuerffel Trophy is performed by a National Selection Committee that includes college football television and print media, industry notables, former head coaches and prior Wuerffel Trophy recipients.
