Eight seniors in the state of Nebraska were given the honor of the Nebraska Coaches Association Country Inn & Suites Scholarship. They held a banquet on Sunday July 24th in Lincoln at the Lincoln Station Great Hall. Fort Calhoun’s Riley Grosse-Rhode was one of the recipients along with other seniors from Holdrege, Fillmore Central, Pierce, Chadron, Omaha Central, Lexington, and Bruning-Davenport. This is a great honor for Riley! An excerpt from the program states “Riley Grosse-Rhode’s high school football coach credits him as being an uplifting leader that displays poise, intelligence, leadership and unselfishness.” The quarterback and senior captain participated in both football and baseball for each of his four high school years, earning 6 varsity letters and Academic All-State honors. He spent several hours helping younger Fort Calhoun baseball players with fielding and batting as a volunteer youth coach, and has earned numerous school achievement honors for his excellence in the classroom. The National Honor Society member is a 4.0 student and ranked at the top of his class. Riley plans to attend South Dakota State University, majoring in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering.
