Marra named a winner in Wendy’s High School Heisman Scholarship Competition

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Luca Marra of North Shore High School who recently was named a winner in the Wendy’s High School Heisman Scholarship Competition. (Photo courtesy of North Shore Schools)

Luca Marra, a senior at North Shore High School, is a winner in the Wendy’s High School Heisman Scholarship Competition. From a total applicant pool of nearly 42,000 high school scholar-athletes graduating with the class of 2019, more than 7,500 have been named School Winners in Wendy’s annual scholarship competition.

“Football is a sport that is more than just a game,” Marra said. “Football brings a community together for a couple hours and makes everyone forget about all the stressful things in their lives. I’m just glad I had the opportunity to be a part of that entertainment for the past three years on Varsity.”

School winners will continue to compete for the chance to become state finalists, state winners, national finalists or national winners. State winners receive a $500 college scholarship, national finalists receive a $1,000 college scholarship and the male and female national winners receive a $5,000 college scholarship and trip to New York City to attend the Heisman Trophy Trust’s annual college Heisman award broadcast on Dec. 8..

The Wendy’s High School Heisman was created by Wendy’s founder Dave Thomas in 1994. Dave Thomas dropped out of high school when he was 15 years old in order to work full-time and went on to become one of the most successful entrepreneurs in history. While this nontraditional path led to his prosperity, it always worried Thomas that others would follow in his footsteps and expect to achieve similar fame and wealth by not finishing high school or attending college. Faced with this dilemma, at 61 years old, Thomas enrolled at Coconut Creek High School in Ft. Lauderdale and received his General Equivalency Diploma (GED). Inspired by this moment and with a desire to celebrate the outstanding achievements of youth in America, he launched the Wendy’s High School Heisman program. Twenty-five years later, Wendy’s High School Heisman has honored more than 600,000 of the nation’s most esteemed high school seniors who share Wendy’s values of giving back to their communities, treating people with respect, continuing education and excelling on the athletic field.

The Wendy’s High School Heisman is a joint program between Wendy’s and the Heisman Trophy Trust, host and custodians of the Heisman Memorial Trophy. 

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