Ohio State Football Communications
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Joe Burger, the one-time walk-on who as ascended to team captain status for the Ohio State Buckeyes while also being recognized as one of the top student-athletes nationally, was today named one of 30 candidates for the 2016 Senior CLASS Award. To be eligible, candidates must have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition.
Burger, an industrial and systems engineering major from Cincinnati and LaSalle High School, has worked hard to earn a scholarship and complete a journey from preferred walk-on into such a valuable contributor that he was voted by his teammates this August as one of the team’s captains.
A veteran of 39 Ohio State games including 34 consecutive games played, Burger’s stellar academic resume – he is a three-time Academic All-Big Ten Conference honoree and a four-time OSU Scholar-Athlete – coupled with his leadership skills and role-model citizen status has him positioned as Ohio State’s nominee for a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete award, something his father, Bob, won in 1980 as walk-on player at Notre Dame.
An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. Burger’s time at Ohio State is full of such examples:
§ He worked this year with Dr. Matthew Stoltzfus in the Chemistry Department on a new mentorship program called “Finding Undergraduate Success.” The program focused on mentorship for incoming freshmen in the chemistry field. Joe was actually a mentor to the mentors, advising them on what it means to be a mentor, ways to teach better study habits, and different ways to challenge and work with students;
§ He was a part of a high school outreach program for the engineering department that addressed S.T.E.M. careers and options, and he spoke to students at two high schools in his hometown of Cincinnati;
§ He has mentored two students through the Industrial Systems Engineering (ISE) cohort program;
§ He was part of the ISE Leadership Summit; and
§ He was selected into the leadership development program at JP Morgan Chase and completed a summer internship with the company this year.
Burger, who will graduate in December with his engineering degree, also has a plethora of community services activities as a member of the football program.
#GoBucks
Burger, an industrial and systems engineering major from Cincinnati and LaSalle High School, has worked hard to earn a scholarship and complete a journey from preferred walk-on into such a valuable contributor that he was voted by his teammates this August as one of the team’s captains.
A veteran of 39 Ohio State games including 34 consecutive games played, Burger’s stellar academic resume – he is a three-time Academic All-Big Ten Conference honoree and a four-time OSU Scholar-Athlete – coupled with his leadership skills and role-model citizen status has him positioned as Ohio State’s nominee for a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete award, something his father, Bob, won in 1980 as walk-on player at Notre Dame.
An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. Burger’s time at Ohio State is full of such examples:
§ He worked this year with Dr. Matthew Stoltzfus in the Chemistry Department on a new mentorship program called “Finding Undergraduate Success.” The program focused on mentorship for incoming freshmen in the chemistry field. Joe was actually a mentor to the mentors, advising them on what it means to be a mentor, ways to teach better study habits, and different ways to challenge and work with students;
§ He was a part of a high school outreach program for the engineering department that addressed S.T.E.M. careers and options, and he spoke to students at two high schools in his hometown of Cincinnati;
§ He has mentored two students through the Industrial Systems Engineering (ISE) cohort program;
§ He was part of the ISE Leadership Summit; and
§ He was selected into the leadership development program at JP Morgan Chase and completed a summer internship with the company this year.
Burger, who will graduate in December with his engineering degree, also has a plethora of community services activities as a member of the football program.
#GoBucks