Written by Cole Havens on January 20, 2021
On Tuesday the National Football Foundation (NFF) released it’s finalists for the Scholar-Athlete award.
Of the 96 nominations from around the state 11 student athletes have been chosen as finalists with three of them being from the area.
Area finalists include Cody’s Nic Talich, Lovell’s CJ Lindsay and Meeteetse’s Hadley Abarr.
Talich was named the 3A West Defensive Player of the Year in Class 3A this season in addition to First Team All-State. He was also named the Casper Star-Tribune Super 25 DPOY, in addition to making first team.
Talich was a force on defense, finishing the season with 254 points and averaged 23.1 defensive points per game, third in the state among all classifications. He had 128 tackles, seven for a loss and two sacks. He also picked off four passes, returning one for a touchdown and recovered a fumble.