Texas Longhorns football player Emmanuel Acho 2011 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award Finalist

Emmanuel Acho, a senior Texas Longhorn football player, was selected for the 2011 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, as a finalist. The Lowe's Senior CLASS Award honors students who excel in football as well as off the field--community, classroom, character and competition. An overall stand-up citizen!

The 10 finalists were chosen by a media committee from an original group of 30 student-athletes that was announced back in August. The winner is determined partly by nationwide fan voting, which is currently taking place now through December 5. The fan voting, combined with media and Division I FBS head coaches' votes to finalize the one winner of the award. 

Acho has been a member of UT's Athletics Director's Honor Roll six times throughout his college career. Acho is majoring in sports management and regularly visits patients at the Dell Children's Medical Center. Emmanuel also does a medical mission trip to Nigeria with his dad and brother. 
In addition, Acho speaks weekly to at-risk youth at local high schools with the Longhorn Leaders class, and speaks at the local chapters of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Acho has played in 41 games, with 19 starts, as a Longhorn fourth-year linebacker. He leads the team in tackles, at 58, in the first six games of the season. 

The CLASS acronym stands for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, and the award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their status in sports to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities! Emmanuel Acho does just that! Good luck to our Texas Longhorns football Lowe's Senior CLASS Award finalist!