Tuesday's Internet Edition, 01:15 AM, February 09, 2010.
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Co-sponsored by The Tim Duncan Foundation and the San Antonio Spurs Foundation, the award is open to all students from San Antonio area public and private schools.
The Tim Duncan Character Award is given to students who demonstrate core character traits in their school. Among other things, character traits include integrity, respect, dependability, fairness, caring, and civic responsibility.
The first step towards receiving this prestigious honor is being nominated, and Scroggins’ teacher did so. The second step requires the nomination be submitted for committee review. All nominee applications are then forwarded to a selection committee comprised of representatives from the Tim Duncan Foundation, the Spurs Foundation and the San Antonio Spurs. At this stage, Scroggins was one of the lucky few to be selected as an honoree, having been selected by the committee for demonstrating outstanding character traits and for making great character choices.
Needless to say, his parents are proud of young Tanner’s recognition.
“We are so proud of him,” his mother Carrie said. “This is even more impressive than a school award, since The Tim Duncan Character Award is a city-wide and even area-wide award with a limited number of recipients.”
For this honor Scroggins received a t-shirt and a frameable certificate from the Tim Duncan Foundation and two Spurs tickets. Needless to say, Tanner was pleased to be able to treat his father to a Spurs home game.
Tanner is the son of Tyson and Carrie Scroggins of San Antonio, and the grandson of Al and Lisa Scroggins of Rocksprings, and Raymond and Dianna Herzberg of Shambaugh, Iowa.