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NORTHBROOK, Ill. –Allstate and the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) announced the list of nominees for the 2019 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team®, including Davidson rising-senior George Hatalowich, announced by the association Tuesday.

Hatalowich makes the fifth Wildcat to be nominated in the last six years – the first since Ryan Samuels ’18 ahead of the 2017 campaign.

“We are so proud of George and his commitment to serve,” said Davidson head coach Scott Abell. “He is an incredible leader, player and captain for our program.”

Hatalowich was an integral part in coordinating the Davidson College Uplifting Athletes Chapter, a nonprofit organization that inspires the rare disease community through the power of football. 

As Vice President of Community Service for the Phi Delta Theta, Hatalowich communicates upcoming service events with his fraternity brothers and helped to raise nearly $40,000 for the Phi’s for GI’s event that helped support the US Armed Forces.

He has also spent time with the Lower Dauphin Special Olympics, led a group of fifth-grade students for a week with Camp Hebron Outdoor Educational Trip and served as an academic tutor at South Hanover Elementary School.

The Allstate AFCA Good Works Team® was established in 1992 to recognize a select group of college football players who have made a commitment to service and enriching the lives others.

Of the 137 nominees; 22 student-athletes will make-up the final team with 11 from the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and 11 combined from the NCAA Football Championship Division, Division II and III.