Tomball Native Wins College Football’s Second Highest Honor

TOMBALL, TX -- Former Tomball High School football standout Justin Dvorak, has earned college football’s second highest honor, winning the 2016 Harlon Hill Trophy as the Division II College Football Player of the Year.

Dvorak, Colorado School of Mines senior quarterback, led all vote getters receiving 185 total points, with Northwest Missouri State University senior quarterback Kyle Zimmerman coming in at a distant second with 113.

Dvorak, a native of Tomball, Texas, was a driving force for the the Division II Orediggers season, powering them to a 10-3 record, passing for 4,584 yards, scoring 53 touchdowns and rushing for eight more touchdowns.

The Orediggers won a share of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference title and advanced to the second round of the NCAA playoffs, and was second in the nation in points per game (47.5) and passing yards per game (359.8).

Dvorak becomes the second Hill Trophy winner from the Colorado School of Mines, joining 2004 winner Chad Friehauf. He also gives the RMAC its fourth Hill winner in the last 13 years, with Chadron State's Danny Woodhead winning in 2006 and 2007.

The Hill Trophy is named for the late Harlon Hill, a former University of North Alabama player who was a university standout from 1950-1953 before going on to fame in the National Football League with the Chicago Bears.

The Hill Trophy will be presented to Dvorak on Friday, January 6 at a ceremony on the campus of the University of North Alabama, Hill's alma mater.

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