{"id":94,"date":"2011-09-29T18:47:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T01:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rubiosblog.com\/the-chrisubio-award\/"},"modified":"2016-11-08T21:49:15","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T21:49:15","slug":"the-chrisubio-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rubiosblog.com\/?p=94","title":{"rendered":"The Chris Rubio Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; marginight: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-g8ZES6MLK0M\/ToOLDnAX_wI\/AAAAAAAAAM0\/HmObvjp_3pw\/s1600\/slider-9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-g8ZES6MLK0M\/ToOLDnAX_wI\/AAAAAAAAAM0\/HmObvjp_3pw\/s640\/slider-9.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"257\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\nWell, the big announcement has been made and now you all know about The Chris Rubio Award presented by <a href=\"http:\/\/performancenutrition.herbalife.com\/en\/\">Herbalife 24<\/a>. The world of Long Snapping will be changed forever.\u00a0Never has a Long Snapper been honored to this degree at the high school level (or college level for that matter).\u00a0 <b><i>THIS IS HUGE!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>I gathered you might be a bit confused, so I decided to clarify it a bit for you. Of course, you can find out all the information on the actual website <a href=\"http:\/\/highschoolfootballawards.com\/\">here<\/a>, but I wanted to double it up for you.<\/p>\n<p><b>TROPHY:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Similar to the Heisman, in that it will be given out every year and there will be two trophy&#8217;s. One trophy will go home with the winner and one will stay with Herbalife.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The trophy (look up and to the right) stands approximately one foot tall, weighs 30 lbs. and is bronzed (the one you see on the picture\/website is just the clay mold of it, new photo coming soon).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>CEREMONY:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">There will be a ceremony at the Herbalife Banquet Hall in <a href=\"http:\/\/lalive.com\/\">LA Live<\/a> (right next to Staples Center) highlighting the three finalists.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The three finalists and one parent will be flown to Los Angeles, CA and put in a hotel for the weekend (Dec 17) by Herbalife.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>TO BE ELIGIBLE:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">You must be an athlete that plays high school football at the varsity level, regardless of state division, or age. You DO NOT have to attend a Rubio Long Snapping \/ Chris Sailer Kicking camp to win this award.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">You will notice there is a watch list already of the top Long Snappers in the country. You do NOT need to be on this list in order to win. The list can adjust over the time frame.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>QUALIFICATIONS:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">You must be the starter for your high school varsity team.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">You must not have more than one bad snap all season (snap that gets by the punter or the holder).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">You must do both punt and p.a.t. snaps.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">If you have to snap and block for your team, that is looked at in higher regard.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The amount of tackles is taken into consideration with the voting.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">You must have started in 80% of the current year\u2019s games for your varsity team.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">A Long Snapper\u2019s physical size is NOT taken into consideration in the voting.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Other positions played are NOT taken into consideration for voting.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">To qualify, you may be viewed by Chris Rubio in person, send in film, have a high school head coach\u2019s recommendation, college special team\u2019s coach recommendation or sports writer\u2019s recommendation to be considered eligible. A panel of voters assembled by the Chris Rubio selection committee will vote for the winner.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>VOTING:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">A panel of voters assembled by the Chris Rubio selection committee will be voting. The panel will include: Chris Rubio, Herbalife representatives, past and current NFL Long Snappers, past and current NCAA Long Snappers, past finalists for the Chris Rubio Award, and Sports writers and columnists. Therefore, if you are one of the final three for the award, you will be on the voting committee forever.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>IMPORTANT DATES:<\/b><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Last Week of September: A watch list will be announced highlighting athletes that have been recognized as a top Long Snapper through this part of the season. <u>The eventual winner does NOT have to be on the watch list to win the award<\/u>. This is a simple recognition of those that are in the lead.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">November 21, 2011: Three Finalists are announced. The finalists will be determined by total votes. 3 points (1st Place Vote), 2 points (2nd Place Vote), 1 Point (3rd Place Vote). In the case of a tie, Chris Rubio will break the tie with his vote.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">December 17, 2011: The winner will be announced at the Herbalife Banquet Hall at L.A. Live in Downtown Los Angeles, CA. The winner will be determined by total votes. 3 points (1st Place Vote), 2 points (2nd Place Vote), 1 Point (3rd Place Vote). In the case of a tie, Chris Rubio will break the tie with his vote.\u00a0*All statistics will have to be verified by your high school head coach before you can be announced as a Finalist.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>INFORMATION:<\/b><br \/>\nI know you already follow me on Twitter (if not, focus up) and now you will also want to be sure to follow the High School Football Awards Twitter account\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/HSFootballAward\">here<\/a>\u00a0for updates and like the Facebook page\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/National-High-School-Football-Awards\/203418193056592?sk=wall\">here<\/a>\u00a0for up to the minute information. You can also access the site by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chrisrubioaward.com\/\">ChrisRubioAward.com<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/highschoolfootballawards.com\/\">HighSchoolFootballAwards.com<\/a>\u00a0(both hit the same sight).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; marginight: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-TJSITydGzNM\/ToOOujY4XXI\/AAAAAAAAAM4\/GrELgnjX9qs\/s1600\/HL24_Logo_BLK.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-TJSITydGzNM\/ToOOujY4XXI\/AAAAAAAAAM4\/GrELgnjX9qs\/s200\/HL24_Logo_BLK.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"138\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/rubiosblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Chris-Rubio-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4075\" src=\"https:\/\/rubiosblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Chris-Rubio-2.jpg\" alt=\"Chris-Rubio-2\" width=\"175\" height=\"181\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/rubiosblog.com\/rubio-long-snapping\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rubio Long Snapping<\/a> is, by far, the biggest and best resource for Long Snappers in the country. Offering the best instruction and most exposure in the world. Rubio Long Snapping\u00a0can help you to become the best snapper you can be!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In just 12 years,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rubiosblog.com\/rubio-long-snapping\/bio.php\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Rubio<\/a>, President and Owner of\u00a0Rubio Long Snapping,\u00a0has become the #1 Long Snapping instructor in the country and the go-to man when a college coach needs a Long Snapper. Colleges from across the country rely on \u201cRubio\u2019s\u201d word day in and day out on who the best Long Snappers are in the country. Rubio Long Snapping\u00a0has assisted in over 300 Long Snappers earning FULL SCHOLARSHIPS to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rubiosblog.com\/rubio-long-snapping\/the-list.php\" target=\"_blank\">major colleges and universities just for Long Snapping<\/a>\u00a0and many into the NFL as well.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rubiosblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Rubio_Card_frontMAGNET.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3898\" src=\"https:\/\/rubiosblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Rubio_Card_frontMAGNET.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rubiosblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Rubio_Card_frontMAGNET.jpg 1051w, https:\/\/rubiosblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Rubio_Card_frontMAGNET-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rubiosblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Rubio_Card_frontMAGNET-1024x585.jpg 1024w\" alt=\"Rubio_Card_frontMAGNET\" width=\"550\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"bawpvc-ajax-counter\" data-id=\"94\">12941<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, the big announcement has been made and now you all know about The Chris Rubio Award presented by Herbalife 24. The world of Long Snapping will be changed forever.\u00a0Never has a Long Snapper been honored to this degree at the high school level (or college level for that matter).\u00a0 THIS IS HUGE! 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