NORTHBROOK, Ill. — Garrett Adcock, a senior offensive lineman from Dallas, Texas who graduated prior to the 2015 season and is the only senior football player in the country enrolled in his second year of law school, was named as one of 88 FBS players to the Wuerffel Trophy Watch List and one of 81 FBS nominees for the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team ®.
Adcock was a nominee last year for this same award, along with being a semifinalist for the Wuerffel Award. Adcock, projected to return to the starting lineup after an injury-plagued 2015, was a CoSIDA Academic All-District selection in 2014 and is a three-time Mountain West Academic All-Conference selection. In 2015, he was a UNM Athletics winner of the Director’s Chair for graduating with a 4.00 GPA. Last season he was one of nine FBS football players that is a junior in eligibility with a bachelor’s degree. Of those nine, Garrett is the only one in law school.
Garrett’s commitment to community service is tremendous and noteworthy. He has served on three separate Mission trips to Ateiku, Ghana (in March 2011, March 2012 and January 2014), travelling with Christina Adcock, CEO of CAFF, Inc., to open a hospital in the region. He worked in the pharmacy to serve over 3,000 patients on the first day of hospital functioning. While in Ghana, Garrett also helped build a school for the children of the village. In addition, he worked with CAFF, Inc. to drill fresh water well in outlying village. His next trip to Ghana will take place after the Ebola Outbreak subsides.
Despite not being a native of Albuquerque, he has made serving his adopted community a priority. He serves as a volunteer at Joy Junction, Albuquerque (Spring 2014- present), serving the homeless community of Albuquerque through serving warm meals. He also helped collaborate with the Joy Junction staff to host the Annual Lobo Football Day and leads a small group of Lobo football players who serve regularly at Joy Junction.
He also has spent time as a volunteer at Copper Pointe Church’s Kid’s Ministry (Summer 2014- present) serving as mentor and caretaker for children during weekly services. His other volunteer work in the community include coaching of football camps at Kirtland Elementary School, Albuquerque (Spring 2013- present); volunteering at The Store House, Albuquerque (Spring 2013, Spring 2014) a warehouse to provide food to the needy in Albuquerque.
While he is in law school, his ultimate goal is to be a surgeon. To that end, Garrett has spent time as a
Pediatric Oncology Volunteer (Fall 2012- Fall 2013), serving as a liaison for out of town families while they were at UNMH for treatment.
“I love learning about the law. It’s a very noble profession, and I love the passion that is displayed,” said Adcock. “You see how television portrays lawyers but it’s not that at all. Learning about law has been a tremendous experience.”
Adcock also has served as a Special Olympics Coach (Spring 2011, Spring 2012) and he volunteered for mission work in New Orleans Post Katrina (March 2006).
Garrett currently is the UNM Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Chair, UNM’s liaison to the conference office’s SAAC, learning from Kendall Spencer, a former NCAA long jump champion at UNM who is currently on the NCAA Board of Director’s.
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