Chris Celania, junior in materials engineering, and Adriana Marie Dubbelde, freshman in agricultural business, were awarded the $800 Jack Trice Scholarship this year.

The scholarship was created by the Government of the Student Body in honor of Trice, for students who exemplify the standards set by Trice during his lifetime.

Trice became a member of the football team in 1923 and played as Iowa State’s first black athlete amid the pressures felt by other teams or players who did not want to play against a black.

But the team defended Trice’s right to play and treated him as any other player.

In a game against Minnesota, the opposing team treated Trice in a vicious manner, forcing coach Sam Williamson to pull him from the game several times.

During one play, Trice ended up on his back and was trampled by members of Minnesota’s team, but Trice continued to play anyway.

Two days after the game, Trice died from hemorrhaged lungs and internal bleeding, becoming Iowa State’s first and only athlete to lose their life while competing.

Applicants for the scholarship were required to write two essays that describe an experience they had showing their personal dedication to the ideals set by Trice and their contributions made to both the Ames and ISU community.

“They had extraordinary experiences and they really expressed those in their written essays,” said John Solomon, chief of staff for GSB and leader for the scholarship’s selection committee. “They did an excellent job of describing those to the point of being much better than the other ones written.”

Living up to the legacy left by Trice is hard, but these students showed they could do it.

“It was really difficult because I knew that my experiences were completely different from his, so trying to relate was pretty difficult, but I feel like we all have at least one moment in our life where we can relate to trying to hold up to what everybody thinks we can do and trying to reach that moment,” Celania said. “I feel like everyone has accomplished that at some point and it was just trying to apply that to my own life.”