The 5-foot-11, 175-pound junior quarterback has led the Lions to a 12-1 record and a berth in the Class 6A championship game against Jesuit, scheduled for Dec. 5. The state's returning Gatorade Football Player of the Year, Tawa completed 241-of-349 pass a
Tawa has maintained a 4.03 weighted GPA in the classroom.
A member of the National Honor Society, he has volunteered locally as an elementary school guest role-model speaker, a youth football and baseball coach and has raised funds to benefit cystic fibrosis research.
