Photo gallery: 2017 FWAA Awards Breakfast and Annual Meeting

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Photos from the 2017 FWAA Breakfast and Annual Meeting in Tampa, Fla.

Two of the awards distributed at the FWAA’s Awards Breakfast on Jan. 9, 2017, in Tampa. Photo by Melissa Macatee.
Scene of the FWAA’s Awards Breakfast at Champions Sports Bar in the Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel on Jan. 9, 2017. Photo by Melissa Macatee.
Armed Forces Merit Award winner Steven Rhodes, a former Marine and defensive end at Middle Tennessee State, is flanked by Dr. Sidney A. McPhee, president of Middle Tennessee State (left) and Athletic Director Chris Massaro at the FWAA’s Awards Breakfast on Jan. 9, 2017, in Tampa. Photo by Melissa Macatee.
Gathered at the FWAA’s Awards Breakfast on Jan. 9, 2017, in Tampa are, from left, Rick Baker, president and CEO of the Cotton Bowl, Michael Konradi of the Cotton Bowl staff, Alfred White of the College Football Playoff staff, Jay McAuley, chairman of the Cotton Bowl Athletic Association, and Fin Ewing III, past chairman of the Cotton Bowl. Photo by Melissa Macatee.
Keri Potts of ESPN, which sponsored the FWAA Awards Breakfast, chats with former FWAA president Mike Griffith on Jan. 9, 2017, in Tampa. Photo by Melissa Macatee.
Bob Gennarelli, associate commissioner of the Mid-American Conference, Charlie Fiss, winner of the 2017 Bert McGrane Award, and Alfred White of the College Football Playoff staff at the FWAA’s Awards Breakfast on Jan. 9, 2017, in Tampa. Photo by Melissa Macatee.
Charlie Fiss, winner of the 2017 Bert McGrane Award, and friend Jennifer Schuck at the FWAA’s Awards Breakfast on Jan. 9, 2017, in Tampa. Photo by Melissa Macatee.
Charlie Fiss (seated), winner of the 2017 Bert McGrane Award, surrounded by friends and co-workers at the FWAA Awards Breakfast on Jan. 9, 2017, in Tampa. Photo by Melissa Macatee.
Former FWAA president Dennis Dodd and incoming second vice president Jon Solomon at the FWAA’s Awards Breakfast on Jan. 9, 2017, in Tampa. Both are from CBSSports.com. Photo by Melissa Macatee.
Steve Hatchell, president and CEO of the National Football Foundation, acknowledges the audience at the FWAA Awards Breakfast on Jan. 9, 2017. At left is Zach Terrell, quarterback at Western Michigan and winner of the NFF’s Campbell Trophy, which goes to the top scholar athlete in college football. Photo by Melissa Macatee.
FWAA members and guests gathered for the FWAA Awards Breakfast on Jan. 9, 2017, in Tampa. Photo by Melissa Macatee.
Curtis Blackwell, CEO of Sound Mind Sound Body, which sponsored the FWAA Freshman All-America Team, addresses the audience at the FWAA Awards Breakfast on Jan. 9, 2017, in Tampa. Photo by Melissa Macatee.
2016 FWAA President Mark Anderson (left) with Jason Kersey, winner of the Steve Ellis FWAA Beat Writer of the Year Award, and Karen Ellis, Steve’s widow. at the FWAA’s Awards Breakfast on Jan. 9, 2017, in Tampa. Photo by Melissa Macatee.
Charlie Fiss, winner of the 2017 Bert McGrane Award at the FWAA’s Awards Breakfast on Jan. 9, 2017, in Tampa. Photo by Melissa Macatee.
Zach Terrell, Western Michigan quarterback and winner of the Campbell Trophy, talks with Charlie Fiss, winner of the 2017 Bert McGrane Award, at the FWAA’s Awards Breakfast on Jan. 9, 2017, in Tampa. They got to know each other earlier when Western Michigan came to Dallas to play Wisconsin in the Cotton Bowl, for which Fiss works as vice president of communications. Photo by Melissa Macatee.
Outgoing FWAA President Mark Anderson (left) receives a commemorative football in recognition of his service to the organization from incoming President Dave Jones of PA Media Group. Photo by Melissa Macatee.