Photos from the 2017 FWAA Past Presidents Dinner on Jan. 6, 2017, in Tampa, Fla.
Former FWAA presidents Alan Schmadtke (2005), Tony Barnhart (1998), George Schroeder (2009), Mike Griffith (2007), Dennis Dodd (2006), Mark Blaudschun (1999), Ivan Maisel (1995), Kirk Bohls (2014), Dick Weiss (2004), Chris Dufresne (2013) and Mark Anderson (2016) attended the Past Presidents Dinner on Jan. 6, 2017, in Tampa. Photo by Melissa Macatee.
Former FWAA President Tony Barnhart (1998), John Sudsbury of the Sugar Bowl and Eddie Robinson III at the FWAA’s Past Presidents Dinner on Jan. 6, 2017, in Tampa. Photo by Melissa Macatee.
College Football Playoff Executive Director Bill Hancock and Joey Johnston of FWAA All-America Selection Committee with the national championship trophy at the FWAA’s Past Presidents Dinner on Jan. 6, 2017, in Tampa. Photo by Melissa Macatee.
Trophy handlers Ray Mallouk (left) and Charley Green brought the national championship trophy to the FWAA Past Presidents Dinner on Jan. 6, 2017, in Tampa. Photo by Melissa Macatee.
Sheila Dufresne, wife of 2013 President Chris Dufresne, and Larry Wahl of the Orange Bowl at the FWAA’s Past Presidents Dinner on Jan. 6, 2017, in Tampa. Photo by Melissa Macatee.
Phil Marwill of the National Football Foundation and Ted Gangi of collegepressbox.com were guests at the FWAA’s Past Presidents Dinner on Jan. 6, 2017, in Tampa. Photo by Melissa Macatee.
Foreground: Dick Weiss, FWAA president in 2004, and his wife, Joni, at the FWAA’s Past Presidents Dinner on Jan. 6, 2017, in Tampa. Photo by Melissa Macatee.
George Schroeder, FWAA president in 2009, and Steve Hatchell, president and CEO of the National Football Foundation, at the FWAA’s Past Presidents Dinner on Jan. 6, 2017, in Tampa. Photo by Melissa Macatee.
Kirk Bohls, FWAA president in 2014, and FWAA director of special events Margaret Mason at the FWAA’s Past Presidents Dinner on Jan. 6, 2017, in Tampa. Photo by Melissa Macatee.
Matt Sign of the National Football Foundation and Ed Grom of the American Sports Network, sponsor of the FWAA Past Presidents Dinner on Jan. 6, 2017, in Tampa. Photo by Melissa Macatee.
College Football Playoff Executive Director Bill Hancock chats with Jon Solomon, who will be second vice president of the FWAA in 2017, at the FWAA’s Past Presidents Dinner on Jan. 6, 2017, in Tampa. Photo by Melissa Macatee.
Alan Schmadtke, president of the FWAA in 2005, and his wife, Christie, at the FWAA’s Past Presidents Dinner on Jan. 6, 2017, in Tampa. Photo by Melissa Macatee.
Mark Anderson, FWAA president in 2016, and Mike Griffith, president in 2007, at the FWAA’s Past Presidents Dinner on Jan. 6, 2017, in Tampa. Photo by Melissa Macatee.
Joey Johnston of Tampa receives an FWAA commemorative football for service to the All-America Committee at the FWAA’s Past Presidents Dinner on Jan. 6, 2017, in Tampa. Photo by Melissa Macatee.
National Football Foundation president and CEO Steve Hatchell address members and guests at the FWAA Past Presidents Dinner in the Tampa Club on Jan. 6, 2017. Photo by Melissa Macatee.
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