Ashton Wedel
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- 2015
Former ICC linebacker Ashton Wedel of Tupelo has been selected as the 2015 recipient of the Bennie Abram L.E.G.A.C.Y Award.
Wedel was a member of the 2014 Indians football team and was primed for a breakout season as a sophomore before diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma in May. The diagnosis forced him to step away from the game of football, but never dampened his spirit that has been a spark for the Indians this season.
Because of his spirit and leadership off the field and around campus, the ICC coaching staff selected him to represent the life and legacy of Abram.
"Bennie was a young man that possessed a lot of great traits that you look for in athletes and people in general," former ICC head coach Jon Williams said of Abram. “He displayed a lot of leadership, effort, gratitude, a strong passion for academics, his character was impeccable, and in essence Bennie was a yeoman (a common man). If you were to spell those words out you come up with the acronym ‘legacy’ and that’s why we chose to create this award and call it the Bennie Abram L.E.G.A.C.Y Award.”
Abram, who transferred to play football at the University of Mississippi as a junior, passed away after collapsing during the first day of team workouts.
The award will be given to a sophomore that maintains a grade point average of 3.0 or above and the recipient will serve as a captain throughout the season. A plaque will be enshrined in the ICC football field house with the players names engraved each year to help preserve the spirit Abram brought to Itawamba Community College.