The Heisman High School Scholarship were recently awarded to area schools.

The award recognizes exceptional ability, encourages integrity and community responsibility according to Scholarship America, a non-profit organization that has distributed more than 2.5 million students scholarships totaling more than $4.2 billion.

The Heisman High School Scholarship was created in 1994 and is presented by Acceptance Insurance.

“The Heisman High School Scholarship program extends the Heisman prestige to the nation’s most esteemed high school seniors by celebrating and rewarding outstanding male and female scholar-athletes who understand that the most important victories happen not only on the field, but also in their schools and communities,” the scholarship program wrote.

For more information or to apply for the scholarship, please visit heismanscholarship.com.