DXL Frisco Bowl Announces Scholarship Program with Frisco ISD

Opportunity for Frisco ISD High School Seniors to Earn Scholarships

Frisco, TX (September 17, 2018) – Frisco ISD high school seniors will have the chance to win up to $3000 in scholarships as part of the DXL Frisco Bowl’snew Team Behind the Team Scholarship Programpresented by Town & Country Roofing. Winners will be judged based on their ability to showcase school spirit, sportsmanship and an unwavering support for their school’s football team.

The DXL Frisco Bowl Team Behind the Team Scholarship Program will award Frisco ISD high school seniors with a $500 scholarship from Town & Country Roofing throughout the 2018 high school football season. The first recipient for the 2018 program is Pierce James from Frisco High School.

The recipients from each school will then have another opportunity to participate in a video contest to win an additional $2,500 scholarship. The video contest scholarship winner will be presented at The DXL Frisco Bowl which will be played at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas on Wednesday, December 19, 2018.

For complete rules visit www.DXLfriscobowl.com/team-behind-team. Students and families interested in participating are encouraged to connect with the DXL Frisco Bowl online, on Facebook and Twitter to view the scholarship recipients.

About The DXL Frisco Bowl
The DXL Frisco Bowl, formerly the Miami Beach Bowl, is now owned and operated by ESPN Events,a division of ESPN, and is affiliated with the American Athletic Conference.

The bowl game will air on ESPN on Wednesday, Dec. 19, live from Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas.

Toyota Stadium is the home of FC Dallas of Major League Soccer, the National Soccer Hall of Fame and host to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Championship Game since 2010. It has a football capacity of 17,200.

Connect with the DXL Frisco Bowl on Facebook andTwitter.

ESPN Events
ESPN Events, a division of ESPN, owns and operates a large portfolio of 31 collegiate sporting events worldwide. The roster includes three Labor Day weekend college football games; FCS opening-weekend game; 14 college bowl games, 10 college basketball events, a college softball event and two college award shows, which accounts for approximately 300-plus hours of programming, reaches almost 64 million viewers and attracts over 700,000 attendees each year. With satellite offices in Albuquerque, Birmingham, Boca Raton, Boise, Dallas-Fort Worth, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Montgomery and St. Petersburg,ESPN Events builds relationships with conferences, schools and local communities, as well as providing unique experiences for teams and fans.

ESPN Events also manages the Big 12 Corporate Partner Program.

Collegiate Football
Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl (Houston); AdvoCare Texas Kickoff(Houston); Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl(Tampa, Fla.); Birmingham Bowl(Alabama); Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl(Florida); Camping World Kickoff(Orlando, Fla.); Celebration Bowl(Atlanta);Famous Idaho Potato Bowl(Boise); DXL Frisco Bowl(Texas); Guardian Credit Union FCS Kickoff(Montgomery, Ala.); Hawai’i Bowl (Honolulu); Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl(Dallas-Fort Worth); Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl(Nassau);  MEAC/SWAC Challenge(Atlanta); Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl(Nevada);   New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque); Raycom Media Camellia Bowl(Montgomery, Ala.); SERVPRO First Responder Bowl(Dallas-Fort Worth);  The Home Depot College Football Awards(Atlanta)

Collegiate Basketball

AdvoCare Invitational(Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla.); Armed Forces Classic(Fort Bliss, Texas);Charleston Classic(South Carolina); College Basketball Awards Presented by Wendy’s(Los Angeles); Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (Honolulu); Jimmy V Men’s Classic presented by Corona(New York City); Jimmy V Women’s Classic Presented by Corona(South Bend, Ind.); Myrtle Beach Invitational(Conway, S.C.); NIT Season Tip-Off (Brooklyn, N.Y.); State Farm Champions Classic(Indianapolis) and Wooden Legacy(Fullerton, Calif.)

Collegiate Softball

St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational (Clearwater, Fla.)

For more information, visit the official website, Facebook, Twitteror YouTubepages.

About Town & Country Roofing

Based in Frisco, TX since 2004, Town & Country Roofing and Construction provides roofing, window, gutter and painting service solutions. It also offers kitchen and bathroom remodeling as well as privacy fence construction.

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Contacts:
Sean Johnson, Executive Director of the DXL Frisco Bowl, [email protected]; (469) 365-0203.

Jeff W. Petty, Vice President of Sales, Town & Country Roofing, [email protected]; 972-489-2863