Homewood High School graduate Carson Bedics will be honored with Auburn University’s Cliff Hare Award during halftime of the Tigers’ Nov. 1 football game against Kentucky at Jordan-Hare Stadium. The prestigious award, presented annually since 1958, recognizes a senior student-athlete who demonstrates excellence in academics and athletics and embodies leadership, integrity and courage.

The award’s namesake, Clifford Leroy Hare, was a member of Auburn’s first football team and a longtime university leader — serving as a professor, dean of the College of Chemistry and later president of the Southeastern Conference. Bedics joins a notable group of past recipients, including Olympic athletes and prominent football players. His selection as a former walk-on in a non-revenue sport underscores th

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