MADISON (WKOW) -- One teacher got a big surprise from her former student at Akira Toki Middle School on Monday.

Marguerite Fairchild-Gongora won a $1,000 award as a part of the College Football Playoff's Foundation Extra Yard for Teachers Initiative, presented by Wisconsin Athletics and the Badger Give Back Program.

It was presented by Badger player Ben Barten after Fairchild helped him to continue student teaching while working around his schedule as a player.

"It was a very pleasant surprise," Fairchild-Gongora said.

Barten said he picked Fairchild-Gongora because of all her help and because of his wonderful experience as a student teacher.

"They were like, we have a check that we could give for one of your mentors again, and how you got into teaching. Like, who would you want to gi

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