Wendy's High School Heisman

Program Stages & Awards

Everyone wins with the Wendy’s High School Heisman Program.

Students who apply for the Wendy’s High School Heisman Program are already winners! They excel in class, in sports, and in the community. To honor as many high achievers as possible, the Heisman Trophy award program is divided into a number of stages. Seniors from every school and every state get recognized. Plus, all future high school graduates can take advantage of program resources and scholarship information to get closer to their goals of higher education.

Heisman Trophy Award Program Stages and Awards

Application Winners
Every senior who applies for the Wendy’s High School Heisman Program receives:

• A 2013 Wendy’s High School Heisman Program Official Certificate recognizing participation in the Heisman Trophy award program and the applicant’s proven ability to learn, perform, and lead.
• A chance to win a Wendy’s Gift Card worth $10 – $50. Just be one of the first 25,000 applicants to apply! Apply now.

School Winner
One senior male and one senior female from every school will be selected as a School Winner. School Winners receive:

• A School Winner Certificate and Heisman Patch

1,020 State Finalists
From the School Winners, 20 finalists—10 senior males and 10 senior females—from every state and the District of Columbia will advance to State Finalists. Each State Finalist receives:

• Bronze Medal
• Heisman Patch
• $25 Wendy’s Gift Card

102 State Winners
From the State Finalists, one senior male and one senior female from each state and the District of Columbia will be selected as State Winners. Each State Winner receives:

• Silver Medal
• Heisman Patch
• $50 Wendy’s Gift Card

12 National Finalists
The judging panel will select 12 National Finalists from the 102 State Winners. The National Finalists include 1 senior male and 1 senior female from each of the six geographic Heisman regions. National Finalists receive:

• An invitation to the Wendy’s High School Heisman Program Heisman Memorial Trophy Weekend, including the National Awards Banquet in New York City
• Gold Medal
• Heisman Patch
• $2,000 award donated to the winners’ high schools in the students’ names
• $100 Wendy’s Gift Card

2 National Award Winners
The judging panel will select 1 senior male and 1 senior female from the 12 National Finalists as National Wendy’s High School Heisman Winners. National Award Winners receive:

• National honor and recognition during ESPN’s national telecast of the college Heisman Memorial Trophy presentation
• Wendy’s High School Heisman Trophy
• Heisman Patch
• $10,000 award donated to the winners’ high schools in the students’ names
• $500 Wendy’s Gift Card

Watch yourself go!

Visit us here at wendysheisman.com to stay up to date as you and your peers advance through each stage of the Heisman Trophy award program. For important winner selection dates, check out our program timeline.

Heisman Regions

The Wendy’s High School Heisman Program uses the same geographic regions used by the Heisman Memorial Trophy program. Two National Finalists—one senior male and one senior female—will be selected from each of the six Heisman regions:

Far West Region: Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming

Southwest Region: Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas

Midwest Region: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin

Northeast Region: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont

Mid-Atlantic Region: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, District of Columbia

South Region: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee