Robert Huefner

had a great senior year and his summer is off to a good start, too.

The recent

graduate of McIntosh High School was at the Mall of America last week

with friends and family, taking in the roller coaster, the aquarium and

some serious shopping. He is also looking forward to a cruise that will

end in Cozumel, Mexico, later this month.

It is a reward

for a lot of hard work hard work that got him into Harvard University

and also helped him rack up a number of awards and scholarships this year,

most recently a Got Milk? Student Athlete Milk Moustache of the Year Award.

Huefner was

in Orlando recently with the 24 other winners of the SAMMY Award. He sat

next to Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Brad Johnson at the banquet,

met Olympic swimmer Summer Sanders and got his picture taken with a milk

moustache. The SAMMY winners recently had their milk moustache pictures

published in USA Today, ESPN the Magazine and Sports Illustrated.

"I'm honored

and excited to be chosen as a SAMMY winner," Huefner said. "I'm

glad that hard work and dedication really does pay off. Hopefully others

will see this and strive to do their best as well."

Huefner qualified

for the competition by writing an essay on "why milk is important

to him and his life." He was among 75 semifinalists from a region

that included North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. Huefner was

one of the three finalists from that region, chosen by the celebrity athlete

judge for that region, Mia Hamm.

Over 50,000

student athletes entered the competition and Huefner was among the 25

winners to be inducted into the Sammy Hall of Fame. He enjoyed an all

expense paid trip to Orlando, marched in the SpectroMagic parade with

the other winners, received a $7,500 scholarship and a crystal trophy.

Pretty amazing.

But more amazing when you consider that Huefner was also named the Wendy's

High School Heisman winner during the school year, was a Coca-Cola Scholar,

a National Merit Scholar and the school's salutatorian. He received close

to $20,000 in scholarship money this year and that is not including the

big one, the ROTC Scholarship that will give him full tuition to Harvard

for all four years, which totals close to $200,000.

In addition

to his incredible academic achievements, Huefner played football, soccer

and cross country at McIntosh, was an Eagle Scout and did volunteering

throughout the community. He also spent some time this summer helping

out at Boys State. Last year, Huefner was a participant in Boys Nation.

When not hanging

around and spending time with his friends before buckling down at Harvard

in the fall, Huefner is teaching SAT preparation courses. Students are

probably hoping some of Huefner's success rubs off on them. First, they

should probably start drinking more milk.