At the Arkansas Razorbacks’ 2014 spring game, the team roster included an extra name. Canaan Sandy of Cave City, Arkansas, was invited by Razorbacks head coach Bret Bielema to participate in the game held on April 26. Sandy, a top-10 finalist in ESPN’s Fans Hall of Fame contest, met the coach at a Razorbacks Club event. Bielema originally planned to have Sandy score a two-point conversion, but during halftime, he decided he wanted Sandy to score a 50-yard touchdown instead. Read the full story here.

Aside from cheering on the Razorbacks, Sandy was highly involved in 4-H and a member of the NJSA. He and his friend Aaron Cobb of Lake City, Arkansas, were featured on the  first Youth Issue of the Seedstock EDGE in June 2001.