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The Pacific Club IMPACT Foundation has named TCU defensive end Jerry Hughes a finalist for the sixth-annual Lott Trophy.



The Lott Trophy is the first college football award to equally recognize athletic performance and the personal character attributes of the player.



Hughes is extremely involved in the community. Among a myriad of activities, he has been a mentor at the Fortress Youth Development Center in Fort Worth. He also routinely speaks to elementary and middle-school kids while volunteering at youth football clinics. Hughes is on pace to graduate this spring, in four years, with a degree in communications.



A 2008 consensus All-American, Hughes received a Local Hero Award from Bank of America last month for his work in the community. He was honored with local leaders at a luncheon at the Dallas Cowboys' stadium in Arlington.



Hughes has 15 tackles for loss, including 11 1/2 sacks, in leading No. 4 TCU (12-0, 8-0) to the cusp of its first BCS appearance.



Hughes is also a finalist for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Rotary Lombardi Award and Lowe's Senior CLASS Award.



The other three Lott Trophy finalists are Eric Berry of Tennessee, Ndaumkong Suh of Nebraska and Rolando McClain of Alabama. The Lott Trophy banquet will be held Dec. 13 at The Pacific Club in Newport Beach, Calif., and be televised live on Fox Sports West. The winner will be announced that night.



Sponsored by The Pacific Club IMPACT Foundation in Newport Beach, the award is given to the player who exhibits the same characteristics Lott embodied during his distinguished career: integrity, maturity, performance, academics, community and tenacity.



Ohio State linebacker James Laurinaitis was last year's Lott Trophy recipient.