Asomugha honored with Iba Award

Posted: June 19, 2012

Nnamdi Asomugha continues to collect "good guy" awards.

Asomugha, a former Byron "Whizzer" White NFL Man of the Year, was in Tulsa, Okla. on Monday to receive the Henry P. Iba Citizen Athlete Award, which is named in memory of the former Oklahoma State basketball coach who was head coach of the U.S. Olympic team in 1964, 1968 and 1972.

Through programs in Asomugha's foundation, he has aided students in the United States and orphans and widows in Nigeria, from where his parents emigrated. This spring, he traveled to Chicago with four students from Philadelphia to give them the experience of visiting another city.

The Eagles organization was the first franchise to get an Iba award, receiving the President's Award for its work in community service through the Eagles Youth Partnership.

"It's a bigger deal when you see that the Eagles are part of it as well, and we have been able to both get recognized for the same sort of thing," Asomugha said. "It's great."

Asomugha is the 12th NFL Iba Award recipient.

- Staff report

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