Residents can vote online through June 17 to make McCallie School valedictorian Ryan Schumacher the first Scholar Athlete Milk Mustache of the Year MVP.
“The person with the most online votes will have $5,000 donated to a charity in their name,” Schumacher said. “To have people vote for you is always cool.”
One vote per day can be cast for Schumacher here.
In order to qualify for the MVP contest, which Schumacher said is new this year, he was first selected along with 24 other students in the United States to receive a $7,500 SAMMY scholarship and a free trip to Orlando, Fla. He will be in Florida this summer from June 24-26. During his trip, Schumacher will meet celebrity athletes such as Dara Torres and Lindsey Vonn who were responsible for choosing the 25 winners out of nearly 40,000 applicants.
To be selected for the SAMMY scholarship, which is awarded to young athletes, he said he had to send a picture of himself to the judges.