All American Husky Danny Shelton visits his alma mater AHS

January 30, 2015

Danny Shelton, who graduated from AHS in 2011 and played varsity football for the University of Washington returned to give a speech in the school gym on Friday, December 12.  Shelton was named an Academic All-American and according to the University of Washington football page has earned many honors, some for the first time in the programs history.  The football page (http://www.gohuskies.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=208062113) states that Shelton is “The first Husky football player to earn Academic All-America first-team honors since 1991 … the only player in the nation named first-team All-America first-team Academic All-America in 2015 … earned first-team All-America from USA Today and SB Nation and second-team from Walter Camp and CBS Sports … named a Midseason All-America by ESPN, NFL.com and The Sporting News … also made Phil Steele’s Midseason All-America second team … led the nation (by himself) in fumble recoveries, with five … also ranks No. 14 in tackles for loss with 16.5 and No. 19 in sacks with 9.0 … started all 13 games at nose tackle … named a first-team preseason All-America by The Sporting News … also named third-team preseason All-America by Athlon.”