2024 AveryStrong Showcase Makes Return to Washington

AveryStrong Showcase college liaison Ryan Clary (far left), University of Puget Sound head coach Jeff Thomas (second from right) and AveryStrong Showcase college liaison Frank Murdock (far right) present the Avery Huffman DIPG Foundation, represented by Avery’s big brother Cade and father Brandon, with a $10,000 donation.

After returning to the state of Washington last June, the 2024 AveryStrong Showcase once again returned to the Evergreen State on Sunday, June 2nd.

Less than two miles from where Avery was diagnosed with DIPG just nine years earlier, the University of Puget Sound hosted the 2024 AveryStrong Showcase.

Despite a driving rain that lasted all day, over 800 high school football players from around the country and even from Europe took to UPS to show their stuff for nearly 30 colleges.

Coaches from a number of schools were on hand, including Washington, with head coach Jedd Fisch, Washington State, with head coach Jake Dickert, Oregon, with head coach Dan Lanning, Idaho, with head coach Jason Eck, Central Washington, with head coach Chris Fisk and host coach Jeff Thomas of Puget Sound as well as coaches from across the country.

The first event bearing Avery’s name after the foundation was established in 2016 was the AveryStrong College Showcase in the Northwest and subsequent events in Southern California and Northern California.

The No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft in 2023, 2021 Heisman Trophy Winner Bryce Young, received his first scholarship offer at the AveryStrong Showcase in Southern California, before he even started high school.

Founded by former Washington quarterback Taylor Barton, he would later create the #brAvery Northwest 7v7 Tour.

Since its inception, Barton Football has donated nearly $90,000 to the Avery Huffman DIPG Foundation with events in Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho and Alaska, over the past eight years.

During the event, AHDF executive director and co-founder, Brandon Huffman, shared Avery’s story with each camper in all five sessions.

Tents, flags, shirts and awards all bored Avery’s name, picture or the foundation logo.

At the conclusion of the event, the camp and 7v7 tour donated $10,000 to the Avery Huffman DIPG Foundation, continuing their support of the foundation, the single largest supporter since the inception of the foundation in 2016.

Avery always loved watching football and baseball- mostly to watch her big brother, Cade, play.

And while the football community stood beside her during her cancer fight, it continues to fight in her name and honor, carrying on her legacy and giving players opportunities to keep playing the game they love while supporting the fight against DIPG.

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