A local insurance agency received a distinct honor: present a national award to a collegiate athlete.

Andrew Parr, who has Allstate offices in Salina and Hutchinson, told Salina Post Friday morning that his office was selected to present K-State senior safety Denzel Goolsby with an American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Good Works award on Wednesday.

“We were selected because of our track record with the company and community engagement,” Parr noted.

It was announced last week that Goolsby was one of 22 student-athletes nationally named to the AFCA Good Works Team sponsored by Allstate. The award recognizes players that stood out for their leadership in local communities and overall commitment to giving back.

A Wichita, Kan., native, Goolsby is the fourth Wildcat all-time and second in as many years to be named to the team. He joins offensive lineman Dalton Risner (2018), current K-State quarterbacks coach Collin Klein (2012) and fullback Victor Mann (2005) as former K-State recipients of the award.

Goolsby’s biggest off-field initiative is Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Manhattan, which he has worked with since March of 2016 when he was paired with a little named Shannon. Goolsby has also given countless tours of the football complex, most notably as a fundraiser for Jamie’s Wish Foundation, which raises money for cancer patients.

Goolsby regularly visits Meadowlark Hills Retirement Home in Manhattan in addition to Avita Senior Living in Wichita, the latter in which he became friends with a woman named Aileen. He started visiting Aileen in high school and would continue to do so when he went back home.

Other service projects Goolsby has been involved with include mentoring several underprivileged children in the Manhattan area; visits to elementary schools; visits to Denver to speak to his sister’s underprivileged students; and service as a volunteer speaker at Rock Hill Church in Manhattan.