Cypress Creek High School Silverados and cheerleaders form a tunnel for alumnus Dan Neil, right, before he is honored in a Golden Football presentation for the Super Bowl High School Honor Roll on Jan. 26.
Jan. 26, 2016—Cypress Creek High School recognized three alumni and Super Bowl champions with a Wilson Golden Football presentation during halftime of the Cypress Creek boys’ basketball game on Jan. 26.
The celebration was part of the Super Bowl High School Honor Roll initiative, recognizing schools and communities that contributed to Super Bowl history and positively impacted the game of football.
Cypress Creek Principal Vicki Snokhous honors Super Bowl champion Dan Neil with a Golden Football that will be displayed at Neil’s alma mater during a Jan. 26 ceremony at the school.
Three Cougar alumni were recognized with commemorative Wilson Golden Footballs that will be displayed at Cypress Creek:
- Sam Adams, 1991 graduate and Super Bowl XXXV champion;
- Cameron Fleming, 2010 graduate and Super Bowl XLIX champion; and
- Dan Neil, 1992 graduate and Super Bowl XXXII and XXXIII champion.
Although Adams and Fleming were unable to attend the ceremony, Neil—a two-time champion with the Denver Broncos—returned with some praise for his former high school.
Former Cypress Creek Principal Jan Aragon and former football coach Les Koenning congratulate alumnus Dan Neil on his Golden Football for winning a Super Bowl with the Denver Broncos.
“As far as my career in football, I couldn’t think of a better place to begin your career than this high school, this school district and this city,” Neil said. “We had great leadership, great coaches and a great environment. I’m very honored to be a Cy Creek Cougar.”
Neil’s and Adams’ former high school coach, Les Koenning, supported his players at the event.
Dan Neil joins in a singing of the Cypress Creek alma mater with (L-R) Vicki Snokhous, Cypress Creek principal; Don Ryan and Bob Covey, Board members; and Jim Wells, former Cypress Creek principal, on Jan. 26.
“I coached here 21 years, and so many of the players are special,” he said. “Dan and Sam worked hard to achieve their goals and they were fortunate they got into the Super Bowl. I’m proud of every one of them.”
Neil said he felt honored to have a Golden Football with his name on it given to Cypress Creek.
Joined by Principal Vicki Snokhous, Cypress Creek head football coach and athletic coordinator Greg McCaig reads the biographies of the school’s three Golden Football honorees.
“To think that ball’s going to be in the trophy case for years to come is really something that I don’t have words for,” he said. “I think it helps set a great tradition for the current students that tells them that anything is possible.”
Nearly 3,000 players and head coaches who were part of Super Bowl rosters, and more than 2,000 high schools, were recognized in the Honor Roll initiative, part of the NFL's On The Fifty campaign commemorating Super Bowl 50, set for Feb. 7 in San Francisco.
For more information, visit http://www.nfl.com/sbhonorroll.
Director Sharon Paul leads the Cypress Creek choir in singing the alma mater to conclude the Golden Football presentation at halftime of the Cypress Creek vs. Cy-Fair boys’ basketball game on Jan. 26.
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