The Hendrix Award is named for Dr. James P. Hendrix ’25, who starred on the football field at Davidson and served as the President of the Student Body. He was an all-state halfback on the 1924 team that finished 7-2-1, and was a member of the varsity track team. Later one of the nation’s leading specialists in internal medicine, Hendrix served as a Trustee to the College for 13 years, and was an original member of the Davidson College Athletics Hall of Fame. The Hendrix Award is presented annually to a Davidson football letterman who, by the use of lessons learned on the playing field, has gone on to achieve outstanding success in his chosen profession.  

Each fall the Hendrix Award is presented at a home football game.