The Selma Quarterback Club gave out five scholarships to area students Monday night and also heard from Mike “Captain Crunch” Kolen, who played on the undefeated 1972 Miami Dolphins.

The club awarded Dallas County High School’s Kedrick Wilson, Paul Daniels and Patrick Haskell and Morgan Academy’s John Tyler Fisher and Chase Utsey scholarships Monday night. The scholarships are worth $4,000 apiece.

“They came in, they interviewed well, their grades and civic involvement, presentation, interview skills — it’s just a total package,” said Gus Colvin, who oversees the club’s scholarship committee. “Those are skills you are going to have to have when you get out in the real world.”

Through the years, the quarterback club has given out over $300,000 in scholarship money.

There were 35 applications turned in this year, Colvin said, and about 16 students went through the interview process.

“It definitely means a lot that the community is behind my back,” Daniels said. “It’s a great honor.”

Fisher said he’d love to attend Auburn and go into nursing, but regardless of where he goes, the scholarship will help immensely.

“No matter where you go, it’ll help everyone financially,” Fisher said. “Some people may get athletic or academic scholarships, but that’s just extra. It’ll help everybody out.”

The club also heard from Kolen, who played on one of the greatest teams in sports history. The 1972 Miami Dolphins remain the only undefeated team in NFL history and Kolen played linebacker on those teams.

“It was a great thrill and as a result of a lot of hard work, dedication and commitment,” Kolen said. “It was probably one of the greatest team efforts in the history of any sport, not just any football, but any sport.”

Winning didn’t come easy. Kolen talked about four-a-day practices under head coach Don Shula.

“He realized if we were going to be champions, we were going to have to pay the price,” Kolen said.

Kolen played in three Super Bowls by the age of 25 and realized “he was in the right place at the right time.”

“Being a part of a championship team like that really opens a lot of doors,” he said.

Before his time in the NFL, Kolen was a two-time All-SEC linebacker at Auburn. He earned his nickname, Captain Crunch, for his hard hitting defensive plays.

The club will have its final meeting Dec. 12 when ESPN recruiting analyst Tom Luginbill.