UNT Health Fort Worth took its place on football\u2019s biggest stage on Sunday.<\/p>\n
As part of the NFL\u2019s \u201cMy Cause My Cleats\u201d campaign, Dallas Cowboys offensive lineman Brock Hoffman featured the Physician Assistant Studies program at UNT Health Fort Worth, a tribute inspired by his wife, Abbey Montoya, a first-year PA student.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy wife works incredibly hard in PA school, and I get to see what she and her classmates go through every day,\u201d Hoffman said. \u201cSeeing her dedication has given me a deeper appreciation for the medical field and for the people who devote their lives to helping others.\u201d<\/p>\n
Montoya, a Colorado native and former collegiate softball player, began her journey at UNT Health after the couple relocated to North Texas when Hoffman joined the Cowboys in 2021.<\/p>\n
The two met as student-athletes at Coastal Carolina University, later reconnecting after Hoffman transferred to Virginia Tech.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe came to Fort Worth because Brock was here,\u201d Montoya said. \u201cI always knew I wanted to go to PA school, and once Brock had some stability in the NFL, I started applying to programs in Texas. When I got into UNT Health, it was an easy decision \u2014 it was the perfect fit for both of us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hoffman\u2019s cleats featured the UNT Health logo and imagery tied to the PA program\u2019s mission of preparing compassionate health care providers. He wore them during pregame warmups before participating in the NFL\u2019s charity auction benefiting the organizations selected by each player.<\/p>\n
\u201cUNT Health\u2019s PA program represents exactly what this initiative is about \u2014 people who dedicate themselves to helping others,\u201d Hoffman said.<\/p>\n
This marks Hoffman\u2019s third year supporting a cause through the leaguewide initiative, which allows players to wear custom cleats that showcase causes meaningful to them.<\/p>\n
In 2023, he honored the American Brain Tumor Association in recognition of his mother\u2019s diagnosis. The following year, he promoted the Derrick James Family Foundation, which aids underprivileged youth in Dallas.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur students train to make a real difference in their communities, and seeing that commitment recognized on a national stage is both humbling and inspiring,\u201d said Lauren Dobbs, chair of UNT Health\u2019s Department of Physician Assistant Studies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UNT Health Fort Worth took its place on football\u2019s biggest stage on Sunday. As part of the NFL\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":404712,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,16720,8998,407,7371,11095,7372,1142,1232,358,7453,3187,67,586,132,5230,74648,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-404711","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-colleges-and-universities","10":"tag-dallas-cowboys","11":"tag-education","12":"tag-fort-worth","13":"tag-fort-worth-inc-staff","14":"tag-fortworth","15":"tag-healthcare","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-texas","18":"tag-top-story","19":"tag-tx","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-unt-health-fort-worth","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115613069991846785","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}