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- ↑ The Mission of the Rudy Foundation
- ↑ 2007 Rudy Award winner Archived 2009-10-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ The Rudy Award Archived 2009-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Rudy Awards". www.collegerudyawards.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-05.
- ↑ "Home". highschoolrudyawards.com.