2011 SLC Steve McCarty Citizenship Award
2010 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District VI 1st Team
2010 All-SLC Honorable Mention
2010 FCS Athletics Directors Association Academic All-Star Team
2010 SLC All-Academic
SLC Commissioner’s Fall Academic Honor Roll
Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Contact
2010 Wild Demon Club Honor
Has received two major honors for his campus and community service and leadership, being named one of 135 students nationally named as a Newman Civic Fellow and receiving the 2011 Southland Conference's Steve McCarty Citizenship Award.
The McCarty Award honors outstanding qualities in citizenship, sportsmanship, leadership and community service. Newman Civic Fellows are identified by Campus Contact. That organization recognized him as one of 135 students from 30 states who are inspiring college student leaders who have shown an investment in finding solutions for challenges facing communities.
Elqutub, president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee at NSU, is a national representative for the Southland Conference on the NCAA's SAAC and attended the January 2010 NCAA Convention in San Antonio. He is president of Alpha Epsilon Delta, the honor society for pre-med majors, and is treasurer of Blue Key and a member of Phi Kappa Phi.
Elqutub is a recipient of the Presidential Award and Scholars' Research Award. Last fall, Northwestern students chose him to be king of the Homecoming Honor Court. Elqutub is a member of NSU's NCAA Cycle 3 Certification Steering Committee, serving on the Commitment to Equity Subcommittee.
At Northwestern, Elqutub has raised awareness and involved others in a variety of local, national, and international initiatives that enrich the lives of children. He has been involved with the Families in Need of Service (FINS) program and "Up 'Til Dawn" for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Over the last two years he has volunteered over 200 hours of his personal time to campus and community causes.
In April 2010, he helped organize fundraisers during a week of campus activities promoting awareness for Samaritan's Feet, an organization that provides new shoes to children in developing countries.
2010: One of the anchors on the “Purple Swarm” defense as he finished third on the team with 68 tackles... had one sack and 4.5 tackles for a loss... four quarterback hurries, two pass break ups, and a forced fumble... starter in all 11 games... posted a career-high 12 stops at Texas State... had nine tackles with six solos at Southeastern Louisiana... picked up his sack at North Dakota and had nine stops with 1.5 TFLs against Samford.
2009: Played in seven games and recorded three tackles… one in each of the Baylor, Southeastern, and Nicholls games.
2008: Squadsman.
2007: Redshirted.
Elqutub in High School: Texas All-Academic team... district honorable mention as a senior helping his team to an 11-2 finish and a regional semifinal qualifier... a member of the National Honor Society, Muslim Student Organization, and Peer Assistant Leadership... graduated with a 3.997 grade point average.
Elqutub's Personal: Born June 17, 1989... son of Hany and Maha Elqutub... father is a mortgage broker and mother a realtor… two brothers, Samer and Eyad, and a sister, Reem... Samer plays football at Southern Nazarene University in Oklahoma and Eyad plays football at Cinco Ranch HS… majoring in scientific inquiry and is a Scholar's College Ambassdor... the 2010-11 president of Student-Athlete Advisory Committee after serving as vice-president in 2009-10... does volunteer work at Boy's and Girl's Club, Natchitoches Hospital, Alzheimer's Walk, March of Dimes, where he raised $250 for the cause… created a dodgeball club at NSU… plans on becoming a physician or doing research on the human brain… majoring in scientific inquiry with a minor in philosophy.
