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Lance Cpl. Shaehmus Sawyer speaks with Robert Kraeling, offensive tackle for the East Coast team, during the final practice before the Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl, Jan 2, 2016.

The 2016 Semper Fi Bowl athletes meet their Drill Instructors for the week.

Like the Marine Corps, the 2014 Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl demands quality of character, excellence in education, and proven physical fitness. From Dec. 30, 2014 to Jan. 4, 2015, more than 90 All-American athletes trained with each other and United States Marines to prepare for the bowl game.

U.S. Marine Corps Drill Instructors Staff Sgt. Victor Rodriguez, Sgt. John F. Walker, and Staff Sgt. John L. Walker Jr. mentor and train with Semper Fidelis All-American football players [West Team] during game preparation at Santa Ana Stadium in Santa Ana, Calif., Dec. 31, 2014. The drill instructors, all of Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, worked out with the high school student-athletes, giving them a small taste of how the drill instructors make United States Marines. The bowl, featuring 99 players from across the country, will be nationally televised live from the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif., at 6 p.m. (PST) on Jan. 4, 2015, on Fox Sports 1. (U.S. Marine Corps multimedia produced by Sgt. Tyler J. Bolken/photos and video contributed by Sgts. Dan Valle, Damany Coleman/Released)

Benning Potoa'e, a defensive end for the Lakes High School Lancers varsity football team and 18-year-old native of DuPont, Washington was recently selected for the 2015 Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl and received his jersey from Seattle-area Marines at Lakes High School in Lakewood, Washington Dec. 16, 2014. Potoa'e is among approximately 100 student athletes from across the nation selected to participate in the game at the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif., Jan. 4, 2015. He joins Marysville-Pilchuck High School's Austin Joyner and West Valley High School's Shane Lemieux as the 2015 selectees from Washington State. Also available in high definition. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Reece Lodder)

Prentice McKinney, a safety from South Oak Cliff High School, speaks about his selection to the 2015 Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl.

Jamile Johnson, a safety from South Oak Cliff High School, speaks about his selection to the 2015 Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl.

Shane Lemieux, an offensive tackle for the West Valley High School Rams varsity football team and 17-year-old native of Yakima, Wash., was recently selected for the 2015 Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl and received his jersey from Seattle and Yakima-based Marines at West Valley High School in Yakima, Wash., Oct. 31, 2014. Lemieux is among approximately 100 student athletes from across the nation selected to participate in the game at the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif., Jan. 4, 2015. He joins Marysville-Pilchuck High School standout Austin Joyner as the only 2015 selectees from Washington State. Also available in high definition. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Reece Lodder)

Austin Joyner, a cornerback for the Marysville-Pilchuck High School Tomahawks and 17-year-old native of Marysville, Wash., was presented his Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl jersey by Capt. William Nelson, the executive officer of Marine Corps Recruiting Station Seattle, and Sgt. Jeff Otterson, a local Marine recruiter, during an assembly at Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Marysville, Wash., Oct. 17, 2014. Joyner is among approximately 100 student athletes from across the nation selected to participate in the game at the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif., Jan. 4, 2015. He joins Yakima’s West Valley High School football star Shane Lemieux as the only 2015 selectees from Washington State. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Reece Lodder)

On front of hundreds of University of Texas at Austin fans who were at the event and thousands listening in to the pre UT versus Baylor game, Semper Fidelis All-Americans P.J. Mbanasor, Cornerback at Hendrickson High School and Connor Lanfear, Offensive Tackle at Jack C. Hays High School, received their jerseys from Marine Corps Recruiting Station San Antonio Commanding Officer Maj. Matthew Peterson and Staff Noncommissioned Officer in Charge of Recruiting Sub Station Austin South Gunnery Sgt. Dario Hernandez. The event took place during the "Real Heroes" segment of 104.9 “The Horn” Radio Gameday Broadcast. Their selection to the Semper Fi Bowl symbolizes the trust and confidence the Marine Corps has in the two athletes to represent the West team said Peterson. “Since 1775 the Marine Corps has been showing our enemies across the world that we are the few and the proud,” said Peterson before presenting them with the jerseys. “So it is appropriate (for us to present these jerseys to you), on behalf of the Marine Corps, as you go across the borders of this great state, to show others that you are the few and the proud out of Texas high school players, which are the best football players in the Nation.” (U.S. Marine Corps Motion Imagery by Sgt. Santiago G. Colon Jr.)

Like the Marine Corps, the 2014 Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl demands quality of character, excellence in education, and proven physical fitness. From Dec. 30, 2013 to Jan. 5, 2014, more than 90 All-American athletes trained with each other and United States Marines to prepare for the bowl game.

Sgt. Michael D. Walker, senior drill instructor with Company C, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, talks about how the 2014 Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl athletes exemplify the Marine Corps values through their attitude and initiative on and off the field, Jan, 3. Like the Marine Corps, the Semper Fidelis Football Program demands quality of character, excellence in education, and proven physical fitness. The bowl game will take place at The StubHub Center and will be aired live on the FOX Sports 1 Network Jan. 5, 2014, 6-8 p.m. PST/9:30-11 p.m. EST.