The home schooled movement this week was especially proud of one of their own as the first home schooler (and first sophomore) won the Heisman Trophy as the nation's outstanding college football player. Tim Tebow, the outstanding quarterback for the Florida Gators, and his siblings were home schooled by his Christian missionary parents. Florida is one of the states which allows home schooled students to participate in their local public schools' athletic programs.

Tim Tebow was born in the Philippines and he returns there in the summers to preach and to do charity work. His mother had fallen into a coma in the Philippines after drinking contaminated water and got amoebic dysentery. Then Mrs. Tebow received certain medications during her pregnancy and her physicians told her that her unborn baby was irreversibly damaged. She refused to abort her child and Tim Tebow was born, and the rest is history.

Mrs. Pam Tebow said, "We taught our children from a young age that in everything, you give thanks to the Lord. There's something supernatural that takes place when you trade your anxieties for God's peace." Christy Tebow-Allen, who is Tim's eldest sister and who works as a missionary in Asia said just before Tim Tebow's winning the Heisman Trophy, "I am not surprised that Timmy is a finalist for the Heisman. The combination of Timmy's God-given talent, hard work, character and leadership have made a mark on and off the football field."