East-West college all-star game "Making a Difference" for Tampa
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Print   • - A A A +  Tampa, Florida -- The East-West Shrine Game
can be a lot of fun for those watching it at Tropicana Field
each January.  It also comes with a big benefit, from the
college all-star game itself, to the visits that players make
beforehand with pediatric patients at Shriners Hospitals for
Children in Tampa.   "I got to meet Zach and Chris," says seven-
year-old Jessica Hendricks, a patient at Shriners. "We drew
elephants."  To college football fans, "Zach and Chris" are
tight end Zach Sudfeld of Nevada and running back
Christine Michael from Texas A&M.  But to Jessica, they're
friends.  PHOTOS: See photos of the players with the kids of
Shriners  "Zach and Chris were really nice to me," she says.
"That was an awesome moment to see," adds her mother, Eileen,
"Knowing they're with your daughter and they're taking moments
out of their time to be with a little child and tr