The event featured a plethora of special moments, which kicked off with Bears President & CEO Kevin Warren giving the opening remarks to the students and their family and coaches present.
"Congratulations to all of the young ladies here tonight," Warren said. "It truly is a blessing to have you here this evening. I had an opportunity to watch some of you play this year, and it just reaffirms our commitment to girls flag football, to everything the game and the sport stands for, all the hard work and dedication.
"For us to be able to host you at Soldier Field to honor you for not only being great student-athletes, great students, but most of all, great young people, I would challenge you all to keep doing what you're doing, get a little bit better each day … and keep striving for greatness and working hard. I want to tell every young person in this room, you can do anything that you want to do."
Throughout the evening, all 56 student-athletes were awarded either honorable mention, third-team, second-team or first-team All State honors and received framed certificates signed by Warren and Bears chairman George H. McCaskey to commemorate the honor.
"It feels really amazing," Whitney Young senior Nina Lloyd said. "I mean, to have the support from an NFL team, the Bears, my favorite team, It's amazing. I think we all feel loved."