this year's winner is jeffrey mourdock.eporter: university of arkansas's inspirational coral, knows the value of a mentor. >> he is honestly like a dad to a lot of people. like a big brother to a lot of people. he is anything that you need him to be in that moment. >> nice work, man, this is good. >> reporter: because their mentor knows that value too. >> so i started out playing piano when i was 5 years old and there was a family friend who paid for my piano lessons. having someone to kind of get that seed planted for me was meaningful to who i am now. >> reporter: do you think of what your life would be like, if this this family friend had not done that for you at that age? >> i do think about it quite a bit. it would be a bleak existence for me. i think. >> reporter: jeffrey mourdock grew up in a rough neighborhood in biloxi, mississippi. >> i grew up in a part of town where it was not uncommon to see people shot and killed in front of my house. i appreciate the village that was around me that helped me over come the odd