Six Football Players Named to NFF 2010 Hampshire Honor Society
DALLAS, Texas – Six Harvard football players have been named to the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) 2010 NFF Hampshire Honor Society. The society is comprised of college football players from all divisions who each maintained a 3.2 GPA or better. A total of 620 players from 246 schools qualified for membership in the society's fourth year.
Carl Ehrlich, Nick Hasselberg, Thomas Hull, Mike Lawler, J.B. Monu and Connor Murphy earned the recognition from Harvard’s senior class.
Qualifications for membership in the NFF Hampshire Honor Society include:
- Being a starter or a significant substitute in one's last year of eligibility at an accredited NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision, Football Championship Subdivision, Division II, Division III, or an NAIA college or university;
- Achieving a 3.2 cumulative grade point average throughout entire course of undergraduate study; and
- Meeting all NCAA-mandated progress towards degree requirements.
"The NFF's mission is to build leaders through football, and
this year's Hampshire Honor Society members are living proof of
that charge," said NFF Chairman Archie Manning.
"Each of these young men has showcased a strong desire to succeed
on and off the football field, and we are certainly proud to honor
them for their accomplishments as the next generation of our
nation's leaders."
The NFF Hampshire Honor Society capitalizes on the NFF's current
National Scholar-Athlete program, greatly expanding the number of
scholar-athletes the NFF can recognize each year and further
strengthening the organization's leadership role in encouraging
academic performance by the student- athletes who play football at
the more than 700 college and universities with football programs
nationwide. Jon F. Hanson, the chairman and
founder of The Hampshire Companies, provided an endowment to launch
the NFF Hampshire Honor Society in 2007. He made the contribution
as part of his legacy to the organization after serving as NFF
chairman from 1994-2006.
"The Hampshire Honor Society's success is a direct reflection of
Jon Hanson's generosity and continued belief in the scholar-athlete
ideal," said NFF President & CEO Steve
Hatchell, "We thank him and those who serve on the
society's advisory committee for helping us empower this most
important initiative, and we encourage every football-playing
school in the country to get involved in the future."
The Hampshire Honor Society becomes the latest component of the
organization's efforts to promote combined athletic and academic
success. Launched in 1959 with a donation from Hall of Fame coach
Earl "Red" Blaik, the NFF's National Scholar-Athlete Awards program
became the first initiative in history to grant postgraduate
scholarships based on a player's combined academic success,
football performance and community leadership.
Since its inception, the NFF National Scholar-Athlete Awards
program has awarded $9.2 million to 724 top scholars and community
leaders. Currently, the NFF distributes more than $300,000 a year
at the national level through the program to 15 individuals. Each
winner of a National Scholar-Athlete Award receives an $18,000
post-graduate scholarship. Additionally, the Campbell Trophy,
endowed by HealthSouth, is given to one member of each year's class
as the absolute best. The winner of the Campbell, claimed by
Florida quarterback Tim Tebow in 2009, receives a total scholarship
of $25,000 and a 24-inch, 25-pound bronze trophy. Through, its
chapter network, the NFF awards an additional $800,000 to local
high school student-athletes, bringing the NFF's annual scholarship
total to more than $1.1 million.
