List of All Nominees
MENOMONIE (October 7, 2013) - UW-Stout defensive lineman
David Goebel (Sr, Minnetonka, Minn) was one of three Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) football student-athletes named as semifinalists for the 2013 National Football Foundation (NFF) National Scholar-Athlete Awards, presented by Fidelity Investments®, a leading provider of not-for-profit workplace retirement savings plans in higher education.
Goebel, along with UW-Eau Claire's Nick Hirsch and UW-Oshkosh's Cory Wipperfurth, also are on the list of semifinalists for the 2013 William V. Campbell Trophy, endowed by HealthSouth, which recognizes an individual as the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation. The trio are three of the 39 selections from NCAA Division III and 170 overall candidates.
Goebel is an retail merchandising and management major, with an minor in buusiness analysis. He is carrying a 3.40 grade point average, has received the Chancellor's Award for Academic Excellence. Goebel is active on campus as the treasurer of Zen Living and a member of the UW-Stout Boxing Club. He has been a volunteer with the local elementary-aged Science Olympiad program and has volunteered to work with a local fifth grade physics program.
On the field, Goebel is a Blue Devil captain and, after three years as the starting fullback, has switched to the defensive line where he has recorded 15 tackles, nine solo, with 1.5 tackles for loss and 1.0 sack. He has also caught a 19-yard pass out of field goal formation. Goebel is also a member of the several special teams.
Nominated by their schools, which are limited to one nominee each, candidates for the awards must be a senior or graduate student in their final year of eligibility, have a GPA of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale, have outstanding football ability as a first team player or significant contributor, and have demonstrated strong leadership and citizenship. The class is selected each year by the NFF Awards Committee, which is comprised of a nationally recognized group of media, College Football Hall of Famers and athletics administrators.
The NFF Awards Committee will select up to 16 recipients, and the results will be announced via a national press release on Thursday, October 31. Each recipient will receive an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship, and they will vie as finalists for the 2013 William V. Campbell Trophy. Each member of the 2013 National Scholar-Athlete Class will also travel to New York City to be honored December 10 during the 56th NFF Annual Awards Dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria where their accomplishments will be highlighted in front of one of the most powerful audiences in all of sports. One member of the class will also be announced live at the event as the winner of the Campbell Trophy.
The past recipients of the Campbell Trophy include: Air Force's Chris Howard (1990); Florida's Brad Culpepper (1991); Colorado's Jim Hansen (1992); Virginia's Thomas Burns (1993); Nebraska's Rob Zatechka (1994); Ohio State's Bobby Hoying (1995); Florida's Danny Wuerffel (1996); Tennessee's Peyton Manning (1997); Georgia's Matt Stinchcomb (1998); Marshall's Chad Pennington (1999); Nebraska's Kyle Vanden Bosch (2000); Miami's (Fla.) Joaquin Gonzalez (2001); Washington University in St. Louis' Brandon Roberts (2002); Ohio State's Craig Krenzel (2003); Tennessee's Michael Munoz (2004); LSU's Rudy Niswanger (2005); Rutgers' Brian Leonard (2006); Texas' Dallas Griffin (2007); Cal's Alex Mack (2008); Florida's Tim Tebow (2009); Texas' Sam Acho (2010); Army's Andrew Rodriguez (2011) and Alabama's Barrett Jones (2012).
