IRVING, Texas - Ten UW-Stout senior football players have been named to the 2024 National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society.
Wyatt Beyerl,
Cannon Griner,
Mack Klafter,
Will Knutson,
Matt Pomietlo,
Mason Priebe,
John Smozynski,
Carson Strong,
Gervase Thompson and
Mitch Waechter represented the Blue Devils. UW-Stout was one of 59 schools and 28 Division III institutions that had 10 or more individuals honored.
The 2024 NFF Hampshire Honor Society, which is comprised of college football players from all divisions of the NCAA, NAIA and sprint football who each maintained a cumulative 3.2 GPA or better throughout their college careers.
An elite group of 1,988 players from 339 schools qualified for membership in 2024, setting a new record for the number of members in a single year during the program's 18-year history. The initiative has now honored 18,386 student-athletes since its inception.
The NFF Hampshire Honor Society capitalizes on the NFF's National Scholar-Athlete program by greatly expanding the number of scholar-athletes the NFF can recognize each year. The program further strengthens the organization's leadership role in encouraging academic performance by the student-athletes at the 772 colleges and universities with football programs nationwide.
Blue Devils named to the society include:
2023 - James Anderson, Nick Arguedas, Sean Borgerding, Parker Fossum, Scott Gustafson, Ethan Olson, and Andrew Thompson
2022 - Rayshawn Graham, Haydon Miller, Justin Schlangen
2021 - Alec Benzinger, Bailey Roux, J.Dan Sturgeon, Dawson Tusow
2020 - Justin Herbst, Thomas Roble, Brandon Vecchio, Luke Wilz, Aaron Wisecup
2019 - Caleb Adams, Jason Dilly, Clay Dziekan, Shawn Magee, Levi Wolf
2018 - Jared Allen, Tony Blair, Cody Marquardt, Jacob Nelson, Iyen Ogbomoh, Enzo Rosani, Troy Rudesill, Mason Sturm
2017 - Joe Hakeem, Ben Hall, Mark Hatcher, Josh Robinson, Logan Stoa, Travis Urlaub.
2016 - Kyle Hoefft, David Koronkiewicz, Collin Laursen
2015 - Tyler Naatz
2014 - David Goebel
2013 - Josh Peterson
