IRVING, Texas -- The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) named nine Washington & Jefferson College senior football players as members of its 2022 Hampshire Honor Society, the organization announced earlier this week.
Sean Doran (New Castle, Pa./Neshannock),
Max Garda (Lower Burrell, Pa./Burrell),
Elijah Goosby (Rochester, Pa./Rochester),
Justin Heacock (New Concord, Ohio/John Glenn),
Joey Koroly (Washington, Pa./Trinity),
Will Paczkoskie (Meadville, Pa./Meadville),
Jack Ryan (Lower Burrell, Pa./Burrell),
Jacob Sarver (Sarver, Pa./Freeport) and
Andrew Wolf (Ashland, Ohio/Hillsdale) received selection to the NFF Hampshire Honor Society.
W&J was one of 52 schools across all divisions with at least nine members in 2022. Those schools included Brown, Carnegie Mellon (PA), Catholic (DC), Central (IA), Chadron State (NE), Chicago (IL), Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CA), Coastal Carolina, Columbia, Cornell, Cornell Sprint Football, Dartmouth, Davidson, Dayton, DePauw (IN), Franklin & Marshall (PA), Gustavus Adolphus (MN), Hardin-Simmons (TX), Harvard, Hendrix (AR), Hillsdale (MI), Illinois, Iowa State, Ithaca (NY), Johns Hopkins (MD), Kalamazoo (MI), Lake Forest (IL), Loras (IA), Macalester (MN), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northern Iowa, Northwestern, Ohio Northern, Peru State (NE), Pomona-Pitzer (CA), Redlands (CA), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY), Rochester (NY), Rose-Hulman (IN), Saint John's (MN), Sioux Falls (SD), St. Lawrence (NY), St. Thomas, Stanford, Stonehill (MA), Texas A&M-Commerce, Tufts (MA), Union (NY), Washington & Jefferson (PA), Washington Univ. in St. Louis (MO), Wheaton (IL) and Williams (MA).
The list 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 1,564 players from 314 schools qualified for membership in 2022, the Society's 16th year. The 1,564 honorees are the second most in a single year during the program's history. The initiative has now honored 14,645 student-athletes since its inception.
"As the National Football Foundation celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2022, we are pleased to honor another impressive group of athletes as part of this year's Hampshire Honor Society," said NFF President & CEO Steve Hatchell. "Over the last 16 years, the Hampshire Honor Society has served as a powerful vehicle for schools to recognize their college football players who have distinguished themselves both academically and athletically, and we congratulate the schools and each of these young men for their commitment to excellence in all aspects of their lives."
Nominated by their respective schools, members of the NFF Hampshire Honor Society must have:
- Completed their final year of playing eligibility in Fall 2021;
- Graduated players, who have remaining eligibility but will not return to collegiate play (e.g. declared for NFL Draft or retired from football), may also be nominated.
- Attained a minimum undergraduate cumulative GPA of 3.2 (4.0 scale);
- Met all NCAA/NAIA-mandated progress towards degree requirements; and
- Been starters or significant contributors throughout the 2021 season.
