Northwestern University Athletics
Five Wildcats Named to 2009 NFF Hampshire Honor Society
4/23/2009 12:00:00 AM | Football
April 23, 2009
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Five seniors from Northwestern's 2008 football team were named today to the National Football Foundation's Hampshire Honor Society, which is comprised of college football players from all divisions of play who each maintained a 3.2 grade point average (GPA) or better.
Named to the Society from Northwestern are: quarterback C.J. Bachér (Sacramento, Calif./Jesuit), long snapper Phil Brunner (South Milwaukee, Wis./South Milwaukee), linebacker Mike Dinard (Parma, Ohio/Padua Franciscan), offensive guard Keegan Kennedy (Jupiter, Fla./Cardinal Newman) and wide receiver Eric Peterman (Sherman, Ill./Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin).
In addition to achieving a 3.2 cumulative GPA, an honoree must have been a starter or a significant substitute in one's last year of eligibility and must be meeting all NCAA-mandated progress toward degree requirements.
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.
All five Northwestern players earned Academic All-Big Ten honors in 2008 while Peterman was a National Football Foundation Draddy Trophy semifinalist last fall.
