ASU punter Matt Haack a semifinalist as top football scholar-athlete
Sep 28, 2016, 5:43 PM
Arizona State senior punter Matt Haack was named a semifinalist for the 2016 William V. Campbell Trophy, an award that recognizes the top scholar-athlete in the nation. The announcement was made by the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame on Wednesday.
Haack earned First-Team All-Pac-12 All-Academic Honors in 2015 and won the Pat Tillman Outstanding Academic Achievement Award.
As a sports business and media major at the W.P. Carey School of Business, Haack has a 3.44 cumulative GPA while in the Barrett Honors College.
“These 156 impressive candidates truly represent the scholar-athlete ideal,” said NFF Chairman Archie Manning in a release. “It is important for us to showcase their success on the football field, in the classroom and in the community. This year’s semifinalists further illustrate the power of our great sport in developing the next generation of influential leaders.”
The NFF will award $18,000 in postgraduate scholarships to the 12-14 finalists on Nov. 1. Finalists will travel to New York City for the 59th NFF Annual Awards Dinner on Dec. 6 where one winner will be proclaimed and have his scholarship increase to $25,000.
