IRVING, Texas – Alabama State University senior kicker Bobby Wenzig was named a member of the 2014 National Football Foundation (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society.
The NFF had a record of 832 players from 267 different teams named to the Society which started in 2007. To become a member each player must have maintained a cumulative 3.2 grade point average (gpa) over the course of their collegiate football career.
The NFF Hampshire Honor Society expands the number of scholar-athletes the NFF can recognize each year. The Society encourages academic performance by the student-athletes who play football at more than 700 colleges and universities with football programs.
The Society has honored 4,927 student-athletes since its 2007 inception and the program has grown every year in members, including this year’s record honorees.
The Society was provided from an endowment from Jon F. Hanson, the chairman and founder of The Hampshire Companies to launch the Society and he currently serves the organization as chairman emeritus. Each player awarded with membership in the Society will receive a certificate commemorating their achievement.
Over the course of his career, Wenzig arguably has become one of the most decorated football players in the history of ASU football. He was named to several All-America teams as well as being a three-time All-Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) performer based on his performances as both a kicker and punter.
His membership into the NFF Hampshire Honor Society is just the latest in a long line of academic honors the San Diego native has received for his performance in the classroom.
