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4/15/2020 11:00:00 AM | Football
HANOVER, N.H. — The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame (NFF) announced the members of the 2020 NFF Hampshire Honor Society today, and Dartmouth had nine of its student-athletes selected for inclusion.
The honor society is comprised of college football players from all divisions of play who each maintained a cumulative 3.2 GPA or better throughout their college career. A total of 1,432 players from 364 schools qualified for membership in the society's 14th year. The student-athletes must have been a starter or a significant substitute in their last year of eligibility and meet all NCAA- (or NAIA-) mandated progress towards degree requirements and graduation.
The Dartmouth honorees are:
Athlete | Position | Major | GPA |
Tanner Aiono | OL | Biology | 3.38 |
Davis Brief | P | Environmental Studies | 3.24 |
Ben Culmer | OL | Engineering | 3.29 |
Jared Gerbino | QB | Sociology | 3.21 |
Brandon Hester | WR | Sociology | 3.34 |
Niko Lalos | DL | Economics | 3.41 |
Jake Pallotta | QB | Economics | 3.22 |
Anders Peterson | OL | Economics | 3.59 |
Jack Traynor | LB | Engineering | 3.66 |
Founded in 1947 with early leadership from General Douglas MacArthur, Hall of Fame coach (and Dartmouth head coach from 1934-40) Earl "Red" Blaik and immortal journalist Grantland Rice, the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame is a non-profit educational organization that runs programs designed to use the power of amateur football in developing scholarship, citizenship and athletic achievement in young people. With 120 chapters and 12,000 members nationwide, NFF programs include the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta, the William V. Campbell Trophy, the NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class and a series of initiatives to honor the legends of the past and inspire the leaders of the future.