Five Football Seniors Earn 2025 NFFs Hampshire Honor Society Spots

The National Football Foundation (NFF) released its 2025 Hampshire Honor Society honorees on Wednesday (April 16) morning, and five Ashland University senior football players are on the list:

• Whip Isaiah Clark had a 3.38 cumulative grade-point average through the 2024 fall semester as a Business Management major. In 2024, the second-team All-Great Midwest Athletic Conference selection collected 50 total tackles (30 solo), seven tackles for loss, two interceptions and a fumble recovery.
• Wide receiver Dru Johnson sports a 3.73 cumulative GPA as a Sport Management major. A member of the 2024 Allstate American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Good Works Team, he caught 23 passes for 337 yards and a touchdown this past season.
• Wide receiver Tony Pannunzio has a 3.92 cumulative GPA as a Biology major. A second-team College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America, CSC Academic All-District and second-team all-conference pick, he caught 59 passes for 933 yards and five touchdowns and blocked a kick in the fall.
• Defensive tackle Collin Strong is a Religion major with a 3.62 cumulative GPA. The CSC Academic All-District pick ended 2024 with 25 total tackles, three tackles for loss, a sack, an interception, a fumble recovery and a blocked kick.
• Safety Bobby Young has a 3.66 cumulative GPA as a Supply Chain Management major. Also a CSC Academic All-District selection, his 2024 campaign featured 32 total tackles, two interceptions and a forced fumble.

Since 2008, 61 Ashland University football players have earned NFF Hampshire Honor Society status – 57 of those coming since 2015.
 
The NFF Hampshire Honor Society 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.
 
Nominated by their respective schools, members of the NFF Hampshire Honor Society must be either:

• A senior player, who will graduate this spring/summer, and just completed his final year of playing eligibility in 2023; or
• A graduated player, who has been out of high school at least three years;

And must have:

• Attained a minimum undergraduate cumulative GPA of 3.2 (4.0 scale); and
• Been starters or significant contributors throughout the 2024 season.

2025 – Isaiah Clark, Dru Johnson, Tony Pannunzio, Collin Strong, Bobby Young
2024 – Isaac Hadley, Trent Maddox, Jake McLoughlin, Ryan Pool
2023 – Logan Bolin, Austin Brenner, Nick Cone, Storm Elsesser, Alex Enders, Gavin Posey, Garrett Turnbaugh
2022 – Austin Phillips, Curtis Roupe, Scott Valentine, Austin Williams
2021 – Sterling Armstrong, Ryan Corkrean, Satchel Denton, Tyler Tokos
2020 – Ryan Coleman, Ben Fago, Jacob Heath, Ryan Maguire, Nick Powers, Tristan Reichelderfer, Clay Shreve, Wes Wenning
2019 – Travis Downing, Trevor Downing, Jamie Hence, Jack Holl, Brandon
May, Luke Ogi, Isiah Roberts, Isaiah Stiverson
2018 – John Conner, Dominic Giunta, Michael Griffin, Anthony Grundy, Harrison Hoppel, Matt Murphy, Aidan Simenc, Austin Utter, Justin Wazbinski, Matthew Wilcox
2017 – Zach Bernhard
2016 – Jon Cipa, Chase Hoobler
2015 – Eric Schwieterman, Logan Slavinski, Kyle Tomko, James Triplett
2013 – Donnie Dottei
2011 – Joe Horn
2010 – Nick Bellanco
2008 – Vince Cashdollar