WORCESTER, Mass. – Holy Cross senior tight end Derek Mountain has been selected as one of 185 semifinalists for the 2019 William V. Campbell Trophy presented by Mazda, as announced by the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame. Mountain and the other 184 semifinalists make up the candidates for the 2019 National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Class presented by Fidelity Investments. Each of the semifinalists is a senior or graduate student in their final year of eligibility, with a grade point average of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale, outstanding football ability as a starter or significant contributor, and strong leadership and citizenship skills.
“These 185 impressive candidates truly represent the scholar-athlete ideal,” said National Football Foundation chairman Archie Manning, whose sons Peyton and Eli were named NFF National Scholar-Athletes in 1997 and 2003, respectively. “For more than 60 years, the NFF National Scholar-Athlete program has showcased more than 800 college football players who have been successful on the football field, in the classroom and in the community. And we are excited to celebrate the 30th year of the William V. Campbell Trophy presented by Mazda, which honors the best of the best. This year's semifinalists further illustrate the power of our great sport in developing the next generation of influential leaders.”
From the group of 185 semifinalists, the NFF awards committee will select and announce 12-14 finalists on Oct. 30. Each finalist will be recognized as part of the 2019 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class, receiving an $18,000 post-graduate scholarship. The Campbell Trophy winner, who will have his scholarship increased to $25,000, will be announced live at the NFF's annual awards dinner on Dec. 10. This year's postgraduate scholarships will push the program's all-time distribution to more than $11.7 million.
In three games played this season, Mountain ranks second on the team in receiving with 11 catches for 130 yards. Over the course of his collegiate career, he has caught 35 passes for 429 yards and five touchdowns.
A complete list of semifinalists for the 2019 William V. Campbell Trophy follows.
2019 SEMIFINALISTS FOR THE WILLIAM V. CAMPBELL TROPHY PRESENTED BY MAZDA
Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS)
Air Force: Isaiah Sanders
Akron: John Lako
Appalachian State: Jordan Fehr
Arizona: Cody Creason
Arizona State: Kyle Williams
Arkansas State: Cody Grace
Auburn: Jack Driscoll
Ball State: Riley Miller
Baylor: Marques Jones
Boise State: Matt Locher
Brigham Young: Talon Shumway
Buffalo: Matt Otwinowski
California: Steven Coutts
Central Florida: Jordan Johnson
Central Michigan: Clay Walderzak
Charlotte: Tyriq Harris
Clemson: Sean Pollard
Colorado: Lucas Cooper
Duke: Quentin Harris
East Carolina: Alex Turner
Eastern Michigan: Brody Hoying
Florida International: James Morgan
Georgia: Rodrigo Blankenship
Georgia Southern: Tyler Bass
Georgia State: Terry Thomas
Illinois: Dre Brown
Indiana: Nick Westbrook
Iowa State: Ray Lima
Kansas State: Adam Holtorf
Louisiana State: Blake Ferguson
Memphis: Dustin Woodard
Miami (Fla.): K.J. Osborn
Michigan: Jordan Glasgow
Michigan State: Cole Chewins
Navy: Travis Brannan
Nevada: Quinton Conaway
New Mexico State: Dylan Brown
Northern Illinois: Jordan Steckler
Northwestern: Jared Thomas
Notre Dame: Christopher Finke
Ohio State: Jordan Fuller
Oklahoma: Connor McGinnis
Oklahoma State: Matt Ammendola
Oregon: Justin Herbert
Oregon State: Andrzej Hughes-Murray
Penn State: Blake Gillikan
Pittsburgh: Jim Medure
Purdue: Markus Bailey
Rice: Myles Adams
San Diego State: Parker Houston
San Jose State: Josh Love
South Carolina: Jake Bentley
South Florida: Kirk Livingstone
Stanford: Casey Toohill
Temple: Zack Mesday
Texas: Zach Shackelford
Texas A&M: Braden Mann
Texas-San Antonio: Andrew Martel
Texas State: Hutch White
Texas Tech: Travis Bruffy
Toledo: Reggie Gilliam
Tulane: Christian Montano
Utah State: Jacoby Wildman
Vanderbilt: Cody Markel
Virginia: Jordan Mack
Wake Forest: Cade Carney
Washington: Nick Harris
Washington State: Gage Gubrud
West Virginia: Reese Donahue
Western Michigan: Jon Wassink
Wyoming: Cooper Rothe
Football Championship Subdivision (FCS)
Austin Peay State: Pat Walker
Brown: Nicholas Allsop
Bucknell: Alex Pechin
Butler: Brad Sznajder
Campbell: Michael Wooten
Colgate: Chris Puzzi
Columbia: Arman Samouk
Cornell: Jelani Taylor
Dartmouth: Jack Traynor
Davidson: Ethan Steinbacher
Dayton: Tim Simon
Eastern Illinois: Joe Caputo
Eastern Kentucky: Samuel Hayworth
Eastern Washington: Spencer Blackburn
Florida A&M: Elijah Richardson
Harvard: Brogan McPartland
Holy Cross: Derek Mountain
Illinois State: Ty DeForest
Jackson State: C.J. Anderson
Marist: Andrew McElroy
Mercer: Dorian Kithcart
Montana: Dante Olson
Montana State: Jered Padmos
Morgan State: Ian McBorrough
Nicholls State: Dontrell Taylor
Norfolk State: Ricky Thomas
North Dakota State: Ben Ellefson
Northwestern State: Chris Zirkle
Pennsylvania: Greg Begnoche
Princeton: Andrew Griffin
Sacramento State: Nick Bianco
Sacred Heart: Jordan Meachum
South Dakota State: Christian Rozeboom
Stetson: Gaven DeFilippo
Tennessee Tech: Seth Huner
Villanova: Simon Bingelis
William & Mary: Nate Atkins
Yale: Sterling Strother
Youngstown State: Kyle Hegedus
Division II
Ashland (Ohio): Clay Shreve
Bentley (Mass.): Ryan McCarthy
Colorado State-Pueblo: Dan List
East Stroudsburg (Pa.): Levi Murphy
Ferris State (Mich.): Travis Russell
Frostburg State (Md.): Vincent Persichetti
Harding (Ark.): Taylor Streeter
Minnesota State-Mankato: Alex Goettl
Newberry (S.C.): Tyler Lindsay
Northern State (S.D.): Zach Mohs
Northwest Missouri State: Ryan Spelhaug
Oklahoma Baptist: Hayden Ashley
Ouachita Baptist (Ark.): Brockton Brown
Sioux Falls (S.D.): Gabriel Watson
Southern Arkansas: SirCharles Perkins
Stonehill (Mass.): Matthew Haite
Tarleton State (Texas): Brant Bailey
Wayne State (Mich.): Ryan Smith
Wingate (N.C.): Connor Baroniunas
Division III
Allegheny (Pa.): Kyle McGee
Amherst (Mass.): Henry Atkeson
Augustana (Ill.): Luke Sawicki
Berry (Ga.): Hayden Murphy
Birmingham-Southern (Ala.): Austin Lewter
Bowdoin (Maine): Joe Gowetski
Carnegie Mellon (Pa.): Michael Lohmeier
Case Western Reserve (Ohio): Isaac Withrow
Central (Iowa): Jon Alberts
Centre (Ky.): Cal Lewellyn
DePauw (Ind.): Connor Perkins
East Texas Baptist: Brian Baca
Franklin & Marshall (Pa.): Matthew Hamby
Gallaudet (D.C.): Matthew Cracraft
Grinnell (Iowa): David Taylor
Hardin-Simmons (Texas): Blake Johnston
Hobart (N.Y.): Collin Hudgins
Illinois College: Michael Koos
Ithaca (N.Y.): John Hadac
Johns Hopkins (Md.): David Tammaro
Juniata (Pa.): Austin Montgomery
Lycoming (Pa.): Cody Botts
Macalester (Minn.): Ethan Levin
MacMurray (Ill.): Trevor Schubert
Maine Maritime: Spencer Baron
Manchester (Ind.): Alex Downard
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: A.J. Iversen
Middlebury (Vt.): Marty Williams
Monmouth (Ill.): Clark Gaden
Moravian (Pa.): Sal Pagano
Mount Union (Ohio): Frazier Daniel
Ohio Wesleyan: Jax Harville
Redlands (Calif.): Blake Roy
Rhodes (Tenn.): Monroe McKay
Saint John's (Minn.): Jackson Erdmann
Springfield (Mass.): Nick Bainter
St. Thomas (Minn.): Elijah Rice
Susquehanna (Pa.): Mitch Carsley
Thiel (Pa.): Matt Crawford
Tufts (Mass.): Frank Roche
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (N.Y.): Joe Vitelli
Washington (Mo.): Johnny Davidson
Wesleyan (Conn.): Will Kearney
Wheaton (Ill.): Corey Kennedy
Williams (Mass.): Jeremy Subjinski
Wisconsin-Oshkosh: Alex Wipperfurth
Wisconsin-Stout: Aaron Wisecup
Wisconsin-Whitewater: Matt Anderson
Wooster (Ohio): Adam Clark
NAIA
Dakota State (S.D.): John Trout
Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.): Tyler Wagner
Doane (Neb.): Bryce Cooney
Montana Western: Jason Ferris
Morningside (Iowa): Joel Katzer
Northwestern (Iowa): Sean Powell
Peru State (Neb.): Noah Kasbohm
