Four Eagles named to 2021 NFF Hampshire Honor Society

IRVING, Texas — Four seniors from the 2020-21 Eastern Washington University football team have been recognized by The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame (NFF) as members of the 2021 NFF Hampshire Honor Society. 

Eagles recognized include linebacker Jack Sendelbach, linebacker Ty Graham, defensive end Jusstis Warren and offensive center Conner Crist. Sendelbach and Warren are sixth-year seniors for the Eagles after graduating from Blanchet High school in Seattle and Lincoln High School respectively high school in 2015, and Graham is a transfer from the University of Idaho after graduating from Cheney (Wash.) High School in 2016. Crist was a 2016 graduate of Tigard High School in Tigard, Ore. and, like Sendelbach, is a four-year EWU letter winner. 

The squad is comprised of college football players from all divisions of play who each maintained a cumulative 3.2 GPA or better throughout their college careers. An impressive 910 players from 255 colleges and universities qualified for membership in the Society’s 15th year. The initiative has now honored 13,077 student-athletes since its inception. 

Nominated by their respective schools, members of the NFF Hampshire Honor Society must have:

Scheduled to complete their final year of playing eligibility in fall 2020 or spring 2021. . . Graduated players, who have remaining eligibility but will not return to collegiate play (e.g. declared for NFL Draft or retired from football), may also be nominated.

Attained a minimum undergraduate cumulative GPA of 3.2 (4.0 scale);

Met all NCAA/NAIA-mandated progress towards degree requirements; and

Been starters or significant contributors throughout the 2020-21 season.

 The Hampshire Foundation is the charitable arm of The Hampshire Companies, a privately-held, fully-integrated real estate firm that has more than 60 years of hands-on, cycle-tested experience in acquiring, developing, leasing, repositioning, managing, financing and disposing of real estate. The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame was founded in 1947 with early leadership from General Douglas MacArthur, legendary Army coach Earl “Red” Blaik and immortal journalist Grantland Rice. It 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.