Chuck Souths Witzmann Named to NFF Hapshire Honor Society
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:49 am
http://csusports.com/article.asp?articleID=3316Witzmann Named to NFF Hampshire Honor Society
April 24, 2009
Courtesy of the National Football Foundation
DALLAS, Texas - The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame announced yester the members of the 2009 NFF Hampshire Honor Society, which is comprised of college football players from all divisions of play who each maintained a 3.2 GPA or better. A total of 564 players from 266 schools qualified for membership in the society's third year, a 27 percent increase from the 2008 class. In its inaugural year in 2007, the Hampshire Honor Society honored over 300 students from 195 schools.
For the second year in a row, Charleston Southern had an athlete honored in the group with Justin Witzmann earning the honor. Witzmann was a second-team All-Big South selection this past season, having played in every game over the course of his two-year career. He finished the year with 42 total tackles, including eight tackles-for-loss and 4.5 sacks, forcing a pair of fumbles. His best game was against Presbyterian when he had eight tackles and two sacks. He was the top CSU scholar-athlete on the football team for the 2006-07 and 2007-08 school years, earning a spot on the Big South’s all-academic team this past season. He was named an ADA Academic All-Star and was a finalist for the NACDA’s post-graduate scholarship.