IRVING, Texas- Four Mountaineers were named to the National Football Foundations Hampshire Honors Society Membership.
 
Bryce Allen, Michael Beals, Alex Dean, and Kade Showers were selected for this prestigious honor.
 
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.
 
An elite group of 2,016 players from 343 schools qualified for membership in 2024, setting a record for the number of members in a single year during the program's 18‐year history.
 
Nominated by their respective schools, members of the NFF Hampshire Honor Society must be either, asenior 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 (3) years
 
Each recipient must have, attained a minimum undergraduate cumulative GPA of 3.2 (4.0 scale); and been starters or contributors throughout the 2023 season.