COLORADO SPRINGS, CO. — The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame today announced the members of the 2026 NFF Hampshire Honor Society, which includes a league-record 103 Mountain West student-athletes, who each maintained a cumulative 3.2 grade point average or higher throughout their collegiate careers.
UNLV led the MW with 17 selections. The full list of MW honorees is below:
Air Force: Kurt Chesney, Costen Cooley, Bruin Fleischmann, Luke Freer, Ty Hubert, Zach Juckel, Reagan Tubbs
Boise State: Braxton Fely, Ben Ford, Zach Holmes, Maddux Madsen, Marco Notarainni, Chase Penry, Jake Ripp, Austin Terry, Jayden Virgin-Morgan, Luke Voorhees, Zion Washington
Colorado State: Rocky Beers, Jacob Ellis, Alex Foster, Ayden Hector, Tristan Holmbeck, Jake Jarmolowich, Jordan McIntyre, Cody Pettitt
Fresno State: Johnathan Arceneaux, Camryn Bracha, Jordan Brown, Wesley Brown, Finn Claypool, Korey Foreman, Rolan Fullwood, Julius Gandy, Elijah Gilliam, Michael Jordan, Jr., Julian Polendo, Jacob Spomer, Jake Tarwater, Ryan Wilson
Hawai’i: Kansei Matsuzawa, Landon Sims, Justin Sinclair
Nevada: Kola Babalola, AJ Bianco, Jett Carpenter, Stone Combs, Jack Foster, Austin Harnetiaux, Jace Henry, Andrew Madrigal, Hayden McDonald, Luke McEndoo, Joe McFadden, Chubba Purdy, Tanner Vaughan
New Mexico: James Bailey, Damon Bankston, Keagan Johnson, Shawn Miller
San Diego State: Seth Adams, Tyson Chavez, Hunter Green
San José State: Jalen Apalit-Williams, AJ Campos, Jackson Canaan, Taniela Latu, Hudson Mesa, Isiah Revis
UNLV: Chief Borders, Matt Byrnes, Caden Costa, Bryce Edmonson, Ose Egnase, Nick Elksnis, James Faminu, Cameron Friel, Cory Hall, Jalen Lee, Donavan Manson, Andrew McIlquham, Waisale Muavesi, Daejon Reynolds, Nick Scalise, Laterrance Welch, Reid Williams
Utah State: Trey Andersen, Noah Avinger, Bryson Barnes, Brady Boyd, Jacob Conover, Jake Eichorn, Naki Fahina, EJ Fisk, Broc Lane, Jared Pele, Josh Sterzer
Wyoming: Charlie Coenen, Justin Erb, Chisom Ifeanyi, Andrew Johnson, Brayden Johnson, Evan Svoboda
In order to receive this honor, student-athletes must have been nominated by their respective schools and must be either:
- A senior player, who will graduate this spring/summer, and just completed his final year of playing eligibility in 2025; or
- A graduated player or grad transfer, who has already earned a bachelor’s degree and competed in the 2025 season (even if the player has remaining eligibility and may return to play next season).
And must have:
- Attained a minimum undergraduate cumulative GPA of 3.2 (4.0 scale); and
- Been starters or contributors throughout the 2025 season.
