Staley and Mahone Earn Academic Honors

West Virginia College security Sean Mahone and kicker Evan Staley had been named to the Hampshire Honor Society by The Nationwide Soccer Basis and School Corridor of Fame, at present, as introduced by the group.

The Hampshire Honor Society is comprised of faculty soccer gamers from all divisions of play who every maintained a cumulative 3.2 GPA or higher all through their faculty careers.

“Because the Nationwide Soccer Basis celebrates its seventy fifth anniversary in 2022, we’re happy to honor one other spectacular group of athletes as a part of this yr’s Hampshire Honor Society,” mentioned NFF President & CEO Steve Hatchell. “During the last 16 years, the Hampshire Honor Society has served as a robust automobile for faculties to acknowledge their faculty soccer gamers who’ve distinguished themselves each academically and athletically, and we congratulate the colleges and every of those younger males for his or her dedication to excellence in all facets of their lives.”

Mahone was a five-time Tutorial All-Massive 12 honoree, a CoSIDA 2020 Tutorial All-American Second-team choice, a 2021 finalist for the William Campbell Trophy and a member of the Nationwide Soccer Basis’s Scholar-Athlete staff. The Liberty Township, Ohio, resident graduated magna cum laude with a 3.60 grade level common in administration info methods in 2020, and what units him aside as one of many high soccer scholar-athletes within the nation is that he already accomplished his MBA with a 3.70 grade level common, earlier than he stepped on the sphere for his ultimate season.

Mahone was a three-year starter at cat security and was among the many high 5 WVU tacklers in his final three years and ranked among the many high within the Massive 12.

Staley was a four-time Tutorial All-Massive 12 First Crew member and a CoSIDA Tutorial All-District 2 choice in 2020. He graduated in Could 2020 together with his bachelor’s diploma in train physiology. He’s at the moment engaged on a grasp’s diploma in security administration and can graduate in Could.

Staley was one of many staff’s kickers, enjoying in 52 profession video games. He completed his profession with 39 area targets, rating No. 7 within the college’s profession record and had 117 additional factors, rating No. 6. He additionally dealt with the staff’s kickoffs, ending with 256 kicks and 81 touchbacks throughout his profession.

With the addition of Mahone and Staley to the group, the variety of Mountaineers named to the Honor Society since its formation in 2007 is now as much as 40.

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