Former Mount Union football star Matt Campbell named to Academic All-America Hall of Fame

Head coach Matt Campbell celebrates during Iowa State's Fiesta Bowl game against Oregon in 2021.
Head coach Matt Campbell celebrates during Iowa State's Fiesta Bowl game against Oregon in 2021.

Former Mount Union football player and assistant coach Matt Campbell has been selected to the College Sports Information Directors of America's Academic All-America Hall of Fame.

A Perry High School graduate and currently the head coach at Iowa State, Campbell played defensive end at Mount Union from 1999-2002. He helped lead the Purple Raiders to three NCAA Division III national championships and four Ohio Athletic Conference titles.

Campbell was a two-time winner of the Paul Hornemann Award as the OAC's top defensive lineman. He earned multiple All-America awards and was named an Academic All-America selection in 2002. He was inducted into the Mount Union Hall of Fame in 2018.

Campbell and this year's class will be honored at a luncheon on June 28 in Las Vegas.

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