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