Tackle David Chellsen Earns Membership in Hampshire Honor Society
4/15/2020 12:00:00 AM | Football
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- Cal Poly senior offensive lineman David Chellsen has become a member of the Hampshire Honor Society by the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame.
The membership is comprised of college football players from all divisions of play who maintained a cumulative 3.2 GPA or better throughout their college careers. An impressive 1,432 players from 364 schools qualified for membership in the Society's 14th year.
Chellsen made the Big Sky Conference's All-Academic Football Team four times in his Mustang career and twice landed on the College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-District 8 team.
The San Luis Obispo High School graduate missed the final five games of the 2019 season due to injury. The industrial engineering major was part of an offensive line that finished No. 9 in the Football Championship Subdivision in rushing offense, No. 5 in fourth-down conversions, No. 7 in time of possession and No. 25 in third-down conversions.
Chellsen, who plays on the right side of the offensive line and also is a tight end on certain downs, compiled a 3.86 cumulative grade-point average.
Son of ESPN Radio 1280 AM and 101.7 FM owner/general manager and former Cal Poly basketball player Mike Chellsen, David made Cal Poly's Dean's List all 14 quarters in which he was enrolled at Cal Poly (Fall 2015 through Winter 2020). In three of those terms, he compiled a 4.00 GPA.
"We are pleased to honor another impressive group of athletes as part of this year's Hampshire Honor Society," said NFF President & CEO Steve Hatchell. "For more than a decade, the Hampshire Honor Society has served as a powerful vehicle for schools to recognize their college football players who have distinguished themselves both academically and athletically, and we congratulate the schools and each of these young men for their commitment to excellence in all aspects of their lives."
The initiative has now honored 12,127 student-athletes from 775 colleges and universities with football programs nationwide since its inception.
FCS program Dayton led all schools in 2020 with 21 honorees. Kansas State led all FBS schools with nine members while Wayne State (MI) led Division II with 10 honorees. Saint John's (MN) was the Division III leader with 19 members and Morningside (Iowa) had the most honorees in the NAIA with nine.
Seventeen schools had at least 10 honorees in 2020. Twenty-nine colleges and universities have had at least one player in all 14 years of the NFF Hampshire Honor Society (2007-20).
Nominated by their respective schools, members of the NFF Hampshire Honor Society must have completed their final year of playing eligibility in 2019, achieved a 3.2 cumulative grade point average throughout entire course of undergraduate study, met all NCAA- or NAIA-mandated progress toward degree requirements, and were starters or significant contributors throughout the 2019 season.
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