THE NATIONAL HOLD FOR RELEASE HARLON HILL For 11 A.M. Release (Eastern) AWARD Monday, November 21 COMMITTEE FORTY TWO PLAYERS NOMINATED FOR Florence, Alabama 2016 HARLON HILL TROPHY (256) 765-4595 Fax (256) 765-4659 AS DIVISION II FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR Jeff Hodges • Chairman
[email protected] FLORENCE - Ala. -- A total of 42 student-athletes from across the nation have been nominated for the 2016 Harlon Hill Trophy as the Division II College Football Player of the Year. The list of candidates was announced Monday morning by the National Harlon Hill Award Committee. The list includes players from each of the four Division II Super Regions. Players are nominated and voted on by the sports information National Sponsors directors at the 171 NCAA Division II football-playing institutions. The 42 initial candidates will be placed on regional ballots and the top two players from each of the four NCAA regions will advance to the national ballot when regional voting concludes on November 28. There are seven nominees from Super Region 1, 10 from Super Region 2, 14 from Super Region 3 and 11 from Super Region 4. The winner of the 2016 award will be announced on Friday, December 16 via a webcast and the winner will be honored at a luncheon on the University of North Alabama campus on January 6, 2017. The Hill Trophy is sponsored by the City of Florence, Ala., Herff Jones and the Marriott Shoals Hotel and Spa. Candidates are initially nominated by the sports information directors at their respective schools and are then voted on by the SIDs in those Super Regions.