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[email protected] National Football Foundation Proudly Announces the 2009 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class 16 class members each win $18,000 postgraduate scholarships as finalists for the 20 TH Anniversary William V. Campbell Trophy, endowed by HealthSouth DALLAS, October 29, 2009 – The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) today announced the 2009 National Scholar-Athlete class, who will vie as the finalists for the William V. Campbell Trophy, endowed by HealthSouth. Selected as the best and the brightest from the college gridiron, from a nationwide pool of 154 semifinalists among all NCAA divisions and the NAIA, the 16 members of the 2009 class are: SCHOLAR-ATHLETE POSITION SCHOOL GPA JON ASAMOAH OG University of Illinois 3.82 MATT BAUMAN LB Brigham Young University 3.91 ERIC DECKER WR University of Minnesota 3.42 MOSES HARRIS S Fresno State 3.56 TIM HILLER QB Western Michigan University 4.00 PAUL JASINOWSKI DT Brown University 3.70 BEAU KILDOW WR Morningside College (Iowa) 4.00 JOSH MAHONEY LB University of Northern Iowa 4.00 COLT MCCOY QB University of Texas 3.33 JARRELL NESMITH TE Tusculum College (Tenn.) 3.84 JOE PAWELEK LB Baylor University 3.71 TODD REESING QB University of Kansas 3.64 ZAVIOUS ROBBINS WR Hardin-Simmons University (Texas) 3.90 TIM TEBOW QB University of Florida 3.66 BLAINE WESTEMEYER OT Augustana College (Ill.) 3.93 REED WILLIAMS LB West Virginia University 3.86 “There is no doubt that this year’s class of NFF National Scholar-Athletes is one of the greatest of all time,” said NFF President & CEO Steven J.