IRVING, Texas – Three Navy sprint football players –
Kerry Johnson,
John Sheddy, and
Jake Wolinski – were named member for the National Football Foundation (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society.
The Hampshire Honor Society is comprised of college football players from all divisions of the NCAA, NAIA, and sprint football who have maintained a cumulative 3.2 GPA or better through their college careers. Celebrating its 20th year, the NFF Hampshire Honor Society has recognized 23,568 student-athletes from 691 schools since 2007.
The Hampshire Honor Society added sprint football to the program in 2021.
The 2026 class, which includes a record 2,596 players from 365 schools, represents the largest group in the program's history and underscores the sustained academic achievement taking place across all levels of college football.
The current Midshipmen recognized join former Navy student-athletes – Lane Condie ('23), Shane Fagan ('22), Robert Flores ('25), Michael Garnett ('22), Caiden Groff ('21), Nicholas Haslam ('22),
Kerry Johnson ('26), Andy Jones ('25), Jake Karczewski ('22), Jim Kenneally ('21), Major Kent ('25), Paul Kuehler ('23), Luke Kustra ('21), Lane Landas ('25), Scott Lombardi ('23), Jack Masterson ('23), Colin McMann ('22), Carter Mullikin ('23), David Niski ('25), Trey Ogden ('21), Marco Pezzini ('23), Mark Postma ('23),
John Sheddy ('26), Jared Simonelli ('22), Jake Smith ('23), Lucas Starks ('23), Jackson Suddath ('25), Jack Thomas ('23), Alex Totta ('23), Luke Wagner ('25), Adam Weissenfels ('22),
Jake Wolinski ('26), and Radford Wyrick ('23) – in the organization's rich history.
ABOUT THE HAMPSHIRE FOUNDATION
The Hampshire Foundation is the charitable arm of The Hampshire Companies, a privately-held, fully-integrated real estate firm that has more than 60 years of hands-on, cycle-tested experience in acquiring, developing, leasing, repositioning, managing, financing and disposing of real estate. Founded by Jon F. Hanson, who served as NFF Chairman from 1994-2006, Hampshire is headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey. Learn more at www.hampshirere.com.
ABOUT THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION & COLLEGE HALL OF FAME
Founded in 1947 with early leadership from General Douglas MacArthur, legendary Army coach Earl "Red" Blaik, and journalist Grantland Rice, the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) is a nonprofit organization that leverages the power of amateur football to build leaders. With 120 chapters in 47 states, the NFF oversees initiatives such as the NFF College Hall of Fame, the NFF William V. Campbell Trophy®, the NFF National Scholar-Athlete Awards Presented by Fidelity Investments, Future For Football, and I Played. Learn more at footballfoundation.org and follow @NFFNetwork on X, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.