11 From ACC Named as 2025 William V. Campbell Trophy Semifinalists

Football
September 24, 2025

IRVING, Texas (theACC.com) – The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) proudly introduced immediately that 11 student-athletes from the Atlantic Coast Conference spotlight the listing of 177 semifinalists for the 2025 William V. Campbell Trophy®, school soccer’s premier scholar-athlete award. The spectacular listing of candidates, from all NCAA divisions and the NAIA, boasts a powerful 3.60 common GPA, with greater than half of the semifinalists having already earned their bachelor’s levels.
 
The ACC’s 11 semifinalists are the second-most amongst all FBS conferences.
 
Celebrating its thirty sixth 12 months, the Campbell Trophy® acknowledges a person as the best possible soccer scholar-athlete within the nation for his mixed educational success, soccer efficiency and exemplary management.
 
ACC Players Named as Semifinalists for the 2025 Campbell Trophy
Name, School, Class, Position
Cade Klubnik, Clemson, Senior, Quarterback
Bruno Fina, Duke, Graduate Student, Offensive Line
Luke Petitbon, Florida State, Redshirt Senior, Offensive Line
Joe Fusile, Georgia Tech, Redshirt Senior, Offensive Line
Will Hardy, North Carolina, Senior, Defensive Back
Anthony Carter Jr., NC State, Graduate Student, Offensive Line
Matt Hibner, SMU, Graduate Student, Tight End
Sam Roush, Stanford, Senior, Tight End
Derek McDonald, Syracuse, Redshirt Senior, Linebacker
Will Bettridge, Virginia, Senior, Kicker
Nick Andersen, Wake Forest, Senior, Linebacker
 
An ACC participant has received the Campbell Trophy in three of the final 11 seasons. Previous Campbell Trophy winners from the present 18-football enjoying ACC colleges are Clemson’s Christian Wilkins in 2018, Virginia’s Micah Kiser in 2017, Duke’s David Helton in 2014, California’s Alex Mack in 2008, Miami’s Joaquin Gonzalez in 2001 and Virginia’s Thomas Burns in 1993.
 

The NFF will announce 12-16 finalists on October 22, and every of them will obtain an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship as a member of the 2025 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class Presented by Fidelity Investments. The finalists will journey to the Bellagio Resort & Casino in Las Vegas for the 67th NFF Annual Awards Dinner Presented by Las Vegas on December 9, the place their accomplishments can be highlighted in entrance of one of the crucial highly effective audiences in all of sports activities. Live through the occasion, one member of the category can be declared because the winner of the thirty sixth Campbell Trophy® and have his postgraduate scholarship elevated to $25,000.
 
Named in honor of the late Bill Campbell, the trophy has been prominently displayed inside its official dwelling on the New York Athletic Club since 2013, and the winner is honored annually throughout a particular luncheon on the storied venue.