Football’s O’Brien Named Semifinalist for William V. Campbell Trophy

IRVING, Texas – Recognized for excellent achievement on the soccer subject along with the classroom, University of Pennsylvania senior quarterback Liam O’Brien was named one in every of 177 semifinalists—44 from the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS)—for the William V. Campbell Trophy, introduced by the National Football Foundation (NFF) and College Football Hall of Fame on Wednesday morning.
 
After taking up as beginning quarterback midway by the 2024 season, O’Brien accomplished 66 p.c (76-115) of his move makes an attempt for 1,018 yards, 13 touchdowns, and solely two interceptions. His signature efficiency of the yr got here at Cornell on Nov. 9, recording a single-game program document six passing touchdowns and 7 whole TDs in a shootout 67-49 victory over the Big Red. That efficiency earned the sign caller Stats Perform FCS National Offensive Player of the Week honors.
 
One of 4 co-captains for the 2025 season, O’Brien is a member of a number of campus and neighborhood initiatives together with Penn’s Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC), the Penn Athletics Wharton Leadership Academy (PAWLA), and the Ivy League Football Council, the management group that introduced the FCS Playoffs to the convention for the primary time ever.
 
O’Brien has additionally participated in Uplifting Athletes, a non-profit group that invests in lives of these affected by uncommon illnesses, which sponsors Lift for Life occasions. He additionally has been concerned in Penn Football’s annual Bone Marrow Drive with NMDP.
 
A Finance and Business Analytics double main in Penn’s prestigious Wharton School of Business, O’Brien spent the previous summer time as an Investment Banking Analyst at J.P. Morgan as part of its Business Services Coverage Group. He obtained a full-time job supply from the corporate upon completion.
 
Nominated by their faculties, that are restricted to at least one nominee every, candidates for the awards have to be a senior who will full his last yr of eligibility within the 2025 season or a graduate scholar or graduate switch who has already earned a level and is taking part within the 2025 season; have a GPA of not less than 3.2 on a 4.0 scale; have excellent soccer skill as a primary crew participant or important contributor; and have demonstrated sturdy management and citizenship. The class is chosen annually by the NFF Awards Committee, which is comprised of a nationally acknowledged group of media, NFF College Football Hall of Famers and athletics directors.
 

The NFF will announce 12-16 finalists on Oct. 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 Dec. 9, the place their accomplishments shall be highlighted in entrance of some of the highly effective audiences in all of sports activities. Live through the occasion, one member of the category shall be declared because the winner of the thirty sixth Campbell Trophy® and have his postgraduate scholarship elevated to $25,000.

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