Craig Needhammer, a physics major that was named a Second Team Capital One Academic All-American, repeats as an athletics honoree at Honors Convocation, as he was named the Sol “Woody” Wolfe Award in 2014. He finished his career by repeating as a D3football.com All-East Region selection, placing third in the MAC with 1,242 rushing yards and second with 13 touchdowns. His 186.7 all-purpose yards per game led the conference and finished sixth nationally. He posted the first two 300-all-purpose-yard games in program history as a senior, earning USA College Football Offensive Player of the Week honors after his effort against Misericordia and then earning D3football.com Team of the Week and USA College Football Running Back of the Week accolades after his 339-yard effort against FDU-Florham. The team captain rushed for a school-record 299 yards in his last game at FDU-Florham, breaking Josh Kleinfelter's record of 3,664 career rushing yards with his final rush – a 50-yard touchdown to give him 3,713 career yards. Needhammer is a three-time member of the MAC Academic Honor Roll, a two-time Academic All-MAC honoree and a two-time Capital One Academic All-District pick. Needhammer is the fifth straight football player to earn the Outstanding Male Athlete Award, joining Tanner Troutman (2014), Nate Oropollo (2013), Anthony Marascio (2012) and Josh Kleinfelter (2011).
