WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Senior quarterback Elijah Shemory (Jersey Shore, Pa./Jersey Shore Area) was announced as a candidate for the National Football Foundation's National Scholar-Athlete Awards, making him one of the semifinalists for the 2020 William V. Campbell Trophy, presented by Mazda, the organization officially announced on Thursday, Oct. 1.
 
"Elijah has a great arm and good touch as a quarterback," Lycoming head coach Mike Clark said. "He is tough with the ball and physical as a runner, too, which is why he has scored so many touchdowns over the course of his career. He certainly would be one of those guys who would be approaching any number of records on the field if last year hadn't been taken away. As a person, he is everything you want a quarterback to be - a natural leader, competitive, smart and confident. Growing up around the corner and knowing the tradition of our program, Elijah is also very proud of the fact that he is Lycoming's starting quarterback and he doesn't take it for granted."
 
On the field, Shemory has started 24 games and thrown for 4,793 yards (seventh in program history), 34 touchdowns (eighth in program history), completing 56.8 percent of his career passes (third in program history) and a 134.0 passing efficiency (fifth in program history). He became the seventh Warrior in program history to reach 5,000 yards of total offense in a career in the 29-28 win against Stevenson.
 
He enters Saturday's game needing 15 more passing yards to tie Phil Mann (2001-04) for sixth in program history and he is within 83 yards of Jason Marracini's total of 4,876 passing yards set from 1995-98 and which is still fifth in program history.
 
Shemory is a three-time member of the MAC Academic Honor Roll and he has helped with both the Favors Forward Spring Cleanup and Be The Match Bone Marrow Drives at Lycoming College.

The NFF will announce 12-14 finalists on Oct. 27, and each of them will receive an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship as a member of the 2021 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class presented by Fidelity Investments.
 
Nominated by their schools, which are limited to one nominee each, candidates for the awards must be a senior or graduate student in their final year of playing eligibility, have a GPA of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale, have outstanding football ability as a first team player or significant contributor and have demonstrated strong leadership and citizenship. The class is selected each year by the NFF Awards Committee, which is comprised of a nationally recognized group of media, College Football Hall of Famers and athletics administrators.
 
Named in honor of the late Bill Campbell, former chairman of Intuit, former player and head coach at Columbia University and the 2004 recipient of the NFF's Gold Medal, the Campbell Trophy presented by Mazda is a 25-pound bronze trophy and increases the amount of the recipient's grant by $7,000 for a total postgraduate scholarship of $25,000. This year's postgraduate scholarships will push the program's all-time distribution to more than $12 million.
 
The Warriors get back in action on Saturday, Oct. 2, when they host 10th-ranked Delaware Valley University in a first-place Middle Atlantic Conference showdown as part of Homecoming at 1 p.m. at David Person Field.