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Dec. 14, 2023 - North Central College football student-athlete Bobby Behmer has been honored with the NCAA's Elite 90 Award at this year's Division III Football Championship. The announcement was made Thursday evening prior to Friday's championship game, the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl, in Salem, Virginia.
The award honors the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average at each of the NCAA's 90 national championships each year. An economics major with a 4.00 grade-point average (4.00 scale), Behmer is the third Cardinal to be so honored. Linebacker Ben Wong '22 was named the Elite 90 winner at the 2021 national championship and offensive lineman Jeske Maples received the distinction last season.
The Cardinals' starting tight end since their Sept. 16 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) opener against Carthage College, Behmer earned First Team All-Conference honors at the position to become the first North Central tight end to be so recognized since A.J. Thomas '14 in 2013. Behmer has caught six passes for 124 yards this season, including an 18-yard touchdown reception in the Cardinals' 65-0 first-round playoff victory over Belhaven University (Mississippi).
The No. 1-ranked Cardinals (14-0) face the No. 11/13-ranked State University of New York at Cortland (13-1) Friday in Stagg Bowl 50, which kicks off at 7 p.m. Eastern time at Salem Stadium. The game will be broadcast live on ESPNU and ESPN+. Contact your television provider regarding availability.
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