Massachusetts Maritime senior tight end Kevin Healy joins a group of 875 student-athletes across all divisions who have been named as members of the 2016 National Football Foundation's Hampshire Honor Society, which is comprised of college football players that have maintained a cumulative 3.2 grade point average or better throughout their collegiate career.

Healy, a native of Palmetto, Fla. and a graduate of Palmetto High School, has posted a 3.595 cumulative grade point average as a Marine Engineering major at the Academy.  He hauled in a career-high 10 receptions for 129 yards and a pair of touchdowns last fall, and for his career Kevin amassed 22 receptions for 273 yards and six scores in 26 games played.

Healy has earned seven spots on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll to go with four straight appearances on the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Fall All-Academic team, as the Dean’s List student becomes the fifth Buccaneer to be inducted into the Hampshire Honor Society in the past three years alone.  Academic All-Americas Brandon Rodrigues ’14 and John Moriarty ‘14 were welcomed into the honor society in 2014, and last year Victor Andrade ’15 and Zach Ryan ’15 were tabbed for the prestigious national accolade.

“Kevin has displayed tremendous work ethic and leadership throughout his career, and I couldn’t be more pleased for him to receive this incredible honor from the National Football Foundation,” Massachusetts Maritime Head Coach Jeremy Cameron said of Healy’s induction into the Hampshire Honor Society.  “If you were to look up the word ‘dependable’ in the dictionary, Kevin’s picture would be next to the definition.  Not only is he a great teammate, he is an outstanding representative of the Academy both on and off the field of play.”

The National Football Foundation’s Hampshire Honor Society capitalizes on the NFF's current National Scholar-Athlete program greatly expanding the number of scholar-athletes the NFF can recognize each year.  The program further strengthens the organization's leadership role in encouraging academic performance by the student-athletes who play football at the 775 college and universities with football programs nationwide. The initiative has honored 6,627 student-athletes since its inception, and the program has experienced growth every year in either members or school participation since its launch 10 years ago.

Jon F. Hanson, the chairman and founder of The Hampshire Companies, provided the endowment to launch the NFF Hampshire Honor Society in 2007. He made the contribution as part of his legacy to the organization after serving as NFF chairman from 1994-2006. He currently serves the organization as a chairman emeritus. Each player awarded with membership in this year's Honor Society will receive a certificate commemorating their achievement.

"We have honored more than 6,500 student-athletes in the last 10 years thanks to Jon Hanson's generosity," said National Football Foundation Chairman Archie Manning, "We are grateful for his passionate belief in the scholar-athlete ideal, and the Hampshire Honor Society allows us to showcase the names of tomorrow's leaders while inspiring future generations to follow in their footsteps."