Maverick Hansen, a hospitality business graduate, earned Academic All-Big Ten honors five times during his Spartan career.
Six Spartans Named to NFF Hampshire Honor Society
4/24/2025 2:40:00 PM | Football
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Six Michigan State Spartans – Ru'Quan Buckley, Nathan Carter, Sam Edwards, Maverick Hansen, Tommy Schuster and Darius Snow – have been named to the 2025 Hampshire Honor Society by the National Football Foundation, tying a school record.
Nominated by their respective schools, members of the prestigious NFF Hampshire Honor Society must meet one of the following criteria:
· Be a senior player graduating this spring/summer who completed his final year of playing eligibility in 2024; or
· Be a graduated player or grad transfer who has already earned a bachelor's degree and competed in the 2024 season (even if the player has remaining eligibility and may return to play next season).
And must have:
· Attained a minimum undergraduate cumulative GPA of 3.2 (4.0 scale); and
· Been starters or contributors throughout the 2024 season.
Michigan State also placed six players on the NFF Hampshire Honor Society in 2019.
Three of the players – Buckley, Edwards and Snow – will return for the Spartans in 2025. Buckley was a graduate transfer from Nebraska in 2024, while Edwards and Snow have both graduated from Michigan State.
For the third consecutive year, Edwards earned the team's Scholar-Athlete Award at the annual Spartan Excellence Academic Gala earlier this month. The Williamston, Michigan, native garnered Academic All-District honors for the second consecutive season in 2024 and was on the final ballot for the Academic All-America Team. He graduated with a double major in political theory and constitutional democracy / international relations in May 2024, finished his minor in political economy in December 2024, and started a master's program in marketing research in the 2025 spring semester. He also garnered Academic All-Big Ten honors for the fourth year in a row.
Snow graduated with his bachelor's degree in graphic design in May 2023 and a master's degree in strategic communication in December 2024. He was also named to the Academic All-Big Ten Team for the fourth year in a row and picked up Academic All-District honors for the second time in his career in 2024.
Carter graduated from Michigan State in December 2024 with a degree in human development and family studies and earned Academic All-Big Ten and Academic All-District honors last season.
Hansen was an academic standout throughout his six-year Spartan career as he earned his degree in hospitality business. He also earned Academic All-Big Ten honors five times, Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades four times, and was a two-time Academic All-District honoree. In addition, he was a two-time semifinalist for the NFF Campbell Trophy.
Schuster earned his bachelor's degree in supply chain management from North Dakota before transferring to Michigan State in 2024.
Nominated by their respective schools, members of the prestigious NFF Hampshire Honor Society must meet one of the following criteria:
· Be a senior player graduating this spring/summer who completed his final year of playing eligibility in 2024; or
· Be a graduated player or grad transfer who has already earned a bachelor's degree and competed in the 2024 season (even if the player has remaining eligibility and may return to play next season).
And must have:
· Attained a minimum undergraduate cumulative GPA of 3.2 (4.0 scale); and
· Been starters or contributors throughout the 2024 season.
Michigan State also placed six players on the NFF Hampshire Honor Society in 2019.
Three of the players – Buckley, Edwards and Snow – will return for the Spartans in 2025. Buckley was a graduate transfer from Nebraska in 2024, while Edwards and Snow have both graduated from Michigan State.
For the third consecutive year, Edwards earned the team's Scholar-Athlete Award at the annual Spartan Excellence Academic Gala earlier this month. The Williamston, Michigan, native garnered Academic All-District honors for the second consecutive season in 2024 and was on the final ballot for the Academic All-America Team. He graduated with a double major in political theory and constitutional democracy / international relations in May 2024, finished his minor in political economy in December 2024, and started a master's program in marketing research in the 2025 spring semester. He also garnered Academic All-Big Ten honors for the fourth year in a row.
Snow graduated with his bachelor's degree in graphic design in May 2023 and a master's degree in strategic communication in December 2024. He was also named to the Academic All-Big Ten Team for the fourth year in a row and picked up Academic All-District honors for the second time in his career in 2024.
Carter graduated from Michigan State in December 2024 with a degree in human development and family studies and earned Academic All-Big Ten and Academic All-District honors last season.
Hansen was an academic standout throughout his six-year Spartan career as he earned his degree in hospitality business. He also earned Academic All-Big Ten honors five times, Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades four times, and was a two-time Academic All-District honoree. In addition, he was a two-time semifinalist for the NFF Campbell Trophy.
Schuster earned his bachelor's degree in supply chain management from North Dakota before transferring to Michigan State in 2024.
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