Panfil And Reagan Receive Academic Honor
6/16/2009 12:00:00 AM | Football
June 16, 2009
IRVING, Texas -- Former TCU football players Matt Panfil and Shae Reagan are 2009 honorees into the National Football Foundation's Hampshire Honor Society.
To be eligible for selection, student-athletes must have been a starter or significant reserve in their last year of eligibility, achieve a 3.2 cumulative grade point average throughout their entire course of undergraduate study and meet all NCAA-mandated progress towards degree requirements.
Panfil was a second-team All-Mountain West Conference selection as a senior in 2008. He placed third on TCU with 10.0 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks, while tying Jerry Hughes for the team lead with three fumble recoveries.
A Fort Worth native (North Crowley High School), Panfil was the Mountain West Conference Defensive Player of the Week in a 31-14 win over Stanford. He posted four tackles for loss, including two sacks, as part of five total stops in the game. Panfil also had a forced fumble, fumble recovery and pass breakup.
On the final play of his collegiate career, Panfil intercepted a lateral to preserve a 17-16 Poinsettia Bowl victory over Boise State.
A three-year letterman for the Horned Frogs, Reagan was a 2008 Draddy Trophy semifinalist in addition to receiving a scholar-athlete award by the National Football Foundation's Gridiron Club of Dallas.
The Idalou, Texas, native was a 2008 first-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District selection and a recipient of the TCU football team's G. Malcolm Louden Academic Achievement Award.
Reagan completed his eligibility with 43 receptions for 730 yards and four touchdowns. He placed fourth on TCU with a career-high 18 catches in 2008, including a key fourth quarter 11-yard reception for a first down in the 17-16 victory over Boise State.
Previous Frogs to be National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society honorees were tight ends Chad Andrus and Brent Hecht in 2007, and placekicker Chris Manfredini in 2008.
