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TAMU senior offensive lineman Aaron Mullane was named as a recipient of the prestigious National Football Foundation National ScholarAthlete last week. He is also a finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, which is also awarded by the NFF. “It’s just a blessing and an honor that I will remember for the rest of my life,” Mullane said. “As soon as I was notified about it, I kind of realized the magnitude. I just realized how big a blessing of a scholarship it is. $18,000 dollars worth of medical school is huge, it puts a large dent in my expenses for medical school.” Mullane now holds an honor that has been held by other football greats such as Peyton Manning and Eli Manning. Among those being named for the award this year are University of Southern California quarterback Matt Barkley, Northwestern offensive tackle Patrick Ward and
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University of Alabama center Barrett Jones. “Going and reading up on the National Football Foundation and the different athletes that they have helped throughout their lives such as Peyton Manning and Eli Manning and Tim Tebow, all those guys, and now I am sitting in the same
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spot that they were not too long ago,” Mullane said. “It means a lot. Just the fact, you know, I am [at] the end of my football career and those guys are still playing and this is an academic award as well as athletic. To get an award and get recognized athletically and academically is an honor.” Mullane is double majoring in
both Biology and Chemistry, and plans to go to medical school after graduating from WT in December.
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