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Senior quarterback Elijah Shemory, a Jersey Shore graduate, was announced as a candidate for the National Football Foundation's National Scholar-Athlete Awards, making him one of the semifinalists for the 2020 William V. Campbell Trophy.
"Elijah has a great arm and good touch as a quarterback," Lycoming coach Mike Clark said. "He is tough with the ball and physical as a runner, too, which is why he has scored so many touchdowns over the course of his career. He certainly would be one of those guys who would be approaching any number of records on the field if last year hadn't been taken away. As a person, he is everything you want a quarterback to be – a natural leader, competitive, smart and confident. Growing up around the corner and knowing the tradition of our program, Elijah is also very proud of the fact that he is Lycoming's starting quarterback and he doesn't take it for granted."
On the field, Shemory has started 24 games and thrown for 4,793 yards (seventh in program history), 34 touchdowns (eighth in program history), completing 56.8 percent of his career passes (third in program history) and a 134.0 passing efficiency (fifth in program history). He became the seventh Warrior in program history to reach 5,000 yards of total offense in a career in the 29-28 win against Stevenson.
He enters Saturday's game needing 15 more passing yards to tie Phil Mann (2001-04) for sixth in program history and he is within 83 yards of Jason Marracini's total of 4,876 passing yards set from 1995-98 and which is still fifth in program history.
Shemory is a three-time member of the MAC Academic Honor Roll and he has helped with both the Favors Forward Spring Cleanup and Be The Match Bone Marrow Drives at Lycoming College.
The Warriors get back in action on Saturday when they host 10th-ranked Delaware Valley University in a first-place Middle Atlantic Conference showdown at 1 p.m.