Alaska Sports Hall of Fame

Ed Hall

Former University of Idaho football star Ed Hall of Eagle River has received the 2018-19 Big Sky Conference Scholar-Athlete Award.

The recent graduate wrapped up his career with the Vandals with a number of accolades.

He earned Football Championships Subdivision Athletics Directors Association Academic All-Star Team honors in the fall and picked up his second consecutive CoSIDA Academic All-District first team recognition.

Hall, of Eagle River High fame, was also a semifinalist for the 2018 William V. Campbell Trophy, the National Football Foundation award given to the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation.

On the field, the linebacker finished his career with 239 tackles, including 61 as a senior. The former walk-on eventually became a scholarship player and was a team captain his final season.

His academic work exceeded the classroom.

Hall’s work on the Forever Shower, a shower targeted to recreational vehicles that uses filtered, recycled water, with fellow engineers and finance students has won entrepreneurial and innovation awards across the region.

To qualify for the award, a student-athlete must have a minimum grade-point-average of 3.2, be a member of the graduating class and/or have completed his/her last year of intercollegiate athletic eligibility, have completed at least two years of intercollegiate competition and be a letterwinner.