SAN MATEO COUNTY
Cameron Palma – San Mateo High School
- Position: Back 
- GPA: 4.00 
Javon Oca – Capuchino High School
- Position: Back 
- GPA: 3.33 
SANTA CLARA COUNTY
Evan Vernon – Christopher High School
- Position: Back 
- GPA: 3.97 
Dylan Ly – Evergreen Valley High School
- Position: Back 
- GPA: 3.94 
Ewan Reid – Prospect High School
- Position: Lineman 
- GPA: 3.27 
SANTA CRUZ
Robert Arcangeli – Scotts Valley High School
- Position: Back 
- GPA: 3.75 
Ben Palma – Soquel High School
- Position: Back 
- GPA: 3.42 
SOLANO COUNTY
Kalani McLeod – Vanden High School
- Position: Back 
- GPA: 3.20 
Tru Kendrick – Vanden High School
- Position: Lineman 
- GPA: 3.70 
SONOMA COUNTY
Tyler Chelew – St. Vincent De Paul
- Position: Back 
- GPA: 4.00 
William Zell – Casa Grande High School
- Position: Lineman 
- GPA: 3.95 
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
Marley Alcantara – Pittsburg High School
- Position: Back 
- GPA: 3.66 
Hudson Peterson – Heritage High School
- Position: Lineman 
- GPA: 4.00 
LAKE/MENDOCINO COUNTIES
Jacob Pullman– Middletown High School
- Position: Lineman 
- GPA: 3.20 
Omaurie Phillips Porter – Ukiah H.S.
- Position: Back 
- GPA: 3.62 
MARIN COUNTY
John Demartini – Novato High School
- Position: Back 
- GPA: 3.66 
Sam Connelly – Marin Catholic High School
- Position: Lineman 
- GPA: 4.00 
NAPA COUNTY
Lucas Henry – Vintage High School
- Position: Back 
- GPA: 3.86 
Jayden Hudson – American Canyon H.S.
- Position: Lineman 
- GPA: 3.80 
SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY
Steven Huynh – Balboa High School
- Position: Back 
- GPA: 3.92 
Jose Orellana – Lincoln High School
- Position: Lineman 
- GPA: 3.34 
Our 2025 National Football Foundation Scholar-Athletes are representative of Northern California's best and brightest. Each scholar-athlete receives a scholarship grant to the college of their choice.
Here is a link to our 2021 virtual award ceremony.
The students recognized for their achievement in our 2025 class are the following:
ALAMEDA COUNTY
Jeremiah Charles - Moreau Catholic High School
- Position: Back 
- GPA: 3.11 
Noah Hanohano – Newark Memorial High School
- Position: Lineman 
- GPA: 3.69 
Iven Takhar – Newark Memorial High School
- Position: Back 
- GPA: 3.53 
2025 Scholar-Athletes
ABOUT US
COUNTY CHAIRMEN
Our scholar-athlete award recipients are selected each year by our County Chairman. 
Scholar-athlete nominations for each year's awards dinner are to be submitted by November. The nominee must be a senior playing football, with at least a 3.0 GPA overall. The nominee must also be active in the community. To submit a nomination, please fill out our nomination form and send it to the appropriate county chairman listed below:
ALAMAEDA 
COUNTY
Rick Sira, Retired Administrator/Football Coach
Amador Valley High School
ricksira1986@gmail.com
NAPA 
COUNTY
Michael 'Duey' Green, HS Football Color Commentator
KVON/KVYN Radio-Napa
cubby1257@yahoo.com
SANTA CRUZ
COUNTY
Ronald Mehuron, Assistant Principal (Retired) 
Soquel High School
rmehuron@comcast.net
CONTRA COSTA 
COUNTY
Kevin Hartwig, PE Teacher
Freedom High School
Scott Sbranti, PE Dept. Chair
Freedom High School
sbrantis@luhsd.net
SAN FRANCISCO 
COUNTY
Donald Collins, Commissioner
San Francisco Unified School District
collinsD1@sfusd.edu
SOLANO
COUNTY
Alexander Tuiolosega, Math Teacher 
Benicia High School
atuiolosega@beniciaunified.org
LAKE/MENDOCINO 
COUNTIES
TBD
SAN MATEO 
COUNTY
Kyle Mack, Teacher
South San Francisco High School
kmack@ssfusd.org
SONOMA 
COUNTY
Chip Castleberry, Retired Teacher/Football Coach/AD
Analy High School
1coachchip1@gmail.com
Loretta Castleberry, Retired Teacher
Sonoma County
lcastle@sonic.net
MARIN 
COUNTY
Richard Woodall
Asst. Commissioner
Marin County Athletic League
mcal1@marinschools.org
SANTA CLARA
COUNTY
James Shaughnessy, Athletic Director
Leigh High School
jshaughnessy@cuhsd.org
Board of Directors
Emeritus Board Members:
Robert Dykes
Ron Sacchi
Tim Harden 
Thomas Hansen
Tim Kirby, Treasurer
Spencer Leslie, Secretary
John Wiegmann
Todd Renfrew
Mike Terrizzi
Coleen Boike
Robert Templeton
Officers & Board Members:
Mark Bailey, President
Jon Salinger, VP
Adam Henderson
Bob Lee
Philip Abrams
Eric Bjornson
Woodie Dixon, Jr.
Interested in becoming a sponsor?
The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame is an organization of more than 8,000 members active in 119 chapters across the nation. We are pledged to perpetuate the idea that the values embodied in football are not merely athletic, but provide a framework for a thriving and nurturing American society. The Foundation's guiding enterprise is the selection of outstanding young men who exemplify outstanding football ability, outstanding academic accomplishment, and leadership in campus and community events.
 
The Northern California Chapter, one of the largest and most active groups, has awarded $1,007,000 in scholarships since 1960. Our graduate rate in higher education is 99%. These honorees have gone on to outstanding careers in law, medicine, education, public affairs, science, the military, and business careers. We welcome and appreciate scholarship sponsors and offer the following to make your participation more memorable:
- A $1,000 scholarship will be given in the name of the sponsor 
- Sponsors will receive the applications of the Scholar Athletes and will select the person/persons they wish to sponsor 
- Sponsors will receive two complimentary tickets to our dinner 
- Your photo will be taken with the Scholar Athlete at the dinner, and mounted on a plaque to be displayed 
- Recognition will be given in our printed material. 
For additional information regarding our program, please Contact Us.
Interested in making a lasting difference?
Endow a scholarship
You can help ensure the long term viability of our scholarship efforts by perpetually endowing a NFFHF Scholarship with a gift of $25,000.  Learn more…
Join our Planned Endowment
Or become a member of our Planned Endowment by bequesting a portion of your estate to support the NFFHF by using the following language in your estate plan:
"I, [name], of [city, state, ZIP], give, devise and bequeath to the National Football Foundation & Hall of Fame, Northern California Chapter [specific amount or percentage of the estate] to support its scholarship program."
If you are interested in becoming a member of our Planned Endowment by naming in your estate plan a gift in your name, your school's name, or the name of a loved one, please Contact Us.
