DALLAS --- Tusculum College defensive back Kent Aigbe has been named to the National Football Foundation's Hampshire Honor Society.

Aigbe, a 6-1, 200-pound native of Antioch, Tenn., graduated from Tusculum on Saturday with his Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in Biology. He finished his Tusculum academic career with a 3.28 cumulative grade point average.

To qualify for membership in the NFF Hampshire Honor Society, a student-athlete must: be a starter or significant reserve in one's last year of eligibility at an accredited NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision, Football Championship Subdivision, Division II, Division III or an NAIA college or university; achieve a 3.2 cumulative grade point average throughout the entire course of undergraduate study; and meet all NCAA-mandated progress towards degree requirements.

A total of 721 players from 232 schools from all NCAA and NAIA divisions qualified for membership in the society's sixth year, marking this year's class as the largest since the program's creation in 2007.

On the field, he played in 32 career games, where he recorded 47 tackles, including three for loss, five passes defended, an interception and a forced fumble. In 2011, he played in nine contests, tallying 19 tackles and two pass break-ups.

The Antioch High School graduate was a member of Tusculum's 2008 South Atlantic Conference championship team that went 9-4 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division II Playoffs.

"The growing number of students involved in the Hampshire Honor Society each year shows that football student-athletes not only play at the highest level but that they are some of the best students on campus as well," said NFF President & CEO Steve Hatchell. "We salute each one of these young men for their commitment to education and their leadership on and off the football field."

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