Bronx, N.Y. – The awards keep coming in for the Fordham Football program as grad student linebacker Ryan Greenhagen was named the 2022 Patriot League Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year. He was joined on the Academic All-Patriot League Team by sophomore linebacker James Conway.
 
Greenhagen, who is working on a master's degree in Business analytics and has a 3.96 GPA, became the one of the first two Patriot League football student-athletes to receive Academic All-Patriot League honors for the fourth time. He is also a finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, presented annually to college football's premier scholar-athlete.
 
Bucknell, Colgate and Holy Cross received three All-Academic team honorees apiece, while Fordham and Georgetown each placed two student-athletes on the team. Lafayette and Lehigh had one honoree apiece.
 
The Patriot League Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year and Academic All-Patriot League Teams honors student-athletes who excel on and off the field. The Patriot League football sports information directors nominated and voted on the awards. To be eligible for the Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award and the Academic All-Patriot League Team, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average and be a starter or key player in their sport. Freshmen or student-athletes in their first academic year at their school are not eligible for the honor.
 
Ryan Greenhagen (Gr., LB, Sparta, N.J./Pope John XXIII)
• 2022 First Team All-Patriot League
• Second on team with 103 total tackles, a team-high 57 solo.
• Has 7.0 TFLs along with 4.5 sacks.
• Third in Patriot League and 24th in the NCA AFCS, in tackles/game (9.4).
• 2022 Campbell Trophy finalist.
• Named to the Buck Buchanan watch list (top FCS def. player) and the Reese's Senior Bowl watch List.
• A four-time All-Patriot League selection and 2020-21 Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year.
• A four-time Academic All-Patriot League selection.
• A two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American®.
• Set school career records for total tackles (415), solo tackles (241) and career tackles for loss (48.0).
 
James Conway (So., LB, Omaha, Neb./Millard West)
• 2022 First Team All-Patriot League.
• Leads team with 114 total tackles, 54 solo.
• Team-high 9.5 TFLs along with 3.0 sacks.
• Also has three pass breakups, three quarterback hurries, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery.
• Leads Patriot League and seventh in the NCA AFCS, in tackles/game (10.4).
• Named Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week three times in 2022.
• Has recorded more than 100 total tackles in each of his first two seasons.
 
The Rams, who are 13th in the latest AFCA FCS Coaches' Top 25 Poll, open play at the 2022 NCAA FCS Championship by traveling to Durham, New Hampshire, to face the 16^th-ranked University of New Hampshire Wildcats on Saturday, November 26, at 2:00 p.m.