For the third year, the National Football Foundation is partnering with the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) to reveal the league's Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year as part of the events surrounding the NFF Annual Awards Dinner. MEAC Commissioner Dr. Dennis E. Thomas will make the announcement at the beginning of the media availability on Tuesday, Dec. 4 at The Trianon Ballroom (Third Floor) at the New York Hilton Midtown, 1335 6th Ave, New York, NY 10019, and he will be joined by the recipients. Presented annually since 1971, the MEAC Players of the Year awards are voted on by the MEAC head football coaches and sports information directors.

HOW:
Attend in person, requesting a credential by emailing news@footballfoundation.com. Video of interviews with the Hall of Famers will be placed in a Dropbox as soon as possible after media availability in the morning, which can be accessed via this link.

DINNER CEREMONY ESPN3 LINK AND SATELLITE COORDINATES:
The Dinner Ceremony from 8:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. EST can be watched via a livestream on ESPN3 by clicking here. A live-clean HD satellite feed with a 30-minute buffer before and after, courtesy of CBS Newspath, may also be found at Galaxy 16 Transponder 4C; Downlink 11775V; Data Rate 8.912; Symbol Rate 4.0; FEC 3/4. The feed can also be accessed via The Switch at FB-SW TX-01 (also called NORTH N029),25megs ASI. You may also contact your news service to request specific footage. Permission is granted for "news purposes only" during the customary 48-hour window. Satellite Trouble Shooting Contact is Phil Marwill at 917-579-4256.
 
PHOTOS:
 
Still photos from the morning events will be available in a Dropbox accessible via this link(please credit all photos in this folder to the National Football Foundation/Melissa Macatee). Photos from the Dinner ceremony will also be immediately added to a Photoshelter Gallery, accessible during and after the event via this link and password "nff2018" (please credit all photos in this folder to the National Football Foundation/Ben Solomon). Media outlets looking for a specific photo not in the Dropbox or the Photoshelter Gallery may send an email to news@footballfoundation.com requesting a specific photo.
 
 
2018 NFF NATIONAL SCHOLAR-ATHLETE CLASS & CAMPBELL TROPHY® FINALISTS:
 
The winner of The William V. Campbell Trophy® will be announced live between 8:40 and 9:00 p.m. during the Dinner ceremony feed. The finalists, comprised of the 2018 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class, include Kenneth Brinson (Army West Point), Taryn Christion (South Dakota State), De'Arius Christmas (Grambling State), D'Cota Dixon (Wisconsin), Ryan Finley(North Carolina State), Piercen Harnish (Saint Francis [Ind.]), Trace McSorley (Penn State), Dalton Risner (Kansas State), Max Scharping (Northern Illinois), Eric Stevenson (Wheaton [Ill.]), Easton Stick (North Dakota State), Drue Tranquill (Notre Dame) and Christian Wilkins(Clemson). Video of interviews with the finalists will be placed in a Dropbox as soon as possible after their arrival in New York, which can be accessed via this link.
 
2018 NFF MAJOR AWARD RECIPIENTS:
The presentations of the NFF Major Awards will also take place during the Dinner ceremony and can be captured via the satellite feed. The 2018 NFF Major Award recipients include Atlanta Hall Management Chairman and College Football Hall of Fame inductee from Dartmouth Murry Bowden (NFF Outstanding Contribution to Amateur Football Award); longtime voice of the Texas A&M Aggies Dave South (NFF Chris Schenkel Award for excellence in broadcasting); retired Yale athletics director Thomas Beckett and current Harvard athletics director Bob Scalise (co-recipients of NFF John L. Toner Award for excellence in athletics administration); and Sun Belt Conference Commissioner Karl Benson, Allstate Sugar Bowl CEO Paul Hoolahan, NFF Accountant and Spielman, Koenigsberg & Parker Partner Jonathan B. Taylor, NFF General Counsel and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP Partner Richard Young (co-recipients of the NFF Legacy Award).