Josh Mahoney (2015) - Hall of Fame

Josh Mahoney

Induction:
2015
Class:
2010

Merlin Taylor Academic Hall of Fame Award

Josh Mahoney is the inaugural recipient of the Merlin Taylor Academic Hall of Fame award.

In 2009, he received the Walter Byers Postgraduate Scholarship Award, the highest academic award the NCAA administers. He was chosen as one of 15 finalists for the 2009 William V. Campbell Trophy ("Academic Heisman"). Mahoney received two Division I Academic All-America selections for the Panthers (2nd Team, 2008; 1st Team, 2009), and posted a 4.0 grade point average at the school while majoring in English and economics.

He was a two-time first-team All-Missouri Valley Football Conference selection at linebacker, leading the team in tackles his junior and senior seasons. He played in 50 career games, securing four interceptions, nine tackles-for-loss, and 247 tackles for the Panthers during that time.

Mahoney is originally from Sioux Falls, S.D., and attended O'Gorman High School.