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Posted by Ric 5/7/08

Former Mount Union quarterback Jim Ballard has been named to the 2008 College Football Divisional Hall of Fame, according to the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF).

The 2008 class will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame during the Enshrinement Festival this summer in South Bend, IN.

During his college career, Ballard was a two-time First-Team All-America (92-93), broke 17 Division III records and threw for 8,270 yards and 93 touchdowns.

He was a two-time recipient of the Mike Gregory Award, which is given to the Ohio Athletic Conference’s top offensive back, and was a two-time All-Conference selection.  Ballard led Mount Union to its first football national championship in 1993 and won the first Gagliardi Trophy, recognizing the Division III Player of the Year.

During his 10-year professional career, the Ohio native played in the National Football League, Canadian Football League and the Arena Football League and led the Scottish Claymores to an NFL Europe World Bowl title in 1996.

Inducted into the Scottish Claymores Hall of Fame in 2001, Ballard currently serves as the commissioner of the Continental Indoor Football League in North Canton, Ohio.

Posted by Ric 5/5/08

Today marks the eighth anniversary of this website, which went online May 5, 2000. Thank you to everyone for all the nice comments and support over that time.  Who would have thought that at that time there were four national championships and now there are nine?

Posted by Ric 5/3/08

The latest Raiders Newsletter is now available here.  This one is packed with information, including a look senior profiles, spring practice, the Larry Kehres Football Camps and the M-Club Golf Outing, among other things.  The Raiders Newsletter is written and distributed by players and coaches of the Mount Union football team.