Walter Camp Foundation and Its Annual Weekend – 2025 Update

December 18, 2024

To our Friends and Supporters,

We are writing to inform you that the Foundation is re-imaging its annual awards weekend.

As a result of changing dynamics that are now occurring with the sport of college football, especially the longer FBS playoff season and the impending impact of federal legislation regarding Name, Image and Likeness (NIL), it has become important for the Foundation to fully consider the best way to fulfill our mission of honoring the best college football has to offer.

As a long-time member of the National College Football Awards Association, we know that our situation is not unique, as other awards are also facing similar hurdles.

Regardless, the Foundation has continued to fulfill its mission to honor the best of college football by presenting the nation’s oldest All-America team as well as naming a Player and Coach of the Year.

Just like any organization, the Foundation is not immune from changing conditions and will consider all factors when evaluating how best to host a first-class event to honor our awardees going forward.

Two events will continue in 2025.

Walter Camp’s High School Breakfast of Champions will be held on January 18, and at a new location (Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville).

The annual Walter Camp Ring of Honor Golf Classic will also occur in June.

While we are disappointed to postpone the annual awards weekend, we are committed, as the Foundation’s leadership, to evaluate all opportunities, and come back with a plan for 2025-26.

Yours in football,

The Walter Camp Board of Governors

John Barbarotta, President

Mike Madera, President-elect

Dr. Greg Rocchio, Vice-President

Michael Leone, Vice-President

Jeremy Rosner, Secreary

William Raffone, Treasurer