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12/02/25 - K Will Bettridge, Sr/2026, Virginia, (DS#25 K)

2025 JIM TATUM AWARD WINNER: Virginia senior placekicker Will Bettridge has been named the recipient of the 2025 Jim Tatum Award, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced Monday. The award is given annually in memory of the late Jim Tatum to the top senior student-athlete among the league's football players. Tatum, a two-time ACC Coach of the Year, coached in the 1950s at both Maryland and North Carolina and believed strongly in the concept of the student-athlete. A standout on and off the field, Virginia's Bettridge is a William V. Campbell Trophy Semifinalist and three-time ACC All-Academic team member and has earned ACC Academic Honor Roll recognition. He was named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® Football team and served as Virginia's nominee for both the Wuerffel Trophy and the All-State Good Works Team in 2024, all while majoring in foreign affairs with a minor in entrepreneurship.

On the field, he has been a key contributor to a Virginia team that is 10-2 overall and 7-1 in ACC play, matching the program's single-season records for both overall and conference wins, and will play in the 2025 ACC Football Championship Game on Saturday, December 6, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Individually, he ranks third on Virginia's all-time scoring list with 302 career points and ranks among the nation's top 15 in scoring this season with 106 points. Through 12 games, he has recorded a career-high 20 field goals, highlighted by a 39-yard kick to force a second overtime in UVA's thrilling 46-38 double-overtime victory over then-No. 8 Florida State on September 26 and two field goals and three extra points in the Cavaliers' win over Virginia Tech in the Commonwealth Clash to clinch a spot for the Cavaliers in the ACC Football Championship Game. Bettridge is the ninth football student-athlete to be honored with the ACC's Jim Tatum Award and the first Cavalier to win the award since Jordan Mack in 2019. - ACC Football

(DS#25 K) Sr/2026