A total of 91 athletes from the Greater Baltimore area will compete for $10,000 in college scholarships when the Baltimore Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame holds its 36th annual Scholar Athlete Awards dinner at 6 tonight.
After five regional award winners are announced at Martin's West in Woodlawn, one will be chosen as the grand prize winner.
Class 1A state football champion Oakland Mills and Class 2A state champion Urbana of Frederick County each will receive special achievement awards along with NCAA Division III Centennial Conference champion Western Maryland. The Paul A. Menton Award as the area's top scholastic team will go to Gilman. And the Service to Football Award will be presented to Andy Borland of Severna Park.
Tickets are $40. For information, call 410-668-6901.
The scholar-athlete nominees:
David Abarbanel (Walkersville), Brandon Avery (Southern-B), Christopher Barnes (Dunbar), Jeffrey Blachly (Arundel), Benjamin Bodnar (Friends), Jonathan Bosley (Curley), Jonathan Brunelle (Landsdowne), Patrick Carroll (Howard), Joseph Caruso (Glenelg), Samuel Choi (Mt. Hebron), David Coe (FSK), David Collins (Towson), Marshall Contee (Randallstown), Brian Cousin (Cardinal Gibbons), Michael Crawford (Patterson), James Daue (Boys Latin), Gregory Daut (North Carroll), Matthew Deuchler (Centennial), Reginald Durant (Carver Vo-Tech), Mike Edgar (Severn), Joseph Ellis (Oakland Mills), Taavone Ervin (Lake Clifton), William Farrell (N. Harford), Nicholas Farver (Westminster), Christopher Fielder (Harford Tech).
Also, Michael Gonano (Fallston), Craig Hall (Old Mill), David Hall (Annapolis), Tony Harris (Edgewood), Ralph Henry (Eastern Tech), McKenzie Horton (Douglass), Michael Hudson (Thomas Johnson), Michael Irvine (Catoctin), Brandon James (Milford Mill), Patrick Jameson (Hammond), Kevin Johnson (City), Derrick Kane (Northern), Michael Kerr (Loyola), Christopher Kuligowski (Loch Raven), Robert Lay (Glen Burnie), Matthew Layman (Patapsco), John Luster (South Carroll), Michael Lyon (Kenwood), Raymond Maszarose (Calvert Hall), Michael Mazursky (Pikesville), Sean McCann (Sparrows Point), William McCray (Woodlawn), Donya McFail (Edmondson), Patrick McGovern (Frederick), John Mease (Dundalk), Benjamin Meyer (Dulaney), Kirk Moravec (C. Milton Wright), Brian Mortus (Aberdeen), Douglas Mueller (St. Paul's), Derrick Murray (Joppatowne), Ryan Naegele (Patuxent), Mehdi Nematollahi (Severna Park), Kenneth Nightingale (Long Reach), Patrick O'Hara (Parkville), Samuel O'Neal (South River).
Also, Chisom Opara (Gilman), Phillip Patrick (Owings Mills), Christopher Peters (Liberty), William Pitt III (Walbrook), Russell Popkin (River Hill), Matthew Primm (McDonogh), Robert Quin (Brunswick), Adam Rafalski (Bel Air), Jeremy Rietschel (Southern-AA), Michael Rodman (Overlea), Nathan Rushing (Middletown), Jeffrey Santacroce (Urbana), David Sarzynski, Jr. (Chesapeake-B), Joseph Schivia (Havre de Grace), Timothy Shanley (St. Mary's), Michael Shapiro (Franklin), Eric Silva (Catonsville), Andrew Smith Jr. (Meade), Joshua Smith (Forest Park), Jeffrey Souder (Atholton), David Story (John Carroll), James Taylor (Northeast), Shane Todd (Linganore), Arnoud Van Stekelenburg (Mt. St. Joseph), Alexander Wancowicz (Perry Hall), Dorian Watleins (Broadneck), Joseph Webb III (Hereford), Erik Welle (Spalding), Ronald White (Poly), Ernest Womack, Jr. (Southwestern), Aaron Wylie (Mergenthaler), Christopher Yetter (Wilde Lake).
Pub Date: 3/10/99