Berks players receive accolades
Maxwell Football Club President, Ron Jaworski, announced the 2016 Mini Max High School Award winners for the state of Pennsylvania on Tuesday morning. The sixty-two players selected are from schools located in Districts 1, 3, 11 and 12 in the eastern half of the state. Players were nominated by their coaches throughout the 2016 season and were evaluated based on a criteria that includes: football performance, academics, and community service.
Berks County was represented by two players: Daniel Boone senior Ryan Okuniewski and Berks Catholic’s Marcus Wilson.
RYAN OKUNIEWSKI (DANIEL BOONE) >>
Senior wide receiver finished with a team best 836 receiving yards on 41 receptions. His season totals are No. 2 in the Berks Conference, behind only Ex- WILSON eter’s Gabe Schappell.
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Senior fullback/outside linebacker rushed for 1,145 yards and 16 touchdowns while leading the Saints to a Berks Section II title, District 3 Class 4A championship and the semifinals of the PIAA Class 4A Championships.
The Mini Max Award recipients will be honored at a dinner to be held on Thursday January 12, 2017 at the Drexelbrook Catering Ballroom in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. The awards dinner is open to the public and tickets are available on the Club’s website www.maxwellfootballclub.org beginning on Friday, December 2nd.
The Maxwell Football Club will select one player from the group of Mini Max winners as the winner of the Pennsylvania High School Player of the Year. The Pennsylvania High School
Player of the Year will be announced on January 8, 2016 at the Awards Dinner.
The sixty-two 2016 Pennsylvania Mini Max Winners are listed alphabetically by school:
George Reid, Abington Alliston Augustin, Abraham Lincoln
Kenneth Bennett Jr., Academy at Palumbo
Raheem Blackshear, Archbishop Wood
Marcus Wilson, Berks Catholic
Max Bryson, Bishop McDevitt
Des Holmes, Cardinal O’Hara
Taten Seyfert, Cedar Crest
Nate Norris, Central Bucks South
Dominic Lorino, Central Bucks West
Brandan Cohen, Conwell Egan
Mason Luff, Council Rock North
Josiah Quigley, Cumberland Valley
Ben Ferree, Dallastown Area
Ryan Okuniewski, Daniel Boone
Seth Davis, Downingtown East
Thomas Melchiorre, East Stroudsburg North
Jake Cirillo, East Stroudsburg South
CJ McAnally, Episcopal Academy
Mack Focht, Garden Spot
Jacob Buttermore, Garnet Valley
Patrick McGettigan, Germantown Academy
Mark Derobertis, Great Valley Chris Thomas, Interboro Sy Madden, LaSalle College
Daniel Beaver, Lower Dauphin
Justin Tichnell, Malvern Prep
Kody Kegarise, Manheim Central
Cameron Mathes, Marple Newtown
Khalil Nelson, Mastery Charter
Ryan O’Toole, Methacton
Travis Stefanik, Nazareth
Mason Jones, Neshaminy
Matt Fest, New Hope Solebury
Reece Udinski, North Penn
Major Jordan, North Schuylkill
Trevor Cunningham, Northwestern Lehigh
Austin Kaulius, Notre Dame
Nick Duliakas, Owen J. Roberts
Garrett Perschy, Palmerton Patrick Ferry, Parkland Tanner Barr, Pen Argyl Jagger Hartshorn, Pennridge
Connor Horst, Pequea Valley
Stephen Sturm, Perkiomen Valley
Matt Garcia, Phoenixville
Nick Yerger, Pope John Paul II Ryan Finn, Pottsgrove Isaiah Mayes, Pottstown Noah Wood, Quakertown Samuel Emig, Red Lion Eric Frankenfield, Salisbury Township
Konstandinos Zaharakis, Saucon Valley
Koby Kahn, Souderton Area
Stone Scarcelle, Spring-Ford
D’Andre Swift, St. Josephs Prep
Trael Seegars, Susquehanna Township
Justin Horn, Upper Dublin
Ryan Brida, West Chester Henderson Zach Gilbert, Whitehall Michael Hnatkowsky, William Penn Charter
Mike Schoenleber, Wissahickon