Nottingham’s Carrette, Trenton’s Ingram-McWhite are top scholars
Only a few miles of Hamilton Avenue separate Nottingham and Trenton and both schools at times have seen remarkable athletic achievements in their history and just as many noteworthy student athletes.
Two of those athletes, Nottingham’s Jedaiah Carrette and Trenton’s Nasyr Ingram-McWhite, have been selected as their school’s honoree at the Delaware Valley Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame’s 61st Annual George Wah ScholarLeader-Athlete Awards Ceremony.
The awards ceremony will been held on March 12th, at the Princeton Marriott at Forrestal and will begin a 3 p.m.
The Foundation and it’s sponsors honor high school football players from 21 schools in Burlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean Counties as well as a Scholar-Athlete-Leader from Princeton University and The College of New Jersey.
Tickets are $75.00 and can be purchased by contacting Steve Tuckerson, Dinner Chair at delval.nffhf@gmail.com
A player will be chosen for the $ 5,000.00 Jack Stephen Scholarship, one for the $2,500.00 Ron Rick Sr. Scholarship, the $2000.00 Ed Cook Scholarship and the Delaware Valley Chapter Scholarship is for $1,500.00.
The remaining Scholar-Athletes will all receive a $1,000.00 scholarship.
The 21 players nominated are, Parker Schloss (Allentown), Michael Poinsett (Bordentown), Dorian Williams (Ewing), Luke Skinner (Florence), Walter Cordero (Hamilton), Brianna Saragih (Hightstown), David Ellis (Hopewell Valley), Dante Barone (Hun), Graham Walter (Lawrence), Peyton Cosover (Lawrenceville), Devin Kimmick (New Egypt), Declan MacCabe (Notre Dame), Derek Vaddis (North Hunterdon), Daniel Gredell (Peddie), Tyler Bock (Pennington), Jake Richter (Princeton), Tyler DelGrande (Robbinsville), Colin James (Steinert) and Manidhar Yeluri (WW-P).
These players are being recognized for so much more than their football ability, it’s recognizes the achievements in the classroom, their leadership qualities as well as their community involvement.
The other awards the Chapter will
bestow will be to Mercer County Executive Brian Hughes (Robert F. Casciola Distinguished American), the Bordentown Military Institute (George O’Gorman Contribution to Amateur Football), North Hunterdon’s Kevin Kley (Hank Johns Coach Award), Mike Rowan, of the Hopewell Valley Pop Warner (Contribution to Youth Football), Cooper Briehler, of the Hopewell Valley/Robbinsville Pop Warner (Delaware Valley Little Scholar), Fernando Santana, of SONJ (Eunice Shriver Champion Award), Bill Quirk, the longtime Hun Athletic Director (Nick Gusz Good Guy Award) and Sean Miller, of the Times of Trenton (Tony Persichilli Meritorious Service Award)
The Judge Arthur Lane Princeton University-Scholar-Leader-Athlete is Carter Christopher and the Earl H. Dean The College of New Jersey Scholar-Leader-Athlete is Joey Bellamy.
When the discussion turns to the Northstars Jedaiah Carrette most sentences begin with the word most.
Most Improved Offensive Player, Most Valuable Freshman and more importantly Carrette got the most out of his talents and gave it all every time on the football field.
“The thing that impresses me most about Jed is his work ethic,” said Nottingham coach Milo McGuire. “He is a young man with impeccable character. He has continued to demonstrate the same positive characteristics that I saw from him as a player early in his high school tenure. I am very proud of the man that he is becoming. Jedaiah Carrette is a winner.”
One of the grind it out running backs at Nottingham, Carrette was just as focused in the classroom and in service to the community.
Possessing a 4.10 GPA, playing football and participating in track and field, being a member of the concert band, serving the elderly with the Trenton Kappa League and working in his church Carrette shows why he was the recipient of the Character Award this season.
“Jed has proven to be a very versatile individual by the multitude of activities that he was a part of while in high school,” added McGuire. “Besides football, he was three year member of the track team. Jed possesses a high level of integrity, and it’s proven by the types of clubs that he participated in. Jed is a current member of the leadership program known as the Trenton Kappa League that focuses on community service, such as volunteering at churches. This is just one example of the type of integrity that this young man possesses. In college, Jed wants to focus on Civil Engineering.”
Nasyr Ingram-McWhite, who is a three-sport athlete at Trenton, did a little bit of his own engineering this season as one of the Tornadoes’ leaders he always brought 100 percent and was a key in keeping things positive.
“Nasyr stands out as a three sport athlete, a committed and competitive student-athlete, and a young man of upstanding character,” said Chris Franco, Trenton coach. “During a season in which our team did not win any games, Nasyr stood out as a leader and competitor during the tough times. Nasyr was that player for Trenton. He never lost his competitive spirit and kept playing through an ankle injury that eventually we had to sit him out as a staff. It would have been very easy for Nasyr to give up. He did the opposite. He kept a positive outlook, performed with 100% effort, was attentive in practice and a pleasure to coach.”
An honor student, all four years at Trenton, he led the team in tackles and has played basketball and run track during his high school career.
“As a person Nasyr is very motivated and humble,” stated Franco. “He continues to work very diligently in the classroom and accomplish the goals he has set for himself. I cannot say enough positive things about his character and integrity. Having been nominated for this honor when I was a senior in high school, I take special interest in this award. There was never a doubt Nasyr deserved to represent Trenton.”
Ingram-McWhite’s work ethic, commitment and dedication bode well for a great future.