2009 Scholar Athlete Awards
North Region:
Kurt Herzog (Grand Prize Winner), Friends School
5-9, 170, RB/DB
Twice selected as a first team All-Conference performer and a team captain, he ranks near the top of his class. He also plays soccer, lacrosse, is co-head of the UN Club and Cancer Awareness Club. He also is on the faculty/student discipline committee.
South Region:
Jason Gonos, St. Mary's
6-1, 200, FB/LB
Voted first team All-County, All-Conference, second team All-State and the Baltimore Touchdown Club defensive player of the year, this team captain ranks number one in his class. He is a member of the National Honor Society, a Maryland Distinguished Scholar, a Princeton Book Award Nominee and top lacrosse player. He will attend Harvard University in the fall.
East Region:
Eric Franklin, Archbishop Curley
6-3, 190, TE/DB
Selected first team All-Conference, All-Metro and All-State and picked as a team captain, he ranks in the Top 5% of his class and is a member of the National Honor Society. He also plays basketball, was undefeated in the 110m high hurdles last year, and member of the concert band. He will play football at the University of Maryland in the fall.
West Region:
Adam Dulberger, Middletown
6-0, 165, WR/DB
Chosen as a first team All-Conference and All-Area selection, this team captain ranks number one in his class and is a member of the National Honor Society. A Maryland Distinguished Scholar and AP scholar, he also plays lacrosse, basketball and is a math tutor.
Central Region:
Antwan Branch, Lake Clifton
5-9, 185, TE/LB
A team captain and one of the top defenders on the Lakers team, this Baltimore City All-Star ranks number one in his class. He is also Class President, wrestles, plays lacrosse and won an engineering award at the Morgan State Science Fair.
2009 Special Achievement Awards
A. Paul Menton Award:
River Hill
Herb Armstrong Service to Football Award:
Doug Duvall
The Ben Eaton, Sr. Championship Award:
River Hill
Dunbar
Regions & Schools
NORTH: Baltimore Lutheran, Boys’ Latin, Calvert Hall, Dulaney, Franklin, Friends, Gilman, Hereford, Loch Raven, Loyola, McDonogh, Milford Mill, New Town, Owings Mills, Pikesville, Randallstown. St. Paul’s, Towson and Woodlawn.
SOUTH: Annapolis, Archbishop Spalding, Arundel, Broadneck, Cardinal Gibbons, Chesapeake (AA), Glen Burnie, Lansdowne, Meade, Mount St. Joseph, North County, Northeast, Old Mill, St. Mary’s, St. Vincent Pallotti, Severn, Severna Park, Southern (AA), South River and Western Tech.
EAST: Aberdeen, Archbishop Curley, Bel Air, C. Milton Wright, Chesapeake (BC), Dundalk, Eastern Vo-Tech, Edgewood, Fallston, Harford Tech, Havre de Grace, John Carroll, Joppatowne, Kenwood, North Harford, Overlea, Parkville, Patapsco, Perry Hall and Sparrows Point.
WEST: Atholton, Brunswick, Catoctin, Centennial, Century, Francis Scott Key, Frederick, Glenelg, Gov. Thomas Johnson, Hammond, Howard, Liberty, Linganore, Long Reach, Marriott’s Ridge, Middletown, Mt. Hebron, North Carroll, Oakland Mills, Patterson Mill, Reservoir, River Hill, St. John’s Catholic Prep, South Carroll, Tuscarora, Urbana, Walkersville, Westminster, Wilde Lake and Winters Mill.
CENTRAL: City, Carver, Catonsville, Digital Harbor, Dr. Samuel Banks, Doris M. Johnson, W.E.B. DuBois, Dunbar, Edmondson-Westside, Forest Park, Frederick Douglass, Lake Clifton-Eastern, Reginald F. Lewis School of Business & Law, Mergenthaler, Northwestern, Patterson, Poly, Southside Academy, Vivian T. Thomas and Walbrook.