Maxwell Football Club 2023 Mini Max Award Winners

December 21, 2023 - PHILADELPHIA, PA

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MAXWELL FOOTBALL CLUB 2023 MINI MAX AWARD WINNERS

Maxwell Football Club President, Mark Dianno, announced the 2023 Mini Max High School Award winners for the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. The one hundred fifty-five players selected are from schools across the states in the region. Players were nominated by their coaches throughout the 2023 season and were evaluated based on criteria that includes: football performance, academics, and community service.

The Maxwell Football Club will select one player from Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey as the Player of the Year for each state. These will be announced at the annual Mini-Maxwell Awards on February 4, 2024, at the Drexelbrook Event Center in Drexel Hill, PA.

The winner of the New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware Player of the Year awards will be the candidates for the Club's 38th Jim Henry Award as the Outstanding Player in the region. The winner of the Jim Henry Award will also be announced at the Mini-Max Awards on February 4, 2024.

Recent winners of the Jim Henry Award include Stefano Montella (West Morris Central – Brown), Nicholas Singleton (Governor Mifflin– Penn State), Kyle McCord (St. Joseph’s Prep - Syracuse), Will Howard (Downingtown West – Kansas State), Keith Maguire (Malvern Prep - Clemson),  Shayne Simon (St. Peters Prep - Notre Dame), Jonathan Taylor (Salem. - Wisconsin), Brandon McIlwain (Council Rock North - South Carolina/Cal), Kyle Shurmur (LaSalle College. - Vanderbilt), Mark Pyles (Lebanon - Bucknell Univ.) Fran Walsh (Archbishop Wood - Villanova Univ.), Brendan Nosovitch (Allentown Central Catholic - University of South Carolina), Bill Kim (Upper Dublin - Johns Hopkins), Brad Herzlich (Conestoga - Brown University), Daniel Persa (Bethlehem Liberty - Northwestern.), Brent Caprio (Mainland Regional. - William & Mary), Steven Rizzo (Audubon - Colgate), Pat Devlin (Downingtown East - Delaware), Ryan Greiser (Pennridge - Liberty Univ.), Dan Connor (Strath Haven - Penn State) and Austin Scott (Parkland - Penn State).

On this year’s honorees, Maxwell Football Club President, Mark Dianno, said “This is another exceptional class of student athletes who will represent the Mini Max Award very well. During their high school careers, they consistently rose to meet challenges and performed extraordinary feats on the fields, in their classrooms and in their respective communities. On behalf of the entire Board of Directors and all the members of the Maxwell Football Club, we congratulate and salute this exceptional group of student-athletes on being 2023 Mini-Max Award winners and wish them much success in their future endeavors.”

PENNSYLVANIA MINI MAX WINNERS

To purchase tickets for the Mini Max awards dinner, click on the following link: https://maxwellfootballclub.org/purchase-mini-max-high-school-awards-dinner-tickets/