BRUNSWICK — Six local high school seniors were among the 20 football players from around Maine selected as recipients of the 27th annual scholar-athlete awards from the Howard Vandersea/Maine Chapter of the National Football Foundation.
Kennebunk’s Ben Bath and Nicco DeLorenzo, Thornton Academy’s Andrew Libby and Cody Lynn, Sanford’s Jed Scott and Wells’ Cody O’Brien, a student at Cheverus, were among the 18 high school players honored.
Thomas Feenstra of Cape Elizabeth, Ben Greenberg and Charles Raybine of Scarborough, Greg Grinnell of Cheverus, Zach Guptill of Winslow, Lucas McCue and Joshua O’Neil Thibeault of Brunswick, Brendan Moore of Bangor, Levi Morin and Clay Rowland of Leavitt, Brian Rollins of Bonny Eagle and Justin Zukowski of Portland were the other high school players who received the award.
Marcus Wasilewski of the University of Maine was the state’s college honoree, while Jhalen Bien-Aime of Bridgton Academy was recognized in the prep school ranks.
The recipients were honored at a banquet on Wednesday night at Bowdoin College’s Thorne Hall in Brunswick. Each received a $500 scholarship from the Mac-Huard fund to support their higher education endeavors.
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