2021 New Jersey Mini Max High School Award Winners

Written by: David Mika on Monday, December 20th, 2021. Follow David Mika on Twitter.

Maxwell Football Club President, Mark Dianno, announced the 2021 Mini Max High School Award winners for the state of New Jersey. The fifty-five players selected are from schools located throughout the state of New Jersey. Players were nominated by their coaches throughout the 2021 season and were evaluated based on criteria that includes: football performance, academics, and community service.

The Maxwell Football Club will select one player from the group of Mini Max winners as the winner of the New Jersey Player of the Year. The New Jersey High School Player of the Year will be announced on Sunday, January 30, 2022, at New Jersey Mini-Max Dinner at the Hilton East Brunswick Hotel & Executive Meeting Center.

The Maxwell Football Club also released the Pennsylvania and Delaware Mini Max Award winners today. Pennsylvania players from Districts1, 3, 11, and 12 in the eastern part of the state and Delaware players from throughout the state were eligible for selection as part of the program.

The winner of the New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware Player of the Year awards will be the candidates for the Club’s 36th Jim Henry Award as the Outstanding Player in the region. The winner of the Jim Henry Award will be announced on February 2, 2022.

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

On this year’s honorees, Maxwell Football Club President, Mark Dianno, said “This year’s group of Mini-Max winners were challenged by more than just their on-field opponents. They had to contend with circumstances of the pandemic impacting their families, communities, schools, teachers, academics, practices, coaches, and games; yet they consistently rose to meet those 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 2021Mini-Max Award winners and wish them much success in their future endeavors.”

The fifty-five2021New Jersey Mini Max Winners are listed alphabetically by school:

First Name	Last Name	School
Larue	Linder	Bergen Catholic High School
Brady	Walsh	Bernards High School
Hunter	VanZant	Boonton High School
Omari	Owes	Bordentown Regional High School
Patrick	LePoidevin	Bound Brook High School
Brady	Kurdyla	Bridgewater-Raritan High School
Michael	Marinelli	Cedar Grove High School
Tom	Nigro	Cherokee High School
Justin	Pessoa	Clayton High School
Aiden	McCullough	Clearview Regional High School
Joshua	Oluremi	Colonia High School
Tommy	Fallon	Colts Neck High School
Patrick	Caughey	Delbarton School
Q’yaeir	Price	DePaul Catholic High School
Timothy	Hinspeter	Don Bosco Prep
Damon	Phillips	East Orange Campus High School
Tyreek	Rollins	Ewing High School
Brandon	Makowski	Florence Township Memorial High School
Steven	Burkhardt	Gloucester City High School
Jackson	Ferrante	Haddon Heights High School
Tyler	Michinard	Hillsborough High School
Caleb	Ramos	Hillside High School
Elijah	Steward	Holy Spirit High School
Michael	Mastroeni	Hopatcong High School
Saquan	Gordon	Irvington High School
Eric	Ibe	Jackson Memorial High School
Ryan	Pini	James Caldwell High School
Erik	Gary	Jefferson Township High School
Andrew	Obando	Keyport High School
Jackson	Lavere	Lenape Valley Regional High School
Lequint	Allen Jr.	Millville Senior High School
John	Walsh	Montville High School
Kyle	Schermerhorn	Morris Catholic High School
Anthony	Kaspereen	New Providence High School
Jack	Young	Newton High School
Collin	Price	North Warren Regional High School
Matthew	Manning	Park Ridge High School
Campbell	Pivnick	Parsippany High School
Steven	Demboski	Pascack Valley High School
Nolan	Chiulli	Phillipsburg High School
Brady	Anderson	Pope John XXIII High School
Patrick	Gilchrist	Randolph High School
Benjamin	Hutchins	Raritan High School
Alex	Bauman	Red Bank Catholic High School
Brady	Small	Saint Augustine Prep
Andr’e	Oben	Saint Peters Prep
John	Young	Secaucus High School
Adam	Klenk	Seneca High School
Jackson	Dowd	Seton Hall Prep
Matt	Welsey	Shawnee High School
Donovan	Leary	Timber Creek High School
Davison	Igbinosun	Union High School
Jo’Nathan	Silver	Washington Township High School
Frank	Kontely	West Morris Mendham High School
Turner	Inge	Williamstown High School