2021 Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania. The fifty-five players selected are from schools across the state of PA. 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 Pennsylvania Player of the Year. The Pennsylvania High School Player of the Year will be announced at the annual Mini-Maxwell Awards Dinner on January 20th, 2022 at the Drexelbrook Catering and Event Center in Drexel Hill, PA.

The Maxwell Football Club also released the Delaware and New Jersey Mini Max Award winners today. Delaware and New Jersey 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 was 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 2021 Mini-Max Award winners and wish them much success in their future endeavors.”

This year’s Pennsylvania Mini Max award is sponsored by Montage Mountain Resorts located in Scranton Pennsylvania. Montage Mountain Resorts is the premiere skiing destination in Pennsylvania featuring White Lightening the steepest slope in PA and the second steepest on the East Coast. Ski rentals and lessons are available for skiers of all ages. Co-owner of Montage Mountain Resorts and entrepreneur, Jason Griggs has been a long-time sponsor of the MFC through his various businesses.

The fifty-five 2021 Pennsylvania Mini Max Winners are listed alphabetically by school:

First Name	Last Name	School
Dan	Moynihan	Abington High School
Rogan	Harter	Annville-Cleona High School
Andrew	McHugh	Archbishop Wood High School
Kael	Godshalk	Bangor Area High School
Brandon	Choi	Bishop Shanahan High School
Nick	Bozzetto	Bonner & Prendie High School
Peyton	Shore	Camp Hill High School
Jeremy	Goldrick	Central Bucks West High School
Max	Mosey	Central Dauphin High School
Beau	Pribula	Central York High School
Peter	Detweiler	Conestoga High School
Logan	Klitsch	Conrad Weiser High School
Josh	Asante	Downingtown East High School
Robert	McClosky	East Stroudsburg South High School
Luke	Williams	Eastern Lebanon County High School
Jared	Groller	Emmaus High School
Bryce	Cooper	The Episcopal Academy
Mike	VanHorn	Father Judge High School
Braelin	Moore	Freedom High School
Max	Busenkell	Garnet Valley High School
William	O’Connor	George School
Nicholas	Singleton	Governor Mifflin High School
Andy	Talone	Great Valley High School
Diohnny	Ruiz	Hamburg Area High School
Makai	Jackson	Harry S. Truman High School
Hunter	Long	Hatboro-Horsham High School
Cam	Harbaugh	Hempfield High School
Zachary	Pacuraru	Jenkintown High School
Berkeley	Wagner	Lampeter-Strasburg High School
Ryan	Moore	LaSalle College High School
Isaiah	Wright	Malvern Prep High School
Judd	Novak	Manheim Central High School
Mekhi	James	Mastery Charter High School
Dion	Bryant	Milton Hershey High School
John	Adams	Minersville Area High School
Tyler	Beam	North Penn High School
Justin	Holmes	Northwestern Lehigh High School
Collin	Quintano	Notre Dame Green Pond High School
Michael	Trainor	Octorara Area High School
Avrey	Grimm	Owen J. Roberts High School
Lucas	Heydt	Palmerton High School
Ethan	Kohler	Perkiomen Valley High School
DJ	Clarke	Pope John Paul II High School
Maxwell	Neeson	Pottsgrove High School
Will	Steich	Quakertown Community High School
Tahir	Mills	Ridley High School
Ben	Krauss	Salisbury High School
Joe	Vevasis	Shenandoah Valley High School
Brayden	Porter	Souderton Area High School
Ryan	Horvath	Spring-Ford High School
Robert	Longo	Springfield High School
Freeman	Wilson	Susquehanna Township High School
Noah	Lee	Upper Dublin High School
John	Ammon	West Chester East High School
Generoso	Rullo	William Penn Charter School