Maxwell Football Club 2023 Mini Max Award Winners

Written by: David Mika on Thursday, December 21st, 2023. Follow David Mika on Twitter.

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 include: 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

First Name	Last Name	High School
Cael	Harter	Annville-Cleona High School
Greg	Campbell	Bangor Area High School
Joesph	Polinsky	Berks Catholic High School
Jack	Donnelly	Central Bucks East High School
Adam	Oscar	Central Bucks South High School
Conor	McFadden	Central Bucks West High School
Evan	Bushong	Central Dauphin High School
Aaryn	Longenecker	Cocalico High School
Charlie	Newhall	Conestoga High School
Gavin	Pond	Conwell Egan Catholic High School
Alex	Sauve	Cumberland Valley High School
Keller	Spera	Dallastown High School
Michael	Leo	Downingtown East High School
Jake	Kucera	Downingtown West High School
Elliott	Kreider	Eastern Lebanon County High School
Mario	Landino	Emmaus High School
Jeremiah	Knowles	Ephrata High School
Zeke	Kane	Episcopal Academy
Kye	Harting	Garden Spot High School
Tyler	Lassik	Garnet Valley High School
Jack	Clearfield	Great Valley High School
Mason	Semmel	Hamburg High School
Mikal	Davis	Imhotep Charter High School
Noah	Rosahac	Jim Thorpe High School
Andrew	Brennan	LaSalle College High School
Colm	McGroarty	Mahanoy Area Sr. High School
Ennis	Udo	Malvern Prep
Zac	Hahn	Manheim Central High School
Hayden	Johnson	Manheim Township High School
Andrew	Kirlin	Marple Newtown High School
Luke	Stevenosky	Minersville Area High School
Sean	Kinney	Nazareth Area High School
Demacio	Cooper	Neshaminy High School
Danny	Darno	Notre Dame High School
Derek	Hinrichs	Owen J. Roberts High School
Matt	Machalik	Palmerton High School
Kadin	Jones	Palmyra Area High School
Trey	Tremba	Parkland High School
Samuel	Kuhns	Pennridge High School
Robbie	Sturges	Perkiomen Valley High School
Samuel	Moore	Phoenixville Area High School
Lane	Lehman	Pine Grove Area High School
Brent	Mitala	Pope John Paul II High School
Vince	Micucci	Quakertown High School
Tyler	Roberts	SCH Academy
Aiden	Myers	Schuylkill Haven High School
Nick	Ryan	Shenandoah Valley High School
Cade	Sawyer	Southern Lehigh High School
Mason	Scott	Spring-Ford High School
Nick	McGlynn	St. Joseph’s Prep
Alex	Erby	Steelton-Highspire High School
Christopher	Kohlbrenner	Upper Dublin High School
Tyler	Wileczek	West Chester East High School
Ohifame	Ijeboi	William Penn Charter School
Alex	Achenbach	Williams Valley High School

New Jersey Mini Max Winners

First Name	Last Name	High School
Luke	Wiedau	Allentown High School
Luke	Hoke	Audubon High School
Connor	Laverty	Bernards High School
Michael	Zuercher	Boonton High School
Will	Jacobs	Bordentown Regional High School
Jacob	Toye	Brick Township High School
Alim	Park	Cedar Creek High School
Nicholas	Iannacone	Cedar Grove High School
Austin	Lenart	Cherokee High School
Nicolas	Zuniga	Cherry Hill High School West
Matthew	Chinchillo	Clearview Regional High School
Shea	Bresnahan	Colts Neck High School
Glory	Moon	Cresskill High School
Ryan	Trafford	Delbarton School
Kenny	Jones	Delran High School
Vincent	Bertone	Don Bosco Prep
Ibn	McDaniels	Elizabeth High School
Nicholas	LeVach	Florence High School
Dylan	O’Neil	Glen Ridge High School
Ayden	Jones	Hackensack High School
Connor	Mooney	Hamilton West High school
Tyler	James	Irvington High School
Shaun	Hubbard	Jackson Memorial High School
Benny	Liles III	Kingsway Regional High School
Stephen	Ordille	Mainland Regional High School
Joshua	Love	Manchester Township High School
Jake	Lukasko	Mendham High School
Jacob	Zamot	Millville High School
Griffin	Hicks	Monmouth Regional High School
Matthew	D’Avino	Montgomery High School
Isaam	Gaber	Montville High School
Chris	Gorman	Moorestown High School
Adam	Cristofaro	Mount Olive High School
Sean	Donnelly	New Providence High School
Ben	Diaby	Newark Collegiate Academy
Arthur	De Lima	Newark East Side High School
Tyler	Anderson	North Hunterdon High School
Trashon	Dye	Passaic County Technical Institute
Elijah	Jennings	Pennsauken High School
James	Bonner	Pequannock Township High School
Chris	Dietrich	Pope John XXIII High School
Josh	Graeper	Rancocas Valley Regional High School
James	Kleiven	Randolph High School
Zac	Fearon	Seneca High School
Jaylen	McClain	Seton Hall Prep
Joe	Papa	Shawnee High School
Quinn	Carran	Somerville High School
Vincent	Isom	St. Augustine Prep High School
Ricky	Anastasi	St. Joseph Regional High School
Tyler	Kessel	Summit High School
Denzel	Chavis	Union City High School
Jared	Dzierzgowski	Washington Township High School
Scott	Drews	Watchung Hills Regional High School
Maxwell	Cho	Westfield High School
Harold	Hill	Williamstown High School

Delaware Mini Max Winners

First Name	Last Name	High School
Terrell	Lewis	Alexis I. duPont High School
Ja’den	Glover	Appoquinimink High School
Cole	Fenice	Archmere Academy
Crisdon	Wright	Brandywine High School
Christopher	Jamison Jr.	Caesar Rodney High School
Brenn	Scott	Cape Henlopen High School
Vandrick	Hamlin III	Caravel Academy
Roman	Paoli	Charter School of Wilmington
Alex	Ozor	Christiana High School
Jerah	Wright	Concord High School
Edward	Emmens	Delaware Military Academy
Jahlil	Fell	Delcastle Technical High School
Hunter	Wright	Delmar Senior High School
Jakwon	Kilby	Dover High School
Joshua	Devonish	Early College School @DSU
Jonythan	Bailey	First State Military Academy
Enrique	Flores-Lopez	Glasgow High School
Rahsaan “RJ”	Matthews Jr.	Howard High School of Technology
Austin	Grise	Indian River High School
Trevon	Hodnett	Lake Forest High School
Xavier	Limehouse	Laurel High School
Austin	Troyer	Middletown High School
DenNare	Horsey	Milford Senior High School
Derrick	Prosser	Mount Pleasant High School
Makeevis	Rogers	Newark High School
Jeremiah	Green	Odessa High School
Rikye	Jenkins	Paul M. Hodgson Vocational Tech
David	Eilers	POLYTECH High School
Carter	Sareyka	Red Lion Christian Academy
Jake	O’Donoghue	Saint Mark’s High School
BJ	Alleyne	Salesianum School
Jakob	Keglovits	Seaford High School
Jacob	Tiberi	Smyrna High School
Yasir	Felton	St. Andrew’s School
Gavin	Andrews	St Elizabeth High School
Camron	Montgomery	St. Georges Technical High School
Kevon	Moore-Briddell	Sussex Central High School
Brock	O’day	Sussex Technical High School
Fayed	Blair	The John Dickinson School
Rahshan	La Mons	The Tatnall School
Daniel	Crooks	Thomas McKean High School
Justin	Solacoff	Tower Hill School
Phillip	Exum	William Penn High School
Andrew	McKenzie	Wilmington Friends School
Quincy	Risper	Woodbridge High School