May 01, 1996
A total of 104 candidates, two of whom will be honored as the 1996 Unsung Heroes scholarship winners, have been chosen to represent 67 Baltimore City and County public, private, parochial and independent schools at the 56th annual McCormick Unsung Heroes Awards Banquet on Friday night at Marriott's Hunt Valley Inn.
Established in 1940 by the late Charles P. McCormick, the program recognizes unselfish team play and honors those who contribute substantially to the success of their teams without receiving acclaim. The banquet will salute male football players and female basketball players.
McCormick scholarships, valued at $3,500 per year for each of four academic years, will be presented to one male athlete and one female athlete selected as Unsung Heroes.
Hall of Fame quarterback Fran Tarkenton will be guest speaker.
Here is an alphabetical listing, by schools, of each of the 104 players nominated:
Archbishop Curley -- John J. Berkeridge. Archbishop Spalding -- Michael Massarini; Patricia Kircher. Boys' Latin -- Thomas W. Winston. Bryn Mawr -- Misty Smith. Calvert Hall -- Wayne R. Hobik, Jr. Cardinal Gibbons -- Reginald J. Jones. Carver Vo-Tech -- Anthony Robinson; Patrice Marie Eaton. Catholic High -- Kelly Benjamin. Catonsville -- Matthew Hand, Jamie Funk. Chesapeake -- Thomas Nida; Christine Flora. City College -- Rodney F. Johnson; Vanessa Griffin. Douglass -- Quawan Titus; Toni Lawson. Dulaney -- Matthew T. Pesci; Kerrie Eisenhauer. Dunbar -- Anthony Wiggins; Krystal S. Jones. Dundalk -- Nicholas J. Markakis. Eastern Technical -- Thomas J. O'Mara. Edmondson/Westside -- Gerard Kinsler; Lakisha Bey. Forest Park -- Danaz R. Williams; Michele Lee Clark. Franklin -- Mike Trott; Ashleigh Clews. Friends School -- James M. Simermeyer; Gwen Armbruster. Garrison Forest -- Courtney Austin. Gilman -- Thomas S. Knowles. Hereford -- Andrew Miller; Nancy Zentz. Institute of Notre Dame -- Natalie Smith. John Carroll -- Timothy J. Wilson; Meaghan Giorno. Kenwood -- Kennis A. Rolle, Jr. Lake Clifton/Eastern -- Joseph Vellines; Dolabriel Hurst. Lansdowne -- Nick Shockney; Dawn Michele Schwartz. Loch Raven -- James F. Miller, Jr.; Sharon Huesman. Loyola -- Rory Eamonn Maher.
Maryvale -- Erin Brooks. McDonogh -- Jeff Miyamoto; Robyn Elayne Bragg. Mercy -- Beth Simmons. Mergenthaler -- Timothy Moses; Mechelle Dukes. Milford Mill -- Chester Baron Harris. Mount de Sales -- Christy Buck. Mount Saint Joseph -- Christopher M. Rzepkowski. Northern -- Robert Crawley; Teisha Plummer. Northwestern -- Dion Faucette; Chamanika Hill. Notre Dame Prep -- Marie Bull. Oldfields -- Jaime Nichole Hale. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Stephanie Spangler. Overlea -- Steven Lurz; Jennifer Hercek. Owings Mills -- Jason Greenberg; Shelly Katzef. Park School -- Elizabeth H. Jackson. Parkville -- Michael Amrein; Kelly Habicht. Patapsco -- Jonathan Michael Shank; Jennifer A. Woods. Patterson -- Tavon Mitchell; Danette Goodwin. Perry Hall -- Raffeal Hunter; Elsa Ermer. Pikesville -- Chad Hipsley, Sarah Collison. Polytechnic Institute -- Michael Brown, Jr.; Kendall Peace. Randallstown -- Devin Johnson; Katina Hunt. Roland Park Country -- Meredith Shuey. Seton Keough -- Karen Marie Murphy. Severn -- Michael K. Greer; Monique Jennings. Southern -- Dante E. Quickley. Southwestern -- Charles Wright; Shayla Paulette Parker. Sparrows Point -- Adam Kalwa; Stacy Lynn Hayden. St. Frances Academy -- Jakia Aisha Ervin. St. Mary's -- Gregory Michael Proud; Jennifer Manning. St. Paul's -- William Osborne Bond. St. Paul's School for Girls -- Mary Margaret Davies. St. Timothy's -- Lulu Liao. Towson -- Peter Nothstein; Robyn McGowan. Towson Catholic -- La Porsh Tameeka Brown. Walbrook -- Roland Cornish, Jr.; Towanda Jones. Woodlawn -- Wayne Barbour; Masheka Leonard.
