May 06, 2012|By Katherine Dunn
For the 72nd year, the area’s most deserving unheralded football and girls basketball players will be honored at the McCormick Unsung Heroes Award Banquet Monday night at the Hunt Valley Inn.
One male and one female will receive the 2012 Charles Perry McCormick Scholarships, which are valued at $36,000 over four years of college.
The athletes – 112 seniors – come from 68 schools in Baltimore City, Baltimore County, the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association and the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland. Keynote speaker for the event is CBS New correspondent Byron Pitts.
Following are the nominees for the 2012 Unsung Heroes Awards:
SCHOOL
BASKETBALL
FOOTBALL
Archbishop Curley
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Robert Przybylski, III
Archbishop Spalding
Abigail Ritinski
Braden Grimes
Baltimore City College
Tyla Bates
Edward Taylor
Baltimore Lutheran
Margaret Paules
Scott Sweigart
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Jillian Lee
Orville Keize
Boys’ Latin School
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Eric Simmons
Bryn Mawr
Nancy Dunbar
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Calvert Hall
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Jamal Goodman
Carver A&T
Essence Fredericks
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Carver
Breiona Garrison
Darein Cheek
Catholic h
Allison Antonio

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Catonsville
Heather Kendrick
Jonathan Reymann
Chesapeake-B
Ajee McNeil
Doug Jones
Digital Harbor
Antwanye Parks
Dwon Bess
Dulaney
Amy Bowden
Robert Hylton
Dunbar
Sierra Johnson
Joshua Davis
Dundalk
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Sean Miskimon
Eastern Tech
Ashley Felts
Kyle Bosserman
Edmondson
Destiney Talley
Lawrence Jackson
Forest Park
Masha Garner
Darnell Alexander
Franklin
Kim Dorsey
Sean Myers
Frederick Douglass
Roniqua Mayo
Tyrone Stinnette
Friends
Caroline Stanley
Declan Meagher
Garrison Forest
Ali Flax
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Gilman
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Charles Cross
Hereford
Alyssa Gianotti
Christopher Vaillancourt
Institute of Notre Dame
Kayla Kelly
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John Carroll
Talia Kahoe
Luke Navin
Kenwood
Denesha Tatum
Ronald Burnes
Lake Clifton
Nyzia Nichols
Shawn Wilder
Lansdowne
Sera Stull
Robert Smith, Jr.
Loch Raven
Kelly Bilz
Ryne Schanberger
Loyola
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Nicholas Holthaus
Maritime Industries
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Rykiem Young
Maryvale
Meghan Hildreth
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McDonogh
Marin Kobb
Garrett Breeden
Mercy
Shannon Aikens
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Mervo
Kiara Johnson
Maleek Mayo
Milford Mill
Jasmine Aguon-Rayford
Ronald Christian
Mount de Sales
Kara Hand
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Mount Saint Joseph
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James Winfield
New Town
Jacquynn Churchill
Ahmir Lynch
Northwestern
Aquira Herring
Randolph Taylor
Notre Dame Pre
Sarah Kasun
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel
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Ben Lesane, Jr.
Overlea
Samaria Amaker
Alexander Ajanaku-Wells
Owings Mills
Danielle McIntosh
Marquese Butler
Parkville
Meaghan Carr
Nolin Shacklett
Patapsco
Miranda Vargas
Donovan Brubach
Patterson
Michelle Bessicks
Roderick Greene
Perry Hall
Taylor Gosnell
Jimmy Reed
Pikesville
Breana Chase
Jumul Noble, Jr.
Randallstown
Cearra Tabb
Donte Carter
Reginald F. Lewis
Breyonna Belton
Jamal Williamson
Roland Park
Christa Reese
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Seton Keough
Kahla McCormick
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Severn School
Sally Belasco
Brian Bieman
Southwestern
Kanisha Dailey
Daniel Johnson
Sparrows Point
Miranda Rudacille
Richie Rehak
St. Mary’s
Delia Ruttum
Dan Nowicki
St. Paul’s
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William Ensor
St. Paul’s School for Girls
Sydney Keough
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St. Timothy’s
Julia Cueto-Puente
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Towson
DeNora Murray
William Hegarty
W.E.B. DuBois
Jessica Jackson
Chaka McFail
Western
Tierra Taylor
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Western Tech
Geraldine Ezeka
Malik Carver
Woodlawn
Imani Carter
Kamonte Hooker