Scholar Athlete

Academics will take center stage Wednesday night when the Greater Baltimore Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame honors high school football scholars at its 49th Annual Scholar Athlete Awards Dinner at Martin's West. Five regional winners from the 75 nominees from Baltimore City, Anne Arundel, Baltimore Carroll, Frederick, Harford and Howard counties will take home a share of $20,000 in scholarship money. In addition to the scholars, former Poly coach Roger Wrenn, who retired after 42 years in Baltimore City, will receive the Herb Armstrong Service to Football Award.

Brandon Dixon, Adam Greene, Brady Orem and Marc Badger all are very good football players. But this group of seniors can do so much more, and they were recognized for those talents Wednesday night. They were selected as regional winners at the 50th Annual Scholar Athlete Awards Dinner at Martin's West. Each received a $4,000 scholarship from The Greater Baltimore Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame. The dinner was originally scheduled for March 6, but it was pushed back two weeks because of a storm forecasted forthat night.

Karl Streaker of Westminster was named East Coast Athletic Conference Scholar Athlete at Frostburg State University's spring commencement.Mr. Streaker, a graduate of South Carroll High School, graduated magna cum laude and was captain of the Bobcat swim team.He earned a 3.7 grade point average as a mathematics major with a concentration in education. He received the Christa McAuliffe Scholarship for academic excellence in his junior and senior years.Mr. Streaker was named to Phi Eta Sigma, freshmen honor society and Kappa Mu Epsilon, mathematics honor society.

The top scholars in the high school football Class of 2013 will be honored Wednesday night at Martin's West during the 50th annual Scholar Athlete Award dinner, sponsored by the Greater Baltimore Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame. The event, postponed from two weeks ago due to a forecast for inclement weather, honors 80 student-athletes from Baltimore City, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick Harford and Howard counties, with five regional winners sharing $20,000 worth of scholarship money.

The plaque hangs on the wall of the doctor's office, proof of its worth to Greg Brouse, 1981 grand-prize winner of the Greater Baltimore Chapter of the National Football Foundation Scholar Athlete award. "My kids can't believe I was either a scholar or an athlete," said Brouse, who is now an oncologist in Monroe, N.C. "I think that, quietly, they make fun of me, but at the same time, they'd like to do the same for themselves. " Brouse, who starred at Centennial, turned 50 this month.

Ninety-four state football players will be honored tomorrow at the 41st annual Scholar Athlete Awards dinner at Martin's West in Woodlawn. Five regional scholarship winners will be selected, with one chosen as the grand prize winner. A total of $10,000 will be awarded to the winners. The event, which will start at 6 p.m., is sponsored by the Greater Baltimore Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame. Special achievement awards will be presented to Class 3A champion Linganore, Class 2A champion Aberdeen and Class 1A champion Joppatowne.

The Greater Baltimore Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame will sponsor the 43rd Annual Scholar Athlete Awards Dinner tonight at Martin's West in Woodlawn. The dinner will honor 95 football scholar athletes from the Baltimore metro area. Five regional scholarship winners will be selected, with one of the five being selected as the grand winner. A total of $10,000 in scholarship money will be awarded to the winners. Following are the list of nominees. Brian Leftridge, Aberdeen; Errol Silva Annapolis, John Blair, Archbishop Curley; Adam Higuera, Archbishop Spalding, Sean Urbany, Arundel; Travis Fales, Atholton; Brandon Mayo, Bel Air; Peter Scheve, Boys' Latin; David Yarbrough, Broadneck; Eric Zwilsky, Brunswick; Anthony Lester, C. Milton Wright; Timothy Taylor, Calvert Hall; David Maggio, Cardinal Gibbons; Reginald Lucas Jr., Carver A&T; Kenneth Getzandanner, Catoctin; Aaron Martin, Centennial; Joshua Kusnick, Century; Gouglass Herb, Jr., Chesapeake-AA; Joshua Sawyer, Chesapeake-B; Sheldon Bell, City; Edward Puller III, Douglas-F; Andrew Wright, Du Bois; Gregory Hoffman, Dulaney; Marcus Taylor, Dunbar; Jason Higgins, Dundalk; Jordan Ramsey, Eastern Tech; Benjamin Cottingham, Edgewood; Justin Badger, Fallston; Floyd Jones, Jr., Francis Scott Key; Edward Tselishchev, Franklin; Salahuddin Gadson, Frederick; Peter Mellott, Friends; William Shikani, Gilman; Taronce Stowes, Glen Burnie; Matthew Abbott, Glenelg; Daniel Lagdon, Thomas Johnson; Zachary...

In one of the most emotional evenings in the 29-year history of the Scholar Athlete Award, Troy Thingelstad of St. Paul's School and Joey Goodwin of South Carroll High were named co-winners of the 1992 Scholar Athlete Award last night at Martin's West.It marked the first time co-winners have been named for the award, presented by the Greater Baltimore Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame. Thingelstad and Goodwin each will receive a $4,000 scholarship to the college of their choice.

The mother of St. Paul's School football player Tro Thingelstad, co-winner of the 1992 Scholar Athlete Award, was identified incorrectly in Thursday's editions of The Sun. Her name is Kathleen Rist-Thingelstad.The Sun regrets the error.In one of the more emotional evenings in the 29-year history of the Scholar Athlete Award, Troy Thingelstad of St. Paul's School and Joey Goodwin of South Carroll High were named co-winners of the 1992 Scholar Athlete Award by the Greater Baltimore Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame last night at Martin's West.

A total of 89 area high school football players will be honored tonight at the 38th annual Scholar Athlete Awards dinner at Martin's West in Woodlawn. Five regional scholarship winners will be selected, with one of the five being selected as the grand winner. A total of $10,000 in scholarship money will be awarded to the winners. The event is sponsored by the Baltimore chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame. Special achievement awards will be presented to Urbana High School and NCAA Division III Centennial Conference champion Western Maryland College.

The plaque hangs on the wall of the doctor's office, proof of its worth to Greg Brouse, 1981 grand-prize winner of the Greater Baltimore Chapter of the National Football Foundation Scholar Athlete award. "My kids can't believe I was either a scholar or an athlete," said Brouse, who is now an oncologist in Monroe, N.C. "I think that, quietly, they make fun of me, but at the same time, they'd like to do the same for themselves. " Brouse, who starred at Centennial, turned 50 this month.

The 50th annual Scholar Athlete Award dinner honoring the top high school football scholars in the Class of 2013 scheduled for Wednesday night at Martin's West has been postponed until March 20 because of the storm expected to bring significant snowfall to the Baltimore area. The event, which has never before been postponed, honors 80 student-athletes from Baltimore City, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Harford and Howard counties with five regional winners sharing in $20,000 worth of scholarship money.

Officials from the 50th Scholar Athlete Dinner -- a football banquet -- will make a decision Tuesday at 6 p.m. about whether it will take place on Wednesday or be moved back two weeks due to the possible upcoming storm. Dinner chairman Ken Mills said in an e-mail Monday that, if they wanted to postpone the banquet due to the expected storm on Wednesday, it would be shifted to March 20 at Martin's West. Mills also said that this decision is going to be posted on the www.nffbaltimore.com web site.

The winners at Wednesday's 49th Annual Scholar Athlete Awards Dinner all found plenty of success both on and off the football field. The achievements of Hereford's David Eldridge, Severn's Brian Bieman, W.E.B. DuBois' De'Andre Taylor and John Carroll's Jonathan Galarraga earned them $4,000 each scholarships from the Greater Baltimore Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame. These scholarships are given in five regional areas annually, but this year there were six winners as Judd Ziegler (Middletown)

Academics will take center stage Wednesday night when the Greater Baltimore Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame honors high school football scholars at its 49th Annual Scholar Athlete Awards Dinner at Martin's West. Five regional winners from the 75 nominees from Baltimore City, Anne Arundel, Baltimore Carroll, Frederick, Harford and Howard counties will take home a share of $20,000 in scholarship money. In addition to the scholars, former Poly coach Roger Wrenn, who retired after 42 years in Baltimore City, will receive the Herb Armstrong Service to Football Award.

Adeline Ogier Bracken, a multi-talented athlete who earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics when few women attended college and went on to raise 10 children, died Tuesday of heart failure at Mercy Ridge Retirement Community in Timonium. She was 96. Mrs. Bracken, born Adeline Ogier and raised in Baltimore's Roland Park, was inducted into the athletic Hall of Fame of both her high school and college, her family said. She excelled at many sports. As a child she sailed and swam during summers at Gibson Island.

The 33rd Annual Scholar Athlete Awards Dinner will be held tonight at 6 at Martin's West.The scholar-athletes, who represent football-playing high schools in the Baltimore metropolitan area, are selected by their schools primarily for their ability on the football field and in the classroom.Every football-playing high school in Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Harford, Howard, Carroll and Frederick counties and Baltimore City is invited to submit a nominee. The selection committee then picks the grand-prize winner ($4,000)

All 88 of the senior football players honored at Wednesday night's 48th annual Scholar Athlete Awards Dinner are just as comfortable discussing literature, science or mathematics as they are dissecting a Wing-T offense or a safety blitz. The event, presented by the Greater Baltimore Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame at Martin's West, also unveiled five regional scholarship winners among the players from Baltimore City, Anne Arundel, Carroll, Frederick, Harford, Howard and Baltimore counties.

Maryland's Caitlyn McFadden (Notre Dame Prep) was named the Atlantic Coast Conference's women's lacrosse Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the second straight season. Named as the Most Outstanding Player at the NCAA Division I lacrosse championship, McFadden led the Terps in 2010 to a 22-1 record and their 10th national championship. Joining McFadden, a kinesiology major, on the All-ACC Academic squad were teammates Abby Caso (McDonogh), Brittany Jones, Laura Merrifield, Katie Schwarzmann (Century)