Nosovitch wins Maxwell Club's Jim Henry Award; will be honored in AC on March 2

FROM KEITH GROLLER

Another day, another award for Central Catholic senior Brendan Nosovitch.

Maxwell Football Club president Ron Jaworski announced on Wednesday morning that the Vikings' record-breaking quarterback has been selected as the MFC's 27th Jim Henry Award winner.

Nosovitch was already named the Maxwell Club's Pennsylvania Player of the Year at a banquet last month. It was between him and New Jersey's Jim Cashman from Haddonfield for the Jim Henry Award. The announcement was expected to be made at the Maxwell Club's pre-banquet press conference on March 2 in Harrah's Atlantic City. Instead, it came on Wednesday morning.

Nosovitch joins a prestigious list of previous Jim Henry Award winners including Parkland's Austin Scott, Pennridge's Ryan Greiser and most recently Liberty's Dan Persa in 2007.

The South Carolina recruit had one of the most prolific careers in Pennsylvania high school football history. By now you know he threw for a District 11 single-season record 3,809 yards with 39 touchdowns and 10 interceptions as a senior this past fall helping the Vikings reach the PIAA Class 3A semifinals.



As a junior in 2010, he led Central to an undefeated 16-0 season and the PIAA Class 3A title while being named the state's 3A player of the year as well as The Morning Call's player of the year.


He finished his career with 9,249 passing yards and 106 touchdown passes, both ranking him No. 2 all-time in the state. He also ended up as Central Catholic's all-time leader with 3,628 rushing yards and wound up with 12,877 yards of total offense.

Nosovitch can add this honor to a long list of accolades highlighted by the Pennsylvania Gatorade Player of the Year in 2010 and being selected as a Parade All-American in 2011.

The Maxwell Club prides itself on honoring top student-athletes and Nosovitch is an honor roll student with a 3.3 GPA. He is active in the Student Council at Allentown Central Catholic and volunteers his time as a youth sports coach and in church events.

Mark Dianno, winner of the first Jim Henry Award and current Maxwell Football Club officer said on a release: "Being associated with the Maxwell Football Club for the past 27 years, I enjoyed the opportunity to meet Jim Henry and understand the kind of gentleman that he was and why the award is so representative of his many and significant contributions to athletics, scholarship and community service. Over these years, I have also had the good fortune of meeting many exceptional student-athletes. This year's Jim Henry Award winner, Brendan Nosovitch, is an outstanding and deserving recipient of this prestigious award. His on field prowess is rivaled only by his academic accomplishments and the dedication to his community. It is an honor and a privilege to welcome him to the Maxwell Football Club family of Jim Henry Award winners."


At the 75th annual Maxwell Club gala banquet on March 2 in Atlantic City, Nosovitch will be among some of the game's greats. Here's a list of the other award winners who are all expected to be in attendance:


The Bert Bell Award – Aaron Rodgers (Green Bay Packers), The Earle "Greasy" Neale Award – Mike McCarthy (Green Bay Packers), The Maxwell Award – Andrew Luck (Stanford University), The Chuck Bednarik Award – Tyrann Mathieu (LSU), The Francis "Reds" Bagnell Award – Archie Manning (National Football Foundation), The Thomas Brookshier Spirit Award – Eddie Delaney (Univ. at Albany), The MFC Collegiate Coach of the Year Award – Brady Hoke (Michigan), The Harrah’s Broadcaster Award – Mike Tirico (ESPN Monday Night Football),The MFC Tri-State Player of the Year Award – Mohamed Sanu (Rutgers University) and the MFC Tri-State Coach of the Year Award – Jim Clements (Delaware Valley College).


The event is open to the public and tickets can be purchased on the Maxwell Football Club website www.maxwellfootballclub.org or by calling 215-643-3833.

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