2009 Scholar Athletes

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These scholar-athletes, representing football-playing high schools in the Baltimore metropolitan area, are selected by their respective schools primarily for their ability on the football field and in the classroom. Other factors taken into consideration include extracurricular activities, leadership, and community and church activities. 

Every football-playing high school in Baltimore City and Anne Arundel, Harford, Howard, Carroll and Frederick Counties is invited to submit a nominee who best fits the aforementioned qualifications. The Chapter’s selection committee, after careful consideration of each athlete’s qualifications, then chooses a young man it deems to be the grand prize winner ($8,000) and four other regional winners ($3,000 scholarships each).

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REGIONAL WINNERS:

North

Kurt Herzog (Grand Prize Winner)
Friends School

5-9, 170, RB/DB
Twice selected as a first team All-Conference performer and a team captain, he ranks near the top of his class.   He also plays soccer, lacrosse, is co-head of the UN Club and Cancer Awareness Club.   He also is on the faculty/student discipline committee.

South

Jason Gonos
St. Mary’s

6-1, 200, FB/LB
Voted first team All-County, All-Conference, second team All-State and the Baltimore Touchdown Club defensive player of the year, this team captain ranks number one in his class.  He is a member of the National Honor Society, a Maryland Distinguished Scholar, a Princeton Book Award Nominee and top lacrosse player.  He will attend Harvard University in the fall.

East

Eric Franklin
Archbishop Curley

6-3, 190, TE/DB
Selected first team All-Conference, All-Metro and All-State and picked as a team captain, he ranks in the Top 5% of his class and is a member of the National Honor Society.   He also plays basketball, was undefeated in the 110m high hurdles last year, and member of the concert band.  He will play football at the University of Maryland in the fall.

West

Adam Dulberger
Middletown

6-0, 165, WR/DB
Chosen as a first team All-Conference and All-Area selection, this team captain ranks number one in his class and is a member of the National Honor Society.   A Maryland Distinguished Scholar and AP scholar, he also plays lacrosse, basketball and is a math tutor.

Central

Antwan Branch
Lake Clifton

5-9, 185, TE/LB
A team captain and one of the top defenders on the Lakers team, this Baltimore City All-Star ranks number one in his class.  He is also Class President, wrestles, plays lacrosse and won an engineering award at the Morgan State Science Fair.


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