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Award Winners Announced

JACK FORD TONY MORTALI TOMMY DYER ED MOCKUS
AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED
THE NEW HAVEN CHAPTER’S 51ST ANNIVERSARY DINNER WILL HONOR 30 SCHOLAR ATHLETES AND FOUR OTHER AWARD WINNERS AT THIS YEARS DINNER SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY APRIL 8 AT FANTASIA IN NORTH HAVEN. A RECEPTION WILL BEGIN AT 5:30PM WITH THE MARCH TO THE HEAD TABLE AT 6:30PM SHARP. TICKETS COST $40 AND CAN BE ORDERED BY CALLING DONNA LIMONE AT 203-481-8375.
AWARD WINNERS INCLUDE EMMY AWARD WINNING JOURNALIST JACK FORD WHO WILL RECEIVE THE DISTIBGUISHED AMERICAN AWARD. A YALE GRADUATE JACK WAS A 3 YEAR STARTER FOR HALL OF FAME COACH CARMEN COZZA AND LATER EARNED A LAW DEGREE FROM FORDHAM. HE WAS CHOSEN TO RECEIVE THE SILVER ANNIVERSARYAWARD FROM THE NCAA IN 1997.
THE CHAPTER AWARD OF MERIT WILL BE PRESENTED TO MEMBER TONY MORTALI OF BRANFORD. TONY EARNED AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN WHERE HE PLAYED LINEBACKER FOR THE CHARGERS. HE WAS ELECTED CAPTAIN IN BOTH 1975 AND 1976 AND WAS ELECTED TO THE UNH HALL OF FAME IN 1987.
THE COACH OF THE YEAR WILL BE PRESENTED TO TOMMY DYER OF HILLHOUSE. THE ACADEMICS FINISHED THE SEASON WITH A 10-3 RECORD WINNING THREE GAMES IN THE CIAC PLAYOFFS INCLUDING A 7-0 VICTORY OVER NEW LONDON FOR THE CLASS M STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
THE NEW HAVEN FOOTBALL OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION OFFICIAL RECOGNITION AWARD WILL GO TO ED MOCKUS WHO HAS OFFICIATED HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE FOOTBALL SINCE 1987. ED IS EMPLOYED AT YALE UNIVERSITY AS ASSOCIATE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR. ED HAS OFFICIATED SEVERAL CIAC FINALS ALONG WITH AN ECAC CHAMPIONSHIP AND A NCAA PLAYOFF GAME.
NEW HAVEN COUNTY CHAPTER
THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION
AND COLLEGE HALL OF FAME
51ST ANNIVERSARY AWARDS DINNER
2011 SCHOLAR ATHLETE AWARDS
SCHOLAR ATHLETES
ANDREW BIELEFIELD MALONEY THOMAS LINDEN XAVIER
CHRISTOPHER BREULER HAMDEN HALL CHRISTOPHER MATTIES NORTH HAVEN
JESSE BRINT SHEEHAN ZACHARY MILLER DANIEL HAND
ERICH BROADRICK NAUGATUCK MIKHAIL MOROZOV EAST HAVEN
COREY E. BUTLER JR WEST HAVEN MATTHEW MURRAY NOTRE DAME
DARRIN DIXON HILLHOUSE JACK PANTALENA HOPKINS
MICHAEL FRASER SEYMOUR JACOB PINHO WOODLAND
HARRISON GOODKIND BRANFORD JOSEPH QUILTY PLATT
WILLIAM GRAEB LYMAN HALL THOMAS RAPINI HAMDEN
DANIEL GUERRERA SHELTON KEVIN REID CHESHIRE
JESSE IASSOGNA GUILFORD HUGH SALAZAR DERBY
MITCH JOHNSON MORGAN JON SANDOR OXFORD
KYLE KALANTA AMITY CONOR SHEA FAIRFIELD PREP
TED KOSTOPOULAS JONATHAN LAW SAVERIO VARCA NORTH BRANFORD
MARQUIS LEIGH HYDE LEADERSHIP AARON WENGERTSMAN HOLY CROSS
AWARD WINNERS
DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN AWARD JACK FORD- EMMY AWARD WINNING JOURNALIST
CHAPTER AWARD OF MERIT ANTHONY MORTALI- CHAPTER MEMBER-BRANFORD
CHAPTER COACH OF THE YEAR TOM DYER- HILLHOUSE HIGH SCHOOL
OFFICIAL RECOGNITION AWARD ED MOCKUS- 24 YEAR MEMBER NHFOA
THE 51ST ANNIVERSARY DINNER WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY APRIL 8 AT FANTASIA BANQUET FACILITY 404 WASHINGTONAVE NORTH HAVEN. A PHOTO SESSION AND A RECEPTION BEGIN AT 5:30PM AND THE MARCH TO THE HEAD TABLE BEGINS AT 6:30PM SHARP. CALL DONNA LIMONE AT 203-481-8375 WITH ANY TICKET QUESTIONS. THE COST IS $40 PER TICKET. CONTACT PAUL CRISCUOLO AT 203-203-231-3992 WITH AD PROGRAM QUESTIONS. TUXES MUST BE RESERVED FROM VALS FORMAL WEAR, 185 BOSTON POST RD, ORANGE NO LATER THEN MARCH 23, 2011. SEE WWW.NEWHAVENFOOTBALLFOUNDATION.COM FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCHOLAR ATHLETE DINNER AND OTHER NEW HAVEN COUNTY CHAPTER ACTIVITIES.
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