Football’s Brightest Honored At Banquet

Posted Apr 23, 2008 by Katherine Smith

Updated Apr 23, 2008 at 09:12 PM

The National Football Foundation honored Hillsborough County’s top players Wednesday night at their annual Scholar Athlete’s Banquet.

Plant receiver Derek Winter won the Scholar Athlete award. Winter, the county’s leading receiver the past two seasons, was among 17 players from area high school nominated. His 5.67 GPA was one of the tops of the nominees.

Others nominated were Brandon’s Wale Agbede, Armwood’s Joshua Alston, Berkeley Prep’s Archie Barnes and Alex Matzkin, Newsome’s Chad Byrd, Jefferson’s Sebastian Cadavid, Alonso’s Jamal Cook, Plant’s Tyler Evans and Rhonne Sanderson, Gaither’s Zach Henderson, Hillsborough’s Robert Hughlett, Wharton’s Drew Kocher, Sickles Corey Page, Middleton’s Jarryd Reid, Durant’s Grant Sizemore and King’s Daniel Zychlinski.

King’s Michael Jones was also honored with the Sam Bailey Scholarship.