ASHTABULA — It’s always nice to be recognized for a job well done or for working hard at something.
Four county players were honored not just for the hard work they’ve put in on the football field, but the work they’ve done in and out of the classroom as well at the 40th Annual Ashtabula County Touchdown Club Awards Dinner at Mount Carmel Community Center on Monday.
Grand Valley’s Logan Nye, Lakeside’s Anthony Colucci, Geneva’s David Leishman and Edgewood’s Brian Joslin all received scholarship awards for their hard work on the field, in the classroom and in the community.
Nye claimed $2,500 as the recipient of the Robert L. Wiese Memorial Scholarship, Colucci received $2,000 as the winner of the Warren G. Andrews Memorial Scholarship and Leishman and Joslin each took home $750 as the winner of the William H. Phillips and Robert L. Herpy Memorial Scholarships, respectively. Kent State senior linebacker Anthony Mirando received the Outstanding College Football Player Award from Gazette Publications and the Star Beacon’s Karl Pearson won the Northeastern Ohio Football Officials Association Appreciation Award.
Nye credited his family, friends, coaches and teammates for pushing him to be at his best at all times.
“God gave me a lot of talent to work with,” Nye said. “My friends and family pushed me to do the best I can.
“(My family and coaches) played the most vital part. They all pushed me to do the best I could in all aspects of life — in athletics, academics and beyond.”
Colucci credited his family and coaches.
“My parents pushed me my whole life to be the best I could be,” he said. “I want to thank Coach (Bill) Lipps and Coach (Van) McWreath. They both pushed me the last two years.
“Not everyone is going to make the NFL. I realized that as early as I could and tried to be successful in as many ways as I could on and off the field.”
Leishman talked of his parents.
“They helped so much,” Leishman said. “I’ve played football since the fifth grade and other sports before that. They pushed me to be the best I could in sports as well as as good as I can be in academics. They always want me to be as successful as I can in life. That’s what I try to do.”
Joslin had a hard time singling out all of those that helped him along the way.
“Definitely, my parents (were a reason for why I’m here),” he said. “There are so many role models, I can’t begin to name them all — everyone associated with my teams, my coaches, my friends, my classmates, the list goes on and on. Everyone in my life has led me in the right direction.”
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LOGAN NYE of Grand Valley was the Robert L. Wiese Memorial Scholarship Award Monday night at the Ashtabula County Touchdown Club awards dinner at Mount Carmel Community Center. WARREN DILLAWAY
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