(Harrisburg, Pa.) Wayde D. Marsico, President/CEO of Sportsrecruiters.com, is pleased to announce the winners of the 2011 Mr. Pennsylvania Football Awards.
Tyler Boyd, a junior at Clairton High School is the winner of the class A, AA award.
Rushel Shell, a senior at Hopewell High School (Aliquippa) and Noah Spence, a senior at Bishop McDevitt High School (Harrisburg) were the co-winners of the class AAA, AAAA award.
The winners were selected by high school coaches, sports media, and football fans from across the state. They were chosen from a total of 86 nominees and then the players were pared down to the final five in each division.
Name: Tyler Boyd junior
School: Clairton
Position: RB
Stats: 2011 Car Yds Avg. TD Rec Yds Avg. TD Total TD
186 2400 12.9 41 15 382 21.1 4 48
1st team all-state RB, Class A Player of the Year by the PA Sports Writers’, PA Football News Class A Offensive Player of the year, Fabulous 22 Football all-stars, State Champion, Also had 5 Int as a db.
Coach: Tom Nola
Name: Rushel Shell senior
School: Aliquippa Hopewell
Position: RB
Stats: 2011 Car Yds Avg TD Rec Yds Avg. TD Total TD
311 2312 7.4 27 8 178 22.3 1 28
Career 1,107 9,078 8.2 110(93 yds longest)
Shell broke the record for most rushing yards in Pennsylvania state history, finishing with 9,078 yards. He finished with 100+ yards rushing for the 39th consecutive time, breaking the national record held by former Oklahoma star Billy Sims, He rushed for 200 yards or more in 25 games during his career. 2010 Mr. PA Football, Three-time 1st team all-state RB, two-time Post-Gazette’s player of the year, Class AAA Player of the Year by the PA Sports Writers’, PA Football News Class AAA Offensive Player of the year, three-time Fabulous 22 Football all-stars, 2011 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review’s player of the year, 2010 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review’s preseason player of the year, Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl Participant, Big 33, 2011 USA Today High School American 1st team RB, He was ranked as the 11th best overall prospect (and 3rd best Running Back) in the class of 2012 by MaxPreps, 20th overall (#4 RB) by Scout.com, 24th overall (#3 RB) by ESPN.com and 45th overall (#5 RB) by Rivals.com, and rated a five star recruit by scout and max preps.
Coach: Dave Vestal
College: Pitt
Name: Noah Spence senior
School: Bishop McDevitt
Position: DE
Stats: 2011 Tackles Sacks Tackles For Loss Fumbles Forced Blocked Punts Blocked FG
108 12.5 27 1 3 1
Career 307 52 81(3 years) 9 in 2010
Two-time 1st team all-state DL, Parade All-American, 2011 Maxwell Club’s HS player of the year award, 2011 USA Today High School American 1st team DL, PA Football News Class AAA Defensive Player of the year, Under Armour All-American Bowl Participant, Big 33, Rivals.com #1 ranked DE and #9 recruit in country, Scout.com #2 ranked DE and #5 recruit in the country , espn.com’s recruiting nation’s #2 ranked DE and #5 recruit in the country, and rated a five star recruit by rivals, scout, espn and every recruiting news service.
Coach: Jeff Weachter
College: Ohio State
The awards were presented at the Harrisburg Hilton on Saturday night at an awards banquet.
One Response
congrats to Shell and Spence it is very well deserved. it’s just hard to imagine Nosovitch not sharing in this award too. 156 total td’s and state record for total yardage as a qb. it was a very deep selection of candidates thats for sure.