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New Rutgers Prep boys' basketball head coach Will Abrams (Photo: @CoachWillAbrams - X)
by Alec Crouthamel

Rutgers Prep tabs Associate Head Coach, alum Will Abrams as new boys’ basketball coach

Rutgers Prep will have a familiar face patrolling the boys’ basketball sideline, as the school has announced a successor to former head coach Matt Bloom, who stepped down on Friday after nine years at the helm.

Will Abrams, an alum of the school and the program’s associate head coach for the last five seasons, was promoted to head coach, the school announced on social media.

He inherits a strong program that won a sectional title in 2022, and has appeared in four of the last five Somerset County Tournament finals.

“Will has earned this opportunity through five years of dedicated leadership as our top assistant,” Bloom told CJSR on Wednesday night. “He’s ready to lead a terrific group of returning players, and I can’t wait to support him as he takes the program to new heights!”

It’s a full-circle moment for Abrams, taking over the reins 20 years after his standout playing career with the Argonauts under Bloom’s predecessor, former Rutgers Prep and Franklin head coach Tony Mento.

Abrams went on to play at Division III Utica University, becoming a team captain in his final two seasons. He ended his playing career averaging 12.8 points and 4.5 rebounds per game as a senior.

He entered the coaching world two years after graduating, remaining with the Pioneers as an assistant in 2013. In two years on staff, he helped in all facets of the program, including day-to-day operations, scouting, recruiting, as well as game and practice preparation, while also helping guide three players into the program’s top-ten record books.

From there, he spent a year as the basketball director at USA Sports Group in New Jersey.

Abrams then got back into college coaching, spending a year as an assistant coach at Division II Felician University in North Jersey.

After that season, Abrams both returned to New Jersey and got his first Division I opportunity, joining Rutgers’ Women’s Basketball coaching staff under Hall of Famer C. Vivian Stringer. He first arrived in 2017 as a recruiting assistant, working in that role for two years before being promoted to Director of Player Development. In that role, his responsibilities included “coordinating the community outreach program, managing male practice squad and walk-ons, serving as the academic liaison, and assisting in scouting and game preparation.”

He moved down Easton Avenue after three years with the Scarlet Knights, joining Bloom as Rutgers Prep’s associate head coach. In his time with Bloom, Abrams helped lead the Argonauts to a sectional title in 2022 and four straight Somerset County Tournament final appearances, winning the county crown in 2023 and 2024.

Rutgers Prep is set to enter 2026 off an 18-10 campaign, making it to yet another Somerset County Tournament final, before falling in the Non-Public South A semifinal to Bishop Eustace. The Argonauts return a solid stable of veteran upperclassmen, even with the departure of star sophomore Will Brunson to Florida’s IMG Academy.

Abrams will be just the third head coach at Rutgers Prep in the last 23 years.

Click below to hear Central Jersey Sports Radio’s Alec Crouthamel talk with new Rutgers Prep Boys’ Basketball coach Will Abrams:

by Alec Crouthamel

Rutgers Prep boys basketball coach Matt Bloom steps down after nine years leading the Argonauts

There will be two new head coaches on the hardwood this upcoming season at Rutgers Prep.

Matt Bloom, the Argonauts’ boys basketball head coach, announced on Instagram Friday afternoon that he will step down from the position after nine years at the helm.

Bloom led Rutgers Prep to three Somerset County championships and seven finals appearances, and was named CJSR’s Boys Coach of the Year in 2022 after winning the Non-Public South A sectional championship and making the state final. A successor was not announced at the time of publishing.

His statement reads as follows:

“After much reflection, I have made the decision to resign from my position as RPS Boys Basketball Coach. This is a decision I have made thoughtfully and independently, and while it is not easy to step away from something that has meant so much to me and my family, I am confident that it is the right decision. It has been an honor to work with and advocate for our tremendous student-athletes and coaches. Some of my life’s most cherished memories have come from my time on the sidelines coaching the Argonauts. I am incredibly grateful for the relationships I’ve made and am very proud of the championship program we have built over the last nine seasons. While I will no longer be coaching basketball, I am excited to continue teaching at Rutgers Prep and remain an active member of this terrific community. I look forward to continuing to support our students and the school across a multitude of activities and programs. To the student-athletes I have had the privilege to coach—thank you for trusting me and know that I will always be proud to have been your coach.“

In all, Bloom compiled a 173-64 record during his nine-year tenure, led the Argonauts to its first sectional title in program history, and broke a long county title drought in 2020, the first of three they’d win under his guide.

A graduate of Teaneck High School, and later the University of Pennsylvania, Bloom spent all four years as a manager for the Quakers’ men’s basketball team under head coach Fran Dunphy.

He couldn’t stay away from basketball long even after graduating. Bloom spent three years on Fred Hill Jr’s staff at Rutgers, including two as the operations coordinator. He then stayed in the Division I ranks at La Salle after Hill’s dismissal, starting as a video coordinator before rising up to become the Explorers’ Director of Basketball Operations for his last three seasons in Philadelphia.

Then, when head coach Dr. John Giannini (now the AD at Rowan) left La Salle after 14 years, Bloom had to find another opportunity. That’s when he arrived at Rutgers Prep, and the rest was history.

The Argonauts went 18-10 and made it to the Somerset County Tournament final in his first year at the helm, then the semifinals in 2018-19. They finally broke through in Bloom’s third season, winning the program’s first Somerset County title since 1983.

That year, led by future Division I players Otega Oweh (Oklahoma/Kentucky), Nico Galette (Sacred Heart/Youngstown State), Trey Patterson (Villanova/Saint Peter’s/Rice) and Noah Harris (Marist), they went 27-2, won the county tournament as the top seed, and made it to the sectional final, where they lost to Wildwood Catholic.

Rutgers Prep also won back-to-back county tournaments in 2023 and 2024, giving Bloom and the Argonauts four titles in five years, when counting the sectional crown in 2022.

This past season, Rutgers Prep went 18-10, making it to yet another Somerset County Tournament final, before falling in the Non-Public South A semifinal to Bishop Eustace.

Always quick to give credit to his players, Bloom departs coaching the Argonauts, but noted in his statement he will remain in the classroom as a teacher at the school.

by Mike Pavlichko

JFK’s Grant Lorentzen proves you can do it all, and be very good at it, too

Hitting a major milestone in any high school sport is a big deal.

Often, the game will stop, the ball will come out of play, and there are balloons and photo ops, then the game goes on.

For Grant Lorentzen, who’s just graduated from JFK in Iselin last week, he hit key milestones in not just one, nor two, but three high school sports.

  • In football, he was one of the top receivers in the state this year, with 55 catches for 1,221 yards, and 22 touchdowns, seven shy of the all-time state record. In three varsity seasons, he caught 149 passes for 2,470 yards and 34 scores.
  • In basketball, he became one of the few 1,000-point scorers in school history, finishing a four-year varsity career with 1,246 points, 78 from beyond the arc. And he was reasonably close to the program’s all-time leader, Jay Jorgenson (1974), who scored 1,403 in his career.
  • And in baseball, he finished his dual career as a pitcher and hitter, reaching the 100-hit and 200-strikeout plateaus. Lorentzen had 102 hits over four years on the varsity squad, while fanning 220 hitters across four varsity seasons.
JFK’s Grant Lorentzen (#11) scores on a punt return for a touchdown at Carteret on October 29, 2005. (Photo: Marcus Borden)

In an era where more and more student-athletes are specializing – playing just one sport, and then training the rest of the year in that sport – Lorentzen is a throwback, but also an example.

Lorentzen says his coaches always supported him playing multiple sports, so much so that he will even get to do it in college, where he’ll attend The College of New Jersey. First recruited by their baseball coach, he told them right from the get-go that he also wanted to play football. So, they worked out a schedule, and the rest is just future history.

Particularly with pitchers, many believe throwing year-round leaves a teenager more vulnerable to injury. A number of GMC hurlers didn’t make it through the entire 2026 season this spring. But Lorentzen managed to play eleven varsity seasons – and pitched – across four years and three sports at JFK.

Many coaches encourage the practice, and would rather see them play another sport at their school than be out of the building, playing travel ball.

And he still had the time to do some training in the off-season with Elite QB football training academy, under the tutelage of Matt Bastardi. He was often featured in Elite QB’s “Elite Performer of the Week” segment on Central Jersey Sports Radio.

Lorentzen may not be a trailblazer. Many still play multiple sports. But he’s the perfect example of someone who not just played all three, but was damn good at all of them.

Click below to hear JFK grad Grant Lorentzen talk with Central Jersey Sports Radio’s Mike Pavlichko about being a three-sport athlete, and his future at The College of New Jersey:

by Mike Pavlichko

A year after joining Klinger’s staff at Rutgers Prep, Audrey Taylor takes the reigns following her friend’s retirement

“I can barely believe I’m writing this, but it’s true: I’m joining the Legendary Coach Mary Klinger’s (Rutgers Preparatory School) staff this season.”

That was the first line from a blog post on Audrey Taylor’s website on November 10th of last year. After 13 years coaching at Franklin – with some amazing teams, and players like Diamond Miller and others, who helped the Warriors win not one, but two Tournament of Champions titles and much more hardware in the process – and a year away from the high school game, Taylor was ready to get back into it, and did so by joining her friend and former rival on the bench.

Klinger had been a big influence on Taylor, who said the legendary coach “extended her hand” early in her career, something she’s never forgotten. Klinger did it again after Taylor stepped down from Franklin, but says Taylor wasn’t ready at the time.

Audrey Taylor, left, will be taking over the Rutgers Prep girls’ basketball program after Mary Klinger – right, after winning her 700th career game – announced her retirement following 42 years at the Somerset school. (Source: coachaudreytaylor.com)

A year later when they met at an event, she asked Taylor again to join her staff, and this time she accepted. And it helped lead the Argonauts to yet another Somerset County Tournament title, their 11th as a program, all under Klinger.

Now, with Klinger’s retirement after 42 years at Rutgers Prep, the school moved to immediately elevate Taylor to be the program’s next head coach.

“No one can follow in the precise footsteps that coach Klinger has left us, but we are fortunate that Audrey Taylor had accepted our invitation to be the next Varsity Coach of the Rutgers Prep Women’s Basketball Team, and she is ready for the challenge,” said Rutgers Prep Head of School Dr. Steven Loy, in an email to the school community late Wednesday afternoon.

Audrey Taylor’s Coaching Accolades at Franklin:

  • USA Today National Coach of the Year, 2019 (33-0)
  • National No. 1 Ranking, 2019 (33-0)
  • Back-to-Back Somerset County Tournament Champions: 2018 and 2019
  • Six NJSIAA North 2, Group 4 Championships: 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
  • Four NJSIAA Group 4 State Championships: 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • Three Tournament of Champions berths: 2017, 2018, 2019
  • Tournament of Champions winners: 2017, 2019 (one of just 5 schools to win multiple titles)
  • Overall Record at Franklin: 138-91
by Mike Pavlichko

Looking back: Mary Klinger reflects on 42 years at Rutgers Prep, as legendary coach announces her retirement

Rutgers Prep girls’ basketball coach Mary Klinger has announced her retirement after 42 years leading the Argonauts, and her assistant last season – former Franklin coach Audrey Taylor – has been named as her successor.

READ OUR FULL STORY HERE: Rutgers Prep girls’ basketball coach, AD Mary Klinger retiring after more than four decades; Audrey Taylor to lead program

We’ll have a full, one-on-one interview with Taylor later on this morning. In the meantime, Central Jersey Sports Radio’s Mike Pavlichko got to have an extensive conversation with Klinger. Click below to listen to the interview:

Rutgers Prep head coach Mary Klinger with Central Jersey Sports Radio’s Mike Pavlichko
by Mike Pavlichko

Rutgers Prep girls’ basketball coach, AD Mary Klinger retiring after more than four decades; Audrey Taylor to lead program

Longtime Rutgers Prep girls’ basketball coach Mary Klinger is retiring after 42 years at the Easton Avenue school.

The Rutgers Prep girls’ basketball team broke the news Wednesday night on Instagram.

Assistant and friend Audrey Taylor – the former Franklin coach who won two Tournament of Champions titles there – has been named the program’s new head coach, Klinger confirmed to Central Jersey Sports Radio on Thursday morning.

INTERVIEW: Looking back: Mary Klinger reflects on 42 years at Rutgers Prep, as legendary coach announces her retirement

Klinger – then Mary Coyle – was a member of the 1982 Rutgers women’s basketball team that won the final AIAW National Championship, along with her twin sister Patty and future UConn asssistant Chris Dailey.

Soon after college, she landed at Rutgers Prep, where she amassed a 757-267 record in 42 years leading the girls’ program. She earned her 700th win in January of 2024, in an 85-42 victory over Ridge.

A large part of that success came in the last decade or so. Since the start of the 2014-15 season, Rutgers Prep was 289-50. They have won eight of the last 11 Somerset County Tournament titles, and has had eleven straight full seasons with 20 or more wins.

Klinger also sent numerous players on to play high-level college basketball, most recently and most notably Vanderbilt’s Mikayla Blakes, who also was a McDonald’s All-American.

Then-Franklin coach Audrey Taylor and now-retired Rutgers Prep coach Mary Klinger before a December 15, 2022 game in Somerset. (Photo: Mike Pavlichko)

Klinger’s retirement never seemed imminent, and yet it wasn’t much of a surprise either.  And her successor, it turns out, was not too far away.

It will be former rival coach and good friend Audrey Taylor, whom Klinger brought on as her top assistant this past season after the departure of Michelle Sharp, who runs Team Sharp for seven- to 17-year-olds in the New Balance, UA Rise and Elite 40 Leagues.

The two showed a very good rapport last season, as the Argonauts won yet another Somerset County Tournament championship, their 12th as a program, all under Klinger.

Her programs won six NJSIAA Non-Public South B sectional titles, three state championships in Non-Public B.  They made the now-defunct Tournament of Champions three times, most recently in the last TOC before the NJSIAA scrapped it in 2022.  They lost in the finals that year to St. John Vianney.

More Mary Klinger accolades…

  • 15 NJISAA (New Jersey Independent Schools Athletic Association) Prep Championchips
  • 11 Skyland Conference Divisional titles
  • 11 Somerset County Tournament titles
  • Skyland Conference top pod winner, 2021 (COVID season, no SCT)
  • 6 NJSIAA Non-Public South B championships
  • 3 NJSIAA Non-Public Group B state championships
  • John Wooden Legacy Award Winner, 2023
  • NFHS National Coach of the Year, 2021-22
  • Member NJSCA Hall of Fame
  • Member New Jersey Sports Writers Hall of Fame
  • Member West Catholic (PA) High School Hall of Fame
  • Member Rutgers Athletics Hall of Fame (part of 1982 AIAW National Championship team, inducted 1993
  • Selection Committee Member WBCA & McDonald’s All-American Team
  • McDonald’s All-American Team Head Coach, 2011
  • Assistant Coach USA Women’s Basketball U17 World Championship Team, 2014
  • Served on staff of USA Junior National Basketball Team

In an email to the Rutgers Prep community, the school said it will share plans in the coming months on how it will recognize and honor Mary Klinger’s legacy at the school.

“I know you join all of us on campus in wishing Mary, along with her husband Jimmy and son mike, the very best as she embarks on the next stages of her amazing journey,” the statement added.

by Mike Pavlichko

Shot clock is coming to New Jersey high school basketball, as NJSIAA measure for HS basketball passes narrowly

A well-coordinated effort to bring the shot clock to high school basketball in New Jersey just barely made it to the finish line Monday, winning approval by a slim margin in a vote of the full NJSIAA membership during a meeting at the Pines Manor in Edison.

The basketball proposal passed 170-166, and the shot clock will begin when the 2027-28 season tips off.

Use of the shot clock will be mandatory for all varsity games, but optional for JV and freshman contests.

A similar shot clock measure in lacrosse was defeated however, by a 166-149 margin, with 21 abstentions, according to Darren Cooper of the Bergen Record, and Varsity Aces on Twitter.

While many high school basketball coaches appeared to support the measure, saying it would be better for the game, and better prepare basketball players for college, there seemed to be less support among athletic directors. Mainly, the concerns have been about the cost on two different levels. The first of those was the initial purchase and installation of equipment, albeit a one-time cost.

What also has concerned them is the need to have an extra person at each game to run the clock, which is entirely separate from the game clock.

That person would also have to get paid, and trained – as it’s not as “simple” as running a game clock, which stops on an official’s whistle. (A shot clock operator and/or official would have to determine, for example, if a missed shot hit the rim, which resets the shot clock, but not always to the full amount.)

And with many schools squeezed from the latest rounds of budget cuts, the measure’s chances appeared to be tenuous, at best.

But, at the end of the day, enough ADs voted in favor of the basketball measure to get it passed by a scant four votes.

Montgomery Athletic Director and boys’ basketball coach Kris Grundy championed the measure along with Christian Brothers’ AD and former Hudson Catholic basketball coach Nick Mariniello. The two presented the measure to the NJSIAA’s Executive Committee, which passed it, leading to Monday’s vote.

Please check back later for an interview with Kris Grundy.

According to Cooper, additional concerns about lacrosse also included moving equipment to different parks if games had to be moved for any reason, such as field conditions, weather and the like.

In other news, the membership voted by a large majority – 318-13 with three abstentions, according to Cooper – to add girls’ flag football as a varsity sport. The “yes” vote means the NJSIAA will sanction the sport and hold state championships, starting next Spring, in 2026-27.

Tri-ops – a combination of three schools, rather than two for a co-op – also were approved for girls’ wrestling.

by Mike Pavlichko

Greater Middlesex Conference realigns basketball divisions for boys’, girls’ hoops in 2026-27

After its first year of breaking divisions into Red, White and Blue “American” and “National” groupings for girls’ and boys’ basketball, the Greater Middlesex Conference is staying with that format, but still making some adjustments to its alignments for the 2026-27 season.

The changes were approved by the GMC’s athletic directors on April 23rd.

Only six schools on the boys’ side will find new homes next season, while a dozen will move around on the girls’ side.

In most cases, moves down are teams that finished in last place in their division, while some that finished first moved up.

In boys’ basketball, Red National champion East Brunswick will move up to the Red American, while Old Bridge will take the Bears’ place down in the National.

The White American will send division champ Perth Amboy and second-place South Brunswick up to the Red National, while Monroe and Woodbridge will go from the Red National to the White American.

Timothy Christian will move from the White American down to the National, while no changes were made to the Blue American or National Divisions.

Here are the full boys’ alignments for 2026-27, with teams listed in alphabetical order:

  • Red American: Colonia, East Brunswick, Piscataway, St. Joseph-Metuchen, St. Thomas Aquinas
  • Red National: Old Bridge, Perth Amboy, Sayreville, South Brunswick, South Plainfield
  • White American: Edison, JP Stevens, Monroe, North Brunswick, North Plainfield, Woodbridge
  • White National: Carteret, JFK, Metuchen, Middlesex, Spotswood, Timothy Christian
  • Blue American: Dunellen, Highland Park, New Brunswick, Piscataway Magnet, South Amboy, South River
  • Blue National: Calvary Christian, East Brunswick Magnet, Perth Amboy Magnet, Somerset Tech, Wardlaw-Hartridge

There was a little more movement on the girls’ side.

The Red American Division stays mostly the same, with Red National champion Colonia moving up into the Red American. The last two teams in the American move down to the Red National: North Plainfield and South Brunswick, while White American champion Woodbridge comes up to the Red National.

White National champion Sayreville moves up to the White American, which sends South River and North Brunswick down to the White National.

And the only movement involving the Blue Divisions was Timothy Christian moving down two levels from the White to the Blue National.

Here are the full girls’ alignments from 2026-27, with teams listed in alphabetical order:

  • Red American: Colonia, East Brunswick, Monroe, Piscataway, St. Thomas Aquinas
  • Red National: Middlesex, North Plainfield, Old Bridge, South Brunswick, Spotswood, Woodbridge
  • White American: Edison, JP Stevens, Sayreville, South Plainfield
  • White National: Carteret, Highland Park, JFK, Metuchen, North Brunswick, Perth Amboy, South River
  • Blue American: Calvary Christian, Mother Seton, New Brunswick, Piscataway Magnet, South Amboy, Wardlaw-Hartridge
  • Blue National: Dunellen, East Brunswick Magnet, Perth Amboy Magnet, Somerset Tech, Timothy Christian, Woodbridge Academy
by Mike Pavlichko

Longtime East Brunswick boys’ hoops coach Mark Motusesky steps down after 13 years leading the Bears

Coming off one of the program’s most successful campaigns in over a decade, East Brunswick boys’ basketball coach Mark Motusesky has stepped down as head coach after 13 seasons at the helm.

Motusesky made the announcement Friday afternoon.

“It was a very difficult decision,” Motusesky wrote, “but ultimately it was the right one to be made. My daughter is going to be a freshman, and I know I would regret not being there.”

That’s his daughter Ashley, who will be on the freshman team this coming school year. And, the girls’ program is somewhat of a family affair.

Sophomore Ava Catanho – the reigning CJSR GMC Girls’ Player of the Year – is his niece, and his sister Kara is an assistant in the program under head coach Travis Retzlaff. The Lady Bears were a GMC Tournament finalist this year, and also reached the semifinals of the Central Jersey Group 4 section in the state tournament.

Under Mark Motusesky, the boys won the GMC’s Red National division this past season, going 8-0 in their division and finishing 21-7 overall.  They reached the GMC Tournament quarterfinals, and made it to the Central Jersey Group 4 semifinals in the state tournament, where they fell to Jackson Twp., 63-58.

Motusesky was 180-145 during his decade-plus tenure as head coach, but more than that, he was an East Brunswick lifer.

He was a standout for the Bears on the hardwood, graduating in 1988 with a GMC title the team won in 1987.

Nearly a decade later, he coached the eighth grade girls for two years in the late 1990s, then switched to the boys’ side, spending 14 years as an assistant to longtime varsity head coach Bo Henning, and won four JV tournament titles as that squad’s head coach.

He was named head coach by then-Athletic Director Frank Noppenberger for the 2013-14 season, taking the team to the GMC Tournament finals his very first year, just after going toe-to-toe in a double-overtime title game loss to St. Joseph-Metuchen in 2013.

Click here to listen to Mark Motusesky talk about his decision to step down as East Brunswick boys’ basketball coach with Central Jersey Sports Radio’s Mike Pavlichko:

by Mike Pavlichko

Montgomery’s Kris Grundy honored with John Wooden Legacy Award from state, national Basketball Coaches Associations

After a third straight sectional championship in Central Jersey Group 4, and a second straight trip to the Group 4 state finals, Montgomery boys’ basketball coach Kris Grundy has been honored with the John Wooden Legacy Award, given annually to one boys’ and girls’ coach in every state.

It’s from the New Jersey and National High School Basketball Coaches association in conjunction with the John Wooden Family and the Wooden Foundation.

The award goes to a “long-time, active basketball coach who also serves as an outstanding educator and who, through their excellence on the court, in the classroom and in the community, embodies the characteristics of coach John Wooden – Excellence, Longevity, Character, Leadership and Service,” according to the NCBCA website.

Grundy told Central Jersey Sports Radio Monday he was “extremely honored and surprised” when he got the news.

“Obviously, to win an award that has Coach Wooden’s name attached to it is something I never would have dreamed of when I started this journey over 20 years ago,” Grundy said.

Grundy received the award at the NJBCA North/South All-Star Game at Christian Brothers Academy in Lincroft, where Penn-bound senior point guard and two-time Central Jersey Sports Radio Somerset County Boys’ Player of the Year Ethan Lin represented Montgomery on the South squad.

Montgomery head coach Kris Grundy (left) with Penn-bound senior Ethan Lin at the NJBCA All-Star Game at Christian Brothers Academy in Lincroft, NJ, on March 29, 2026. (submitted photo)

“What made the day even more special,” Grundy added, “other than the fact that I had family members there to celebrate with me was the fact that one of my mentors, Jim Baglin, the legendary coach for Mendham High School, also got honored with a lifetime achievement award. So it was cool for him to be able to see me receive this award, considering how instrumental he has been in my development as a coach.”

The Cougars went 26-5 this past season, with only two public school losses – to Linden in the regular season by two, and to Plainfield in the state final – while winning the Central Jersey Group 4 title in an overtime thriller on the road against neighbor and rival Hillsborough. They finished the year with a No. 3 ranking in the Bellamy & Son Paving Top Ten.mon

“Obviously, this was a very emotional season for a variety of reasons,” said Grundy, “and I know that my dad, although not here in person, was looking down with so much pride when I received the award.”

Grundy’s father, Michael, passed away at the age of 77 on February 23rd of this year, three days before the Cougars’ opening game in the Central Jersey Group 4 sectional playoffs, in which they beat Manalapan, 76-40.

Grundy says he “can’t stress to everyone enough that this award would not have been possible without the support of my wife, Megan, my three boys – Jack, Ryan and Matty – and a coaching staff, administration, booster club and an alumni base that is second to none.”