Post by tootie223 on Jul 6, 2011 8:07:58 GMT -5
From Sean Brennan of the Daily News:
DeVaughn Reid came oh-so-close to winning a title in his final season at Rice.
Like Reid, Cardinal Hayes point guard Kyle George brought his team to the brink of a championship, but he, too, came up one win shy of snagging the hardware.
Now the two point guards have one more thing in common before they exit their high schools for college life and perhaps another shot at a title - they were both named recipients of the Diane Brennan Scholarship.
"It's an honor to be chosen," said Reid, named Rice's Man of the Year at the school's graduation on May 27. "This means a lot to me."
The Diane Brennan Scholarship Award, now in its 15th year, grants two deserving student-athletes $5,000 scholarships each to be used for their school expenses. The scholarship fund was established in memory of Diane Brennan, the former Daily News High School Sports Editor who died of cancer in 1995. To date, the fund has awarded more than $140,000 in scholarships to city student athletes.
For Reid, the award is the final one to be granted to a Rice student as the legendary school - home of such basketball luminaries as Felipe Lopez (St.John's), Tariq Kirksay (Iona), Kee Kee Clark (St. Peter's) and, of course, Kemba Walker (UConn) is slated to close due to financial concerns and dwindling enrollment.
"It's heartbreaking," said Reid, a 91-average student who will attempt to be a walk-on at Holy Cross. "That school means more to me than anything. My father (Charles) has been a (freshman team) coach for the last 12 years, the last five as the head coach. I can't believe it won't be around anymore."
Reid, who helped lead Rice to the CHSAA 'AA' title game, which it lost to Christ the King, earned the school's final Man of the Year Award "for the way I conducted myself," he said. "I was what they expect a Rice man to be."
George, the 5-8 dynamo who led Hayes to the CHSAA 'A' championship game, which it lost to Mount St. Michael, was a solid B-student and plans on attending Iona College, where he hopes to make coach Tim Cluess' team as a walk-on.
"I applied to Manhattan, Stony Brook, Albany and a few others, but when I visited Iona I just felt so comfortable there," said George, who is working as a camp counselor. "It was the right fit for me."
Read more: www.nydailynews.com/sports/high_school/2011/07/06/2011-07-06_george_reid_net_brennans.html#ixzz1RKX4NzD1
DeVaughn Reid came oh-so-close to winning a title in his final season at Rice.
Like Reid, Cardinal Hayes point guard Kyle George brought his team to the brink of a championship, but he, too, came up one win shy of snagging the hardware.
Now the two point guards have one more thing in common before they exit their high schools for college life and perhaps another shot at a title - they were both named recipients of the Diane Brennan Scholarship.
"It's an honor to be chosen," said Reid, named Rice's Man of the Year at the school's graduation on May 27. "This means a lot to me."
The Diane Brennan Scholarship Award, now in its 15th year, grants two deserving student-athletes $5,000 scholarships each to be used for their school expenses. The scholarship fund was established in memory of Diane Brennan, the former Daily News High School Sports Editor who died of cancer in 1995. To date, the fund has awarded more than $140,000 in scholarships to city student athletes.
For Reid, the award is the final one to be granted to a Rice student as the legendary school - home of such basketball luminaries as Felipe Lopez (St.John's), Tariq Kirksay (Iona), Kee Kee Clark (St. Peter's) and, of course, Kemba Walker (UConn) is slated to close due to financial concerns and dwindling enrollment.
"It's heartbreaking," said Reid, a 91-average student who will attempt to be a walk-on at Holy Cross. "That school means more to me than anything. My father (Charles) has been a (freshman team) coach for the last 12 years, the last five as the head coach. I can't believe it won't be around anymore."
Reid, who helped lead Rice to the CHSAA 'AA' title game, which it lost to Christ the King, earned the school's final Man of the Year Award "for the way I conducted myself," he said. "I was what they expect a Rice man to be."
George, the 5-8 dynamo who led Hayes to the CHSAA 'A' championship game, which it lost to Mount St. Michael, was a solid B-student and plans on attending Iona College, where he hopes to make coach Tim Cluess' team as a walk-on.
"I applied to Manhattan, Stony Brook, Albany and a few others, but when I visited Iona I just felt so comfortable there," said George, who is working as a camp counselor. "It was the right fit for me."
Read more: www.nydailynews.com/sports/high_school/2011/07/06/2011-07-06_george_reid_net_brennans.html#ixzz1RKX4NzD1
