Poll: Who should win the Thorp Award?
STONY BROOK- NOVEMBER 30, 2013: Sachem North Arrows te/lb Jason McKenna (40) closes in on Farmingdale Dalers rb/db Curtis Jenkins (10) in the first half. Long Island Division I Championship between Farmingdale HS and Sachem North HS. Credit: Joseph D. Sullivan
The Thorp Award, which goes to the outstanding high school football player in Nassau County, is presented annually by Newsday.
The 2013 award will be handed out Dec. 11 at the Nassau football dinner.
Who do you think is the most deserving player this year? Below are seven players to consider, in alphabetical order. Read their accomplishments and then vote in the poll on the right. (Newsday's app users can vote at http://bit.ly/1iUGKxf)
The Thorp Award is in memory of Tom Thorp of Rockville Centre, who played football at Columbia University and Manhattan College and later coached at Stevens Tech, Manhattan, Fordham, Virginia and NYU. Thorp, who was the first president of the Nassau County Football League, was one of the country's leading football officials. He died in 1942.
