West Hartford Student-Athletes Garner Football Honors

WEST HARTFORD, CT — Five high school student -athletes from West Hartford have been named among 16 Scholar-Athletes for 2019-20 by the Doc Boisoneau Northern Connecticut Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame.

Matt Keller, Pierce Newman and Noe Ruelas, all of Hall High School, were named award recipients, as were Zach Cohen and Peter Simplicio of Conard High School. The DBNCCNFF is a nonprofit educational organization that runs programs designed to use the power of amateur football in developing scholarship, citizenship and athletic achievement in high school football scholar-athletes.

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Due to concerns over the new coronavirus pandemic, the 54th Scholar-Athlete Award Banquet will be a virtual presentation to honor the inductees. The virtual presentation will be Sunday, May 17 at 1 p.m.

Anyone with questions may email Chapter President Tim Feshler at tfeshler@avon.k12.ct.us.