McCormick Announces 72nd Annual Unsung Heroes Awards Banquet
April 16, 2012 CBS Correspondent Byron Pitts to address student athletes
SPARKS, Md., Apr 16, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) --McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE: MKC), a global leader in flavor, today announced that Byron Pitts, prominent correspondent for CBS News and "60 Minutes" will deliver the keynote address at the 72nd Annual McCormick Unsung Heroes Award Banquet to be held on Monday, May 7 at the Marriott Hunt Valley Inn.
The banquet will salute deserving male football players and female basketball players. A total of 112 high school senior boys and girls from 68 Baltimore area public, private, parochial and independent schools have been nominated. As the top Unsung Heroes for 2012, two of the honorees, one male and one female winner, will receive the 2012 Charles Perry McCormick Scholarship, valued at $36,000 over four academic years.
Originally established in 1940 by former CEO Charles P. McCormick, the program recognizes unselfish team play and honors those who contribute substantially to the success of their teams without receiving acclaim. The program is reflective of McCormick's core belief in The Power of People.
More than 700 city and county officials, school administrators, coaches and family are expected to attend this year's event.
Byron Pitts will bring an inspiring message to the audience. Despite being deemed functionally illiterate until the age of 12 and having a chronic stutter until the age of 20, Baltimore-born Pitts is an author as well as an award-winning TV journalist. His success and achievements have come as the result of hard work and dedication, as Pitts has overcome the obstacles and challenges that life has thrown his way. He has documented his inspirational life journey in his book "Step Out on Nothing."
The 2012 Unsung Heroes Award Nominees
SCHOOL BASKETBALL FOOTBALL Archbishop Curley High School -- Robert Przybylski, III Archbishop Spalding High School Abigail Ritinski Braden Grimes Baltimore City College High School Tyla Bates Edward Taylor Baltimore Lutheran School Margaret Paules Scott Sweigart Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Jillian Lee Orville Keize The Boys' Latin School of Maryland -- Eric Simmons The Bryn Mawr School Nancy Dunbar -- Calvert Hall College High School -- Jamal Goodman Carver Center for Arts and Technology Essence Fredericks -- Carver Vo-Tech High School Breiona Garrison Darein Cheek The Catholic High School of Baltimore Allison Antonio -- Catonsville High School Heather Kendrick Jonathan Reymann Chesapeake High School Ajee McNeil Doug Jones Digital Harbor High School Antwanye Parks Dwon Bess Dulaney High School Amy Bowden Robert Hylton Dunbar High School Sierra Johnson Joshua Davis Dundalk High School -- Sean Miskimon Eastern Technical High School Ashley Felts Kyle Bosserman Edmondson-Westside High School Destiney Talley Lawrence Jackson Forest Park High School Masha Garner Darnell Alexander Franklin High School Kim Dorsey Sean Myers Frederick Douglass High School Roniqua Mayo Tyrone Stinnette Friends School of Baltimore Caroline Stanley Declan Meagher Garrison Forest School Ali Flax -- Gilman School -- Charles Cross Hereford High School Alyssa Gianotti Christopher Vaillancourt Institute of Notre Dame Kayla Kelly -- The John Carroll School Talia Kahoe Luke Navin Kenwood High School Denesha Tatum Ronald Burnes Lake Clifton High School Nyzia Nichols Shawn Wilder Lansdowne High School Sera Stull Robert Smith, Jr. Loch Raven High School Kelly Bilz Ryne Schanberger Loyola Blakefield -- Nicholas Holthaus Maritime Industries Academy -- Rykiem Young Maryvale Preparatory School Meghan Hildreth -- McDonogh School Marin Kobb Garrett Breeden Mercy High School Shannon Aikens -- Mergenthaler Vo-Tech High School Kiara Johnson Maleek Mayo Milford Mill Academy Jasmine Aguon-Rayford Ronald Christian Mount de Sales Academy Kara Hand -- Mount Saint Joseph High School -- James Winfield New Town High School Jacquynn Churchill Ahmir Lynch Northwestern High School Aquira Herring Randolph Taylor Notre Dame Preparatory School Sarah Kasun -- Our Lady of Mount Carmel -- Ben Lesane, Jr. Overlea High School Samaria Amaker Alexander Ajanaku-Wells Owings Mills High School Danielle McIntosh Marquese Butler Parkville High School Meaghan Carr Nolin Shacklett Patapsco High School Miranda Vargas Donovan Brubach Patterson High School Michelle Bessicks Roderick Greene Perry Hall High School Taylor Gosnell Jimmy Reed Pikesville High School Breana Chase Jumul Noble, Jr. Randallstown High School Cearra Tabb Donte Carter Reginald F. Lewis High School Breyonna Belton Jamal Williamson Roland Park Country School Christa Reese -- Seton Keough High School Kahla McCormick -- Severn School Sally Belasco Brian Bieman Southwestern High School Kanisha Dailey Daniel Johnson Sparrows Point High School Miranda Rudacille Richie Rehak St. Mary's High School Delia Ruttum Dan Nowicki St. Paul's School -- William Ensor St. Paul's School for Girls Sydney Keough -- St. Timothy's School Julia Cueto-Puente -- Towson High School DeNora Murray William Hegarty W.E.B. DuBois High School Jessica Jackson Chaka McFail Western High School Tierra Taylor -- Western School of Technology & Env. Science Geraldine Ezeka Malik Carver Woodlawn High School Imani Carter Kamonte Hooker
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