Leavitt football player a Gaziano Award runnerup

AUGUSTA — A Leavitt Area High School defensive lineman was a runner-up for the Frank J. Gaziano Memorial Offensive and Defensive Lineman Awards, the state’s top award for high school football lineman.
Aidan Parmenter, of a student at Turner’s Leavitt high school, will get a $1,000 scholarship, a tropy and a leather jacket with a Gaziano Award logo.

Winners were Zachary Klein and Arlo Pike from Bonny Eagle High School. The award for top offensive and defensive linemen in the state was based on their hard work on the field, in the classroom and in their communities, Jeff Kane, Frank J. Gaziano’s son-in-law, said during a ceremony at the Augusta Civic Center Jan. 27. The two winners each received a trophy, a leather jacket and a $5,000 scholarship, the largest high school football scholarship of its kind in the country.
Other runnersup were offensive linemen Cole Hoffman from Kennebunk High School and Sean McCormack-Kuhman from Wells High School and defensive linemen Michael Lunny, of Sanford High School. The video re-broadcast of the event can be found at www.munzingmediasports.com/gaziano-award. The scholarship and awards program for Maine senior high school football linemen was created in memory of Frank J. Gaziano, founder of National Distributors and a former college All American and professional football player with a lifelong passion for local sports. Annual funding for the $14,000 in scholarships is provided by National Distributors in South Portland, the company founded by the Gaziano. During the past eight years of the Gaziano Awards, $96,000 has been awarded by National Distributors to Maine students.