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Jamison is Suffolk's Top Scholar Football Player

While Christian Jamison loves playing football and does it with a hardnosed attitude, the teenager knows it’s only a game. The Huntington High School senior was presented with the LaBue Award by the Suffolk County Football Coaches Assn. as this year’s top scholar football player.

The award was presented to Jamison during a Monday night dinner attended by a crowd of 1,200 at the Wind Watch Golf & Country Club in Hauppauge. He has compiled an academic grade average of 102-plus with a combined SAT math/verbal score of 1,530. Among the colleges that Jamison is currently considering are Harvard, Yale, Princeton and MIT.

Jamison played wide receiver and outside linebacker for Huntington this fall. The 6’3, 190 lb. senior was one of Huntington quarterback Ben Kocis’ favorite passing targets with 49 receptions for 784 yards and seven touchdowns. Defensively, Jamison recorded 38 tackles, 13 assists, six pass deflections, two interceptions, a quarterback sack and a tackle for a loss.

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“It has been an honor to play for Huntington over the last four years,” Jamison said. “I am thrilled over how well the team has done this year and can’t think of a better way to end my career here than playing in the Long Island Championships. I am proud of how our team has overcome some tough losses. I will always remember long practices and Friday night dinners.”

Mr. Jamison, who has been named to the All-State string orchestra, said his college academic interests “lean towards” math and science. “My future plans are still up in the air,” the senior said. “I am hoping to play football at the next level, but don’t have definite plans yet.”

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The LaBue Award is named in honor of James LaBue, a 1978 Sachem graduate who went on to play at Ithaca College. He perished in a tragic car crash. Jamison is the third Huntington High School player to receive the award following Chris Mooney (1999) and Jack Sullivan (2004). Mooney went on to be a football star at the University of Delaware while Sullivan was a wrestler at the University of Pennsylvania.

LaBue Award winners through the years

Year                Name                          School                         Position

2013                Christian Jamison        Huntington                  Wide receiver/outside linebacker

2012                James Giattino                        Sayville                       Wide receiver/safety

2011                Griffin Rock               Bay Shore                   Center/Linebacker

2010                Steve Skon                  Lindenhurst                 Quarterback

2009                Steven Dill                  Hauppauge                  Tight end/linebacker

2008                Cong Tian                   Sachem North             Tackle

2007                Sean Kelly                   Mt. Sinai                     Quarterback/defensive back

2006                Justin Turri                  West Islip                    Quarterback/defensive back

2005                Tim Miller                   Sachem                        Lineman

2004                Jack Sullivan               Huntington                  Running back/linebacker

2003                Troy Turri                    West Islip                    Quarterback/defensive back

2002                Lou Morga                  West Islip                    Tight end/defensive end

2001                Drew Peters                Babylon                       Running back/linebacker

2000                Nick Woll                    Walt Whitman             Running back/linebacker

1999                Chris Mooney             Huntington                  Linebacker/lineman

1998                Kevin Cassese             Comsewogue              Quarterback/defensive back

1997                Justin Stark                 North Babylon                        Lineman

1996                Chris Burnham            Northport                    Running back/defensive back

1995                Matt DelRosso            Comsewogue              Quarterback/defensive back

1994                Todd Cassese              Comsewogue              Quarterback/defensive back

1993                Chris Ott                     Southampton               - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

1992                Dennis Kramer            Sachem                        Running back/defensive back

1991                Mike Hansen               Patchogue-Medford    Lineman

1990                Jason Mastropierro      Sayville                       Running back/linebacker

1989                Bill Sparacio                Centerach                    Running back

1988                Tim Lynch                   Islip                             Quarterback/defensive back

1987                Ron Grable                  Connetquot                 Running back

1986                Brian Kolar                 Sayville                       Lineman

1985                Eric Trenaman             Smithtown                  Quarterback


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