Top Male & Female High School Athletes In Atlantic County, N.J.

It is long known as the Nichterline - McCabe Old Grad Award.

It is awarded each year to the top male and female high school athletes in Atlantic County, New Jersey.

The awards ceremony was held at The Greate Bay Country Club on Monday, June 5, 2023.

This year’s winners are Emma Peretti from Hammonton High School and Sean Burns from Holy Spirit High School.

Peregrine is a 3-sport athlete and Burns excelled in 4 sports.

The award goes all the way back to 1894, and it honors the best achievements by high school athletes and encourages multi-sport athletes with a rigid point system that determines the ultimate winners on a yearly basis.

Here are all of this year’s nominees as follows:

The young women nominated are:

• Chiamaka Wokocha of Absegami
• Veronica Rodriguez of ACIT
• Madeline Dischert of Atlantic City
• Maria Mazzoni of Buena
• Corinne Morgan of Cedar Creek
• Anna Smith of EHT
• Madelyn Abbott of Holy Spirit
• Jane Meade of Mainland
• Royanah Farmer of Oakcrest
• Mikayla Surles of Pleasantville

The young men nominated are:

• George Rhodes of Absegami
• Desi Stroud of ACIT
• Nasir Turner of ACHS
• Blake Kurtz of Cedar Creek
• DJ Germann of EHT
• Gavin West of Hammonton
• Mawali Osunniyi of Mainland
• Corey Thomas of Oakcrest

Below is Frank Campo, the legendary former Director of Athletics at Atlantic City High (with Don Hurley) was on hand. He attends every year.

Featured below are this year’s boy’s and girl’s Atlantic County Athletes of the Year … Emma Peretti from Hammonton High School and Sean Burns from Holy Spirit High School.

Below is a rundown of all nominees, the school they attend and the various sports that they played:

Congratulations to all of this year’s deserving nominees.