There is nothing like high school football to get our community in a good mood. And nothing gets everyone really excited more than post season awards. Since this is the inaugural season of the new Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference, we plan on doing something very special for our post season awards.

Of course we will have our All HSjox.com team. Actually, I am not certain we are going to call it that, but we will be presenting a first, second and third team all star team to honor all the efforts of the star players from the conference.

However, we also want give special recognition to the athletes that really go the extra mile. So we are going to offer individual awards, very similar to the way Division 1 College honors their athletes.

In D1 College, athletes receive the Fred Biletnikoff Award for Most Outstanding Receiver, the Butkus Award for the Most Outstanding Linebacker and the coveted Heisman Memorial Trophy for the Most Outstanding Player. We will be doing something very similar.

However, this year the names of the awards are going to be generic. As an example, we will call the Most Outstanding Linebacker Award just that. However, as a treat to all the winners of these awards in this first year of the new NJAC Conference, we will immortalize their efforts by naming each award they receive after them for the life of the new conference.

So if I win this year’s Most Outstanding Quarterback Award this year (as an example), then that award will forever be known as the George Muha Award. So next year’s stud quarterback will win the George Muha Award for the Most Outstanding Quarterback. Of course all the recipients will need to sign a waiver to use their namesakes but you get the idea.

So as the season wears on, please keep in mind who you think should be awarded each honor. Feel free to email me who you think should be considered for the different awards. All of the writers of this publication will have the final say of who should win each award; however, we will consider every submission we receive.

Here are the awards:

Most Outstanding Player Award (equivalent to the Heisman)
Most Outstanding Offensive Player Award
Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award
Most Outstanding Quarterback Award
Most Outstanding Runningback Award
Most Outstanding Fullback Award
Most Outstanding Wide Receiver Award
Most Outstanding Tight End Award
Most Outstanding Lineman Award
Most Outstanding Defensive Lineman Award
Most Outstanding Linebacker Award
Most Outstanding Defensive Back Award
Most Outstanding Place Kicker Award
Most Outstanding Punter Award
Most Outstanding Special Teams Gunner Award
Player Who Over Came Adversity Award
Most Outstanding Scholar-Athlete Award
Unsung Hero Award

Just email your picks to me at gmuha@hsjox.com.

*NJAC Sports Center Awards are not to be confused with honors given by the actual Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference themselves.