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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Clovis North elder standout McKay Madsen was announced arsenic the 2025 B'nai B'rith grant victor Monday night.
He's the archetypal lad oregon girl of a past victor successful the award's astir 75-year history, pursuing his begetter Josh Madsen, who won the grant successful 1991.
The Fresno-based assistance meal has been recognizing the apical student-athlete successful the country since 1951.
"It's an grant due to the fact that he's 1 of my biggest relation models," Madsen told Action News. "To travel successful his steps and bash what he's been doing is beauteous cool."
In summation to being a two-way prima jock successful some shot and way & field, Madsen is the people valedictorian with a 4.23 GPA.
During his elder play connected the gridiron, Madsen rushed for an mean of 112.5 yards per crippled and led the Broncos successful full touchdowns (22) and interceptions (4). The 4-star enlistee played successful the yearly Navy All-American Bowl successful mid-January wherever helium was named "Man of the Year" by the vessel committee. At halftime of that crippled helium announced his committedness to play shot astatine BYU.
Madsen yet chose the Cougars implicit schools similar Oregon and UCLA owed to the accidental to play moving back. The elder plans to implicit a two-year ngo travel earlier heading to Provo, Utah.
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He's besides the reigning California authorities champion successful some discus and changeable put. He is presently the #1 ranked 18-year-old successful the satellite for changeable put.
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Mia McMillen from Sanger West won the Negin Award for having the highest GPA among the nominees with a 4.62.
HISTORY OF THE AWARD: Book made to grant 70th day of B'nai B'rith award
Full database of nominees:
Elizabeth (Betsy) Woodward (Bullard)
Marcus Nolen (Central East)
John Kasten (Clovis)
Brooklyn Washington (Clovis East)
Riley Walls (Clovis West)
Bissetti Ueno-DaSilva (Edison)
Michael Wells (Fresno)
Sadrine Gamboa (Garza)
Tre'Maine Mobley Jr. (Hoover)
Simon Topete (McLane)
Jeremiah Negrete (Roosevelt)
Ryan Nasalroad (Sanger)
Mia McMillen (Sanger West)
Sierra Evans (SJM)
Romulan Phetvixay (Sunnyside)
Trey Morris (Washington Union)
Editor's note: ABC30's sports manager Stephen Hicks was a subordinate of the B'nai B'rith Selection Committee.
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