Declan Lavelle Needs Your Vote
Declan Lavelle needs your vote. The three sport athlete who is headed to Fordham University to play baseball is on the ballot for LoHud.com’s Tom Whelan All-Sports Awards 2019-20 athlete of the year.
Winners will be revealed on Wednesday, July 8th. Don’t waste any time and, as they say, vote early and often to show your Garnet pride: vote Lavelle.
The LoHud case for Declan:
“Declan Lavelle, Rye
Sports: Football, Hockey, Baseball
Accolades: Section 1 Class A Player of the Year, first-team all-state (football); Journal News/lohud Westchester/Putnam Player of the Year, first-team all-state (hockey)
Stats: Football — 181-of-305 for 2,796 yards and 36 TD passing (both school records); 512 yards, 9 TD rushing. Hockey — 21 goals, 18 assists, plus-16 rating.
The case for Declan: It was a remarkable senior season for Lavelle, especially if you consider that he never played one game of baseball, the sport he will play at Fordham. But Lavelle, a pitcher and shortstop, used his strong right arm to lead Rye to its first Section 1 football title since 2014. After breaking multiple school passing records, he then followed by steering the hockey team to a Section 1 Division II title. Lavelle’s all-around talents resulted in him being the only non-track and field athletes named to three Journal News “elite” lists. He was selected Super 11 (football), Super 6 (hockey) and Nine Who Shine (baseball).”
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