The District 11 Wrestling Coaches Association presented $1,000 scholarships to Stroudsburg’s Jake Jakobsen and Palisades’ Tyler Marsh as the District 11 Class AAA and Class AA scholar-wrestlers of the year during their annual banquet at the Best Western Hotel and Conference Center in Hanover Township.

Jakobsen was a 2016 PIAA AAA champion at 195 pounds and will wrestle at Lehigh next season. He carries a 3.6 GPA and is ranked in the top third of his senior class. He is the Mounties all-time win leader with 146 wins and was a three-time District 11 and Northeast Regional champion.

Marsh carries a 4.0 GPA and is the all-time win leader at Palisades with a 138 victories. He was district champion this past season and is a two-time state qualifier. Marsh is ranked eighth in his class and will attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass.

Other class AAA scholar-wrestlers honored at the banquet included: Wilberto Sicard (Allen), Cole Karam (Bethlehem Catholic), Rafi Birro (Dieruff), Jimmy Saylor (Easton), Mike Passamante (East Stroudsburg North), Pierre Liciaga (East Stroudsburg South), Matt Hamati (Emmaus), Dylan Brown (Freedom), Andrew Gunning (Liberty), Tyson Klump (Nazareth), Mark Schuon (Northampton), Matt Bruno (Pocono Mountain East); Gregory Sheppard (Pocono Mountain West); Kolby Kleckner (Pottsville), Jacob Lizak (Parkland), Wyatt Noone (Southern Lehigh), and Daniel Mittura (Whitehall).

Class AA scholar-athletes honored were: Keegan Connelly (Central Catholic), Devin Greene (Catasauqua), Tegan Durishin (Lehighton), Dane Tarantelli (North Schuylkill), Cameron Kates (Northern Lehigh), Quentin Bernhard (Northwestern Lehigh), Darren Goida (Panther Valley), Austin Buskirk (Pen Argyl), Alex Nicholas (Salisbury) and Mike Fabian (Wilson).