NAZARETH – Brockway senior quarterback Derek Buganza has been named the 20101 Edsel Award winner as the Prep Nation Radio Pennsylvania Player of the Year.

Buganza led Brockway to a 12-1 record, the District 9 Class AA, AML and AML South titles and a berth in the PIAA Class AA quarterfinals.

The all-time leading passer in Pennsylvania history with 9,752 career yards, Buganza threw for 3,005 yards (184 of 278) and 30 touchdowns this season compared to just 12 interceptions. During the season, he had five 300-yard games and five multiple-touchdown contests including a District 9-record eight touchdown passes in a win over Smethport Sept. 19.

In addition to his state-passing-yard record, Buganza also set the District 9 record for career touchdown passes with 95 and holds the single-season Pennsylvania passing-yards record with 3,824 in 2009. He had 26 straight 100-yard passing games between Aug. 29, 2008 and Sept. 24, 2010 and 10 straight 200-yard games between Oct. 16, 200 and Sept. 24, 2010, and threw for more than 200 yards 26 times in his career and more than 300 yards 15 times. He also had 20 career multiple-touchdown contests, including 18 with three or more touchdowns, 12 with four or more and nine with five or more, while throwing touchdown passes in 31 of his 34 career games and accumulating a record of 24-10 as a starting quarterback including 11-1 this season.

This is the second year for Prep Nation Radio’s Edsel Award. The award is combination of fan voting and prepnationradio.com staff opinions. Last year, Selinsgrove’s Ryan Keiser won the award.