CAMERON PARK, Calif. – Port Allegany quarterback
Matt Bodamer was named a first-team 2012
MaxPreps Small
School All-American at quarterback while Gator wide receiver Nick Conway
was a second-team choice at wide receiver.
The
two players are believed to be the first District 9 athletes named to
the MaxPreps football All-American team.
The first-team selection is just another award in
the long-line of awards from the 2012 season for Bodamer, who was also
the Pennsylvania Football News Mister Football, the Pennsylvania
Football News Class A Offensive Player of the Year, a first-team
Pennsylvania Football News Class A selection at quarterback, a
first-team Pennsylvania Sports Writers Class A selection at quarterback,
The Rehab Centre D9Sports.com District 9 Most Valuable Player and
Offensive Player of the Year and the Pennsylvania Gatorade High School
Football Player of the Year in Pennsylvania, an award that combines
academic and athletic success.
Bodamer is the first player in Pennsylvania history
to throw for over 10,000 career yards throwing for a state-record 10,948
y
ards
while also throwing a state-record 137 touchdown passes. Rushing for
over 2,000 yards (2,315) in his career as well, he scored 40 touchdowns
on the ground.
In 2012, Bodamer led Port Allegany to its second
straight District 9 Class A title and to the PIAA Class A semifinals
while helping the Gators to a school-record 13 wins (13-1). He was 227
of 323 passing (70.3 percent) for a Pennsylvania-record 3,951 yards
while trying the Pennsylvania record for single-season touchdown passes
with 52. He threw just eight interceptions, a common theme in a career
that saw him complete 65.1 percent (643 of 988) of his passes with just
28 interceptions (one every 35.3 attempts). He also ran 133 times for
841 yards and 13 touchdowns.
Bodamer’s junior and senior seasons saw him combine
to throw for 7,717 yards and 101 touchdowns against just 14
interceptions.
Conway, who was also a Pennsylvania Football News
and Pennsylvania Sports Writers first-team Class A selection at wide
receiver, set a District 9 record with 77 catches for 1,482 yards and 24
touchdowns this season. He really burst onto the scene in 2012 after
catching just 18 passes for 244 yards and seven scores in his first two
varsity campaigns.
BODAMER SEASON-BY-SEASON
PASSING
|
Year |
Comp |
Att |
Comp. % |
Yards |
TDs |
Ints |
|
2012 |
227 |
323 |
70.3% |
3,951* |
52** |
8 |
|
2011 |
247 |
378 |
65.3% |
3,766 |
49 |
6 |
|
2010 |
102 |
174 |
58.6% |
1,992 |
22 |
10 |
|
2009 |
67 |
113 |
59.3% |
1,239 |
14 |
4 |
|
Career |
643 |
988 |
65.1% |
10,948* |
137* |
28 |
*Pennsylvania record
**Ties Pennsylvania record
RUSHING
|
Year |
Att |
Yards |
Avg. |
TDs |
|
2012 |
133 |
841 |
6.3 |
13 |
|
2011 |
148 |
806 |
5.4 |
14 |
|
2010 |
118 |
574 |
4.9 |
10 |
|
2009 |
62 |
94 |
1.5 |
3 |
|
Career |
461 |
2,315 |
5.- |
40 |