2022 Monsignor Peters Award Winner (Jack Donahoe)
Article by Matt Diano Named in honor of esteemed league founder, Monsignor Matthew Peters (Cardinal Hayes), there is no greater distinction bestowed upon a New York State Metro Catholic football player than the award that recognizes the Most Outstanding Student-Athlete among a brotherhood of truly remarkable and prosperous gentlemen! Tracing its origins back to the 1962 season when Chaminade’s Thomas “TJ” Liesegang converted from a starting linebacker position into the role of field general to command the Flyers in their successful bid to three-peat, the first member of this cherished and/or heralded fraternity went on to earn his medical degree from New York University, do an internship at Duke University Medical Center, and complete his residency at the renowned Bascom Palmer Eye Institute (University of Miami) en route to becoming one of the most respected educators (ex-30 years teaching at the Mayo Clinic), practitioners, and authors (Editor-in-Chief of the American