All-Star Alum to Speak to PSFCA East-West Football All-Stars
Marine Corps 2nd Lieutenant Anthony
Piccioni will serve as the keynote speaker for the 2007 PSFCA East West All-Star Awards Banquet Friday,
June 22nd at the Blair County Convention Center
in Altoona.
Piccioni was a Circle of Excellence Award
Winner as a member of the 2002 West All-Star squad. He is a graduate of Bishop Carroll
High School in Ebensburg
where he helped the Huskies to three District 6 championships and three
appearances in the PIAA Western Final.
He earned Associated Press First-Team honors as a junior and senior.
Piccioni attended the U.S. Naval
Academy, earning three varsity letters as part of the Midshipmen football
team. He played in every game in the 2004,
2005, and 2006 seasons, as Navy earned four consecutive bowl appearances. The linebacker/special teams star was voted
the Most Inspirational Player by his teammates, and was honored at the 2005 Poinsettia
Bowl team luncheon on the USS Midway. Piccioni and the Midshipmen
finished the 2006 regular season with a 9-3 record, including a fifth-straight
victory over West Point, equaling the longest win streak over Army in the
series history, and earning an invitation to the Meineke Car Care Bowl in
Charlotte, NC. A last-second field goal
lifted Boston College over Navy, 25-24. The Midshipmen finished the season with a 9-4
overall record.
2nd Lt. Anthony Piccioni
will spend the next year serving as a graduate assistant coach with the Navy
Football team; his service selection upon graduation is listed as “Marine Corps
Ground”.
The 7th Annual PSFCA
East-West All-Star week begins June 18th when athletes arrive in Altoona. After a week of practices, public
appearances, and special events, the East will battle the West Saturday, June
23rd at Mansion
Park.
Tickets for all events, including
the game and the awards banquet are available through the Allegheny Mountains
Convention and Visitors Bureau by calling (814) 943-4183. For more information, click here.
