Birmingham Recognized as a Top Student-Athlete

Timber Creek Regional High School wrestler Kevin Birmingham was among 20 of South Jersey's top student-athletes recognized at the Courier-Post/Kiwanis Scholar-Athlete Awards Banquet at Valleybrook Monday night.

Birmingham, who won District 30 and Region 8 at 135 pounds this year, carries a 4.1 GPA. He finished seventh at 135 in the 2011 state championships at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.

Recognized Monday night along with Birmingham were the following student-athletes, according to the Courier-Post: Zachary Andrews, of Haddon Heights; Lisa Bailey, of Haddonfield; Jessica Brown, of Haddon Township; Brian Burke, of Clearview; Sydney Cetrullo, of Eastern; Peter Coulter, of Audubon; Nicole Gallagher, of Cinnaminson; Rachel Genovese, of Cherry Hill West; Brynn Gritt, of Rancocas Valley; Shannon Grogan, of Holy Cross; Kelly Hardesty, of Clearview; Angela Harris, of Gloucester; Lindsey Hatch, of Washington Township; Vincent Kowalski, of Williamstown; Nicholas Lamberto, of Paul VI; Christian Mathew Salera, of Washington Township; Dylan Tooher, of Cinnaminson; Michael Ulmer, of Woodbury; and Frank Zhang, of Cherry Hill East.

Birmingham, who is the Class of 2011 president at Timber Creek, defeated Salera for the District 30 title in February. He finished his career with a 131-24 record, including a 37-6 senior season.

In addition to the Courier-Post and Kiwanis Club of the Haddons, the Scholar-Athlete Awards Banquet's major sponsors are Valleybrook Country Club, Clementon Park and Splash World, Clementon Borough, Kohl's, Camden Riversharks, Running Deer Golf Club, RiverWinds Golf & Tennis Club, 97.5 The Fanatic, Lafferty Chiropractic, 7 Deuce Sports, Haddonfield Running Co., Moorestown Running Co., South Jersey Running & Triathlon Co., Thomas J. Weaver Plumbing, Deterding Family Market, Produce Junction and Aziza Spring Water.