The 56th annual Lehigh Valley Chapter of the National Football Foundation Scholar Athlete Banquet will be held Sunday, March 6, beginning at 4:30 p.m. at the Northampton Community Center.

This year’s guest speaker is former Whitehall, Penn State and NFL player Matt Millen, who is now a television sports analyst.

Salisbury senior Alex Kubinec will represent the Falcons at the banquet. The 6-foot, 210-pound running back/linebacker ranks 27th out of 159 students. He is an honor roll student, member of the National Honor Society, and earned honorable mention all-conference honors. He participates in varsity baseball and is a member of the power lifting team. He volunteers with Toys for Tots, Arts Quest, the Victory House, and the Miracle League of the Lehigh Valley.

Below is a list of scholar athletes.

HIGH SCHOOL

Wilberto Anibal Sicard (Allen), Joseph Matthew Milano (Central Catholic), Cam Strohe (Bangor), Brandon Michael Blobe (Bethlehem Catholic), Cristian J. Burker (Catasauqua), Tariq Jarrah (Dieruff), Sean J. Beyrouthy (East Stroudsburg North), Zachary David Timko (East Stroudsburg South), Trey Anthony Durrah (Easton), Salvatore Francesco Pagano (Emmaus), Jonah Andrew Gundrum (Freedom), Dean Richards (Jim Thorpe),Tegan Matthew Durishin (Lehighton), Brian D. Bicknese (Liberty), Nicholas Redman (Nazareth), David Matthew Rehrig (Northampton), Cameron Taylor Kates (Northern Lehigh), Lucas Pharon Metzger (Northwestern), Robert Melville Schippers (Notre Dame), William Christopher Sadow (Palisades), Kole Stephen Rodrigues (Palmerton), Zachary Sechrist Bauer (Parkland), Tyler Dean Minnich (Pen Argyl), Jack Edmund Gardner (Phillipsburg), Brendan Josef Kearns (Pleasant Valley), Matthew Efrain Bruno (Pocono Mountain East), Jon-Anthony Carlo Giuffrida (Pocono Mountain West), Alexander Kubinec (Salisbury), Zachary Thatcher (Saucon Valley), Alec Christian Tittensor (Southern Lehigh), John Michael Jakobsen (Stroudsburg), Gianni L. Sinatore (Whitehall), Michael Joseph Fabian (Wilson).

COLLEGE

Jon Schnaars (East Stroudsburg), Chad Barton (Kutztown), Dan Dellovade (Lafayette), Chris Ruhl (Lehigh), Anthony Orlando (Moravian), Bryan Auvil (Muhlenberg).