Pop Warner Football

Mitch Woite was selected as Second Team All-American Scholar and will participate in a special banquet in Anaheim, Calif. later this month. Pictured is Woite, left, and Joel Coppola, Commissioner of Pop Warner Little Scholar's Buffalo Niagara Region. Mitch Woite from the Amherst Broncos organization of Pop Warner Little Scholars Football has been selected as a 2006-2007 Second Team All-American Scholar.

According to Pop Warner, the title of All-American applauds Woite's off-the-field accomplishments, as well as his promise for continued academic achievement and excellence. By receiving this honor, Woite academically ranks among the top two percent of the 400,000 Pop Warner participants nationwide. He was the only recipient from the Western New York area.

To celebrate his accomplishment, Woite has been invited to participate in the 47th Pop Warner National Tribute and Awards Banquet to be held in Anaheim, Calif. from May 25 to 26. There will also be a regional celebration held in Rochester this June.

Woite, a sixth grade student at Amherst Middle School, maintains a 99 percent grade point average and was recently named to the 2007 edition of "Who's Who among American Middle School Students". Woite played center and cornerback for the Amherst Broncos last season.