The 2024 football season might be behind us, but for Comsewogue High School Senior Kaeden West the awards keep piling in. West was honored by the James C. Metzger Suffolk County Chapter of the National Football Foundation at its annual awards brunch by being named to the organization’s prestigious Golden Eleven Team.
The Golden Eleven Team honors athletes who are the top scholar athletes in Suffolk County. West was selected, along with just 10 other athletes to be honored out of over 1,600 students in Suffolk County that played football this past season.
West was the starting quarterback for the varsity team in his junior year but he broke his leg in the middle of the season. That didn't derail his spirit though as he became a vocal leader and helped mentor his teammates throughout the season. He then came back for his senior season healthy and motivated. West was named to the All-County football team, and received the 2023 Suffolk County P.A.L. Sportsmanship Award, the Suffolk County Executive’s Youth Achievement Award and a proclamation from Suffolk County Legislator Nick Caracappa citing “Outstanding Teamwork and Exuberance in the Fourth Legislative District for 2023.”
“Kaeden represented Comsewogue with pride at the awards brunch,” said Director of Athletics Matteo DeVincenzo. “Being selected for the Golden Eleven Team was a great way to cap off his incredible high school football career, and we are going to miss Kaeden when he graduates. We will always be proud to have called Kaeden a Comsewogue Warrior!”
This past November, he was also named the recipient of the 2023 Thomas Cutinella Leadership Award by the Suffolk County Football Coaches Association for his achievements on and off the football field, he is also a member of the Comsewogue High School Student Leadership Team, multiple honor societies and the Athletes Helping Athletes program. And now he can put this on his mantle next to his growing collection of awards.