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Beginning in 2016, Prime Events,
in association with William Schoppy Inc., began presenting
THE KEN LEARY MEMORIAL AWARD to the Cape-Atlantic League team
that is ranked highest in the final Boys Basketball Online 25.
That school will display the award for one year.
The award is named for the veteran Pleasantville High School coach
and star player at Ocean City who died in 2016.
He was the first Cape-Atlantic League basketball player to score 1,000 career points
and went on to a successful career at Boston University.
He then returned to the CAL as Pleasantville's coach,
winning three state titles, eight South Jersey championships and 519 games.
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Annual Winners of The Ken Leary Memorial Award:
2023-24 - Middle Township
2022-23 - Egg Harbor Township
2021-22 - Egg Harbor Township
2020-21 - St. Augustine Prep
2019-20 - Wildwood Catholic
2018-19 - Wildwood Catholic
2017-18 - Atlantic City
2016-17 - St. Augustine Prep
2015-16 - St. Augustine Prep
2014-15 - St. Augustine Prep
2013-14 - Wildwood Catholic
2012-13 - Atlantic City
2011-12 - Atlantic City
2010-11 - St. Augustine Prep
2009-10 - St. Augustine Prep
2008-09 - Holy Spirit
2007-08 - Holy Spirit
2006-07 - Atlantic City
2005-06 - Holy Spirit
2004-05 - Atlantic City
2003-04 - St. Augustine Prep
2002-03 - St. Augustine Prep
2001-02 - St. Augustine Prep
His wife, Naamah, presented the first Ken Leary Memorial Award
to Paul Rodio of St. Augustine in June, 2016.