Grenta’s Dyon Rosser voted Army Iron Man of the Year for Virginia

Army Iron Man honor the best two-way high school football players

 

BECKLEY, WV – The U.S. Army Beckley Recruiting Battalion is proud to announce that Grenta’s Dyon Rosser is the 4^th Annual Army Iron Man of the Year for Virginia.  The Army Iron Man honors the best two-way high school football players in the state.  Rosser had 1,897 yards of total offense with 18 touchdowns, throwing for 1,322 yards with 14 scores while rushing for 575 yards with four scores.  On defense, Rosser had 57 tackles with three interceptions, six passes defended, three fumble recoveries, and a forced fumble. 

 

Fans from across the state voted online and selected Rosser as the Army Iron Man of the Year from among ten finalists, including:

 

2011 U.S. Army Iron Man of the Year - Virginia

Terrence Banks – Charles City

Ray Brown – Powhatan

Anthony Cooper - Bayside

Luke Grant – Blacksburg

Dee Fletcher – Hidden Valley

Marion Harris – Petersburg

Daquan Hurst – Booker T. Washington

Tyvonte Looney – Meadowbrook

Dyon Rosser – Gretna

Darius Wilson – Amherst County

 

Playing and excelling on both offense and defense, the Army Iron Man must demonstrate physical and emotional strength as well as strength of character.  The Army Iron Man embodies the qualities of Army STRONG.  High school football fans from across the state selected the finalists by voting at www.TheSportsFlash.com. 

 

This is the 4^th Army Iron Man of the Year campaign for Virginia.  Amherst County’s Devonte Brown (2010); Monacan’s Logan Staib (2009); and Hidden Valley’s Chad Earhart (2008) are the previous winner of the Army Iron Man of the Year for Virginia.

 

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