McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE: MKC) announced that Byron Pitts, prominent correspondent for CBS News and "60 Minutes" will deliver the keynote address at the 71st Annual McCormick Unsung Heroes Award Banquet to be held on Monday, May 2 at the Marriott Hunt Valley Inn.

A total of 107 high school senior boys and girls, two of whom will be honored as the 2011 Charles Perry McCormick Scholarship winners, have been chosen to represent 67 Baltimore area public, private, parochial and independent schools. The scholarship, valued at $36,000 over four academic years, will be presented to one male and one female athlete selected as the top Unsung Heroes.

(See the end of this release for the list of nominees.)

Originally established in 1940 by the late Charles P. McCormick, the program recognizes unselfish team play and honors those who contribute substantially to the success of their teams without receiving acclaim. The program is reflective of McCormick's core belief in The Power of People - a phrase that has been part of the Company culture for many years.

The banquet will salute deserving male football players and female basketball players. More than 700 city and county officials, school administrators, coaches and family are expected to attend.

Byron Pitts will bring an inspiring message to the audience. Despite being deemed functionally illiterate until the age of 12 and having a chronic stutter until the age of 20, Baltimore-born Pitts is an author as well as an award-winning TV journalist. His success and achievements have come as the result of hard work and dedication, as Pitts has overcome the obstacles and challenges that life has thrown his way. He has documented his inspirational life journey in his book "Step Out on Nothing."

An alphabetical listing by school of each of the 107 players nominated for the 2011 Unsung Heroes Award follows:

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Archbishop Curley High School Brad Faulhaber
 
Archbishop Spalding High School Brya Freeland Vincent Rubino
 
Baltimore City College High School Chelsea Eldridge John A. Thomas
 
Baltimore Lutheran School Chandler Class Josh Schildwachter
 
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Imani Stokes George Gillem, IV
 
Boys' Latin School Maximillan E. White
 
Bryn Mawr School Dyllan Peterson
 
Calvert Hall College High School Michael Wade
 
Carver Vo-Tech High School Nakia Jefferson Brian Brown
 
Catholic High School of Baltimore Asha Hale
 
Catonsville High School Christina Augins William M. Moore, III
 
Chesapeake High School Eric Doyle
 
Digital Harbor High School Markita Sutton Alphonso Greene, IV
 
Dulaney High School Erin Eller Wayne Wilford
 
Dunbar High School Darlena Green Leo Eades
 
Dundalk High School Chelsea Wageley Timothy Summers, Jr.
 
Eastern Technical High School Leanne Pfeifer Michael Wright
 
Edmondson-Westside High School Mariah Farouq Dontrel Guy
 
Forest Park High School Shawdae Williams Patrick Makell
 
Franklin High School Rachel Rubin Christopher L. Jefferson
 
Frederick Douglass High School Matthew Goode
 
Friends School Jonathan Loewenberg
 
Gilman School John Henrich
 
Hereford High School Marieke Oosterwijk Nate Macon
 

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Institute of Notre Dame Julia Horn
 
John Carroll School Tiffany Clunie Robert Clingerman, III
 
Kenwood High School Morgan Smith Aaron Ridgeway, III
 
Lake Clifton High School Chanel Johnson Maurice K. McNeil
 
Lansdowne High School Kelli Pease John Anthony Luedtke, Jr.
 
Loch Raven High School Rachael Wiley Hisham Ziyout
 
Loyola Blakefield Kevin McKeown
 
Maritime Industries Academy Kyashia Maple Deminiken Arrington, Jr.
 
Maryvale Preparatory School Carolyn Hildreth
 
McDonogh School Bailey Ewing Colin Renner
 
Mercy High School Caitlin McKay
 
Mergenthaler Vo-Tech High School Tonisha Patterson Staccato Butler, Jr.
 
Millford Mill Academy Treasure Maddox Ange Nmah
 
Mount de Sales Academy Allyson Elizabeth Curley
 
Mount Saint Joseph High School Jacob Mooney
 
New Town High School Andre Johnson
 
Northwestern High School Dante Jones
 
Notre Dame Preparatory School Mary Kate Conway
 
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Joshua Snyder
 
Overlea High School Donae Fluitt
 
Owings Mills High School Stephanie Folkerts Devon Hopkins
 
Parkville High School Ashley Green Tae Kim
 
Patapsco High School Stephanie Goins Isaiah Colmore
 
Patterson High School Jasmine Massenburg Donta Dewitt
 
Perry Hall High School Shannon Jones Lewis Braml
 
Pikesville High School Alysha Davis Daniel Shear
 
Randallstown High School Taylor Burgess Brian Gardener
 
Reginald F. Lewis High School Trent Thomas
 
Roland Park Country School Lauren Edwards
 
Seton Keough High School Camille Hines
 
Southside Academy Myrea Carroll Jerrell Briscoe
 
Southwestern High School Kelsey Swann Delroy Collette
 
Sparrows Point High School Maggie Shifflett Shawn Fitzpatrick
 
St. Frances Academy Alex Brown
 
St. Mary's High School Kelly Broussard Connor Crowley
 
St. Paul's School Taylor R. Michel
 
St. Timothy's School Moriah Ray
 
Towson High School Sydnie Hickey Gabriel Eicholtz
 
W.E.B. DuBois High School Jenah Everage Christopher Gaines
 
Western High School Reven Smith
 
Western School of Technology Juliette Sardin Rodney Rector, II
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Woodlawn High School Victoria Loving Andrew Watson

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