NAME: AJ Mayer
SCHOOL: Covington Catholic
High School
SPORT(S):
Football-Basketball
GRADUATING YEAR: 2018
GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT: 3-year
starter in football and basketball; National Honor Society
BIRTHDATE: 10/17/99
HEIGHT: 6'3"-205 lbs.
RESIDENCE: Edgewood, Ky.
PARENTS: Andy & Amy
BIGGEST INFLUENCE: "My dad."
FUTURE GOAL: Start 4 years
at collegiate level
A three-year varsity starter in football and basketball, Covington
Catholic quarterback AJ Mayer is a Mr. Kentucky Football candidate and a
nominee for the Gatorade Kentucky Player of the Year award.
He entered his senior season with big numbers, in his varsity career
having already passed for 4,435 yards (37 TDs) plus 1,137 yards rushing
(19 TDs.)
Under AJ's leadership, this season Covington Catholic went an undefeated
10-0 during the regular season for the second time in team history,
finishing as the AP's top team in Kentucky Class 5A. AJ and the Colonels
then dispatched Bullitt East 56-14 and Bullitt Central 49-0 in the first
two rounds of the Kentucky Class 5A playoffs before thrashing South
Oldham 49-7 to win the regional championship. AJ so far has thrown for
2,437 yards and 33 touchdowns.
AJ has earned numerous honors, including recently named 1st team
all-NKY. Last season he passed for 2,461 yds. (20 TDs) and rushed for
505 yds. (11 TDs) and was named Kentucky Class 5A District Player of the
Year and 2nd team all-Northern Kentucky. "AJ embodies exactly what a
student-athlete should strive to be," says head football coach Eddie
Eviston. "He is an incredible athlete, a great student, but above all,
an even better young man!"
AJ also played basketball for the Colonels, who were District champs.
Big games included those vs. Newport Catholic (30 points), Dunbar (26
points) and South Laurel (20 points). He was named to the district and
regional all-tournament teams. He also played a year of baseball for the
Colonels.
An academic star and National Honor Society student who is active in
community service, he also is a member of the Covington Catholic Chamber
Choir. AJ will play football collegiately at Miami University in Oxford.
His favorite athlete is Tom Brady, favorite entertainer is Mark
Wahlberg, favorite book is Lone Survivor, favorite movie is Shooter and
most-like-to-meet is Michael Jordan.
COACH'S QUOTE – "We preach that in order to be a champion on the
field, you have to be a champion off the field. AJ Mayer epitomizes
that idea. He is an incredible football player, a great student, and
an even better person."
— Eddie Eviston, Football Coach.
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