Little
earns title of 'Greatest Male PCEP Athlete of the Past Decade' in big
way
BY ED WRIGHT
Feb. 2, 2010, 12:30
a.m.
In the final poll to determine the greatest male athlete of the past
decade at the Plymouth Canton Educational Park, Shawn Little won with
an astounding vote count of 8,643, which is exactly the number of
defensive players the former quarterback faked out or ran past while
engineering Canton's explosive offense from 2003-05.
It is also, coincidentally, the total footage of the blasts that
he launched with his aluminum bat for the Chiefs' baseball team during
his four-year stay on the varsity squad.
Little outlasted impressive charges by Salem's Sam Ott (3,887
votes) and Plymouth's Ronnie Goble (2,115) to claim the title.
Along with a PlymouthCantonSports.com T-shirt, Little
has
something kind of cool to tell his grandchildren a couple decades down
the road.
Is Little the right choice?
With all due respect to every other athlete whose name appeared
in the various polls the past couple of weeks -- most notably the two
other finalists and current Washington Redskin Devin Thomas -- I'd say
absolutely.
Little was undoubtedly one of the two or three most important
players on every varsity team he played on at Canton. He is fast,
smart, fearless, unflappable, a leader.
What more could you want?
In case you didn't know, Little's athletic career is still
running on all cylinders. He is the starting center fielder for Madonna
University's baseball team. Last year he hit .376 and either led or was
near the top of several offensive categories for the Crusaders.
When you can generate 8,643 votes in a four-day span on a local
sports website, that's saying something.
If you ask me, Little deserved every single vote.
The finals of the "Greatest PCEP Female Athlete - 2000-09"
begins today.
The list of finalists is nothing short of incredible: Canton's
Allison Schmitt, an Olympic bronze medal-winning swimmer; Jordan
Falcusan, a 13-letter-winning ultra-athlete who played four years of
the-highest-level college soccer; and Janet Hanchett, a three-sport
standout at Plymouth who later went on to compete in track and field at
Michigan State.
I'm not sure any of the three will rack up 8,643 votes.
But it wouldn't surprise me.
ED WRIGHT COLUMN
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