Mount Rushmore of Washington County: Here are the four males that stand above the rest

Who belongs on the Male Mount Rushmore of Washington County sports?

We finally have the answer.

After consulting with a panel of current and former coaches, athletic directors and Herald-Mail sportswriters, we narrowed the list of candidates down to 13.

Those 13 nominees were then placed on an online poll at heraldmailmedia.com with voting open June 3-7.

Mount Rushmore of Washington County: Meet the four females who top the list

At the conclusion, points were awarded 13 through 1 based on the results of the online poll and also 13 through 1 based on the panel's selections. The four individuals who received the most points earned Mount Rushmore status.

Here are the four honorees:

Aaron Brooks

26 points (13 panel, 13 online vote)

Brooks, a 2018 North Hagerstown graduate, won four Class 4A-3A state wrestling titles for the Hubs and then four NCAA Division I titles for Penn State University. He won two United World Wrestling age-group world titles, U17 in 2017 and U23 in 2023, and this summer he will represent Team USA at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris after defeating reigning gold medalist David Taylor in the finals of the U.S. Olympic Trials in April.

Rodney Monroe

22 points (11 panel, 11 online vote)

Monroe, a 1987 St. Maria Goretti graduate, scored a state-record 3,047 points for the Gaels while leading them to 120 victories and three straight Baltimore Catholic League titles during his four years. He continued his career at North Carolina State University, where he scored a school-record 2,551 points.

In 1991, Monroe was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year and an NCAA All-American. He was selected 30th overall by the Atlanta Hawks in the 1991 NBA Draft and had a 16-year professional career, mostly playing overseas.

Dwight Scott

21 points (12 panel, 9 online vote)

Scott, who died in 2018 at age 87, coached at Boonsboro High School for 52 years. He started the school’s football program in 1959 and coached the team through 1976. He also started the Warriors' cross country and outdoor and indoor track and field programs and was a longtime coach of each. He also served as the athletic director.

The football team had winning records in his last nine seasons, including going undefeated in back-to-back years (1968-69). He led Boonsboro to five girls cross country state titles and five girls outdoor state track championships. Thirty-eight athletes, male and female, captured individual state titles under his watch.

Nick Adenhart

20 points (8 panel, 12 online vote)

Adenhart, a 2004 Williamsport graduate, was a superstar pitcher for the Wildcats, earning Maryland Gatorade Player of the Year honors as a junior. Entering his senior season, Adenhart was the top high school prospect in the country, according to Baseball America, and he went 5-1 with a 0.91 ERA and 86 strikeouts in 38 2/3 innings before he was sidelined with an elbow injury.

Requiring Tommy John surgery, Adenhart, once a projected top-10 pick in the 2004 MLB draft, fell to the 14th round, where he was selected by the Anaheim Angels. After earning a spot in the Angels’ starting rotation in 2009, he made his season debut on April 8 at home, pitching six shutout innings in a no-decision against the Oakland Athletics. Later that night, he was killed in a crash with a drunk driver at age 22.

Results of the online poll

Other Mount Rushmore candidates

The other candidates included Cokey Robertson (18 points), Carroll Reid (15.5), Jim Brown (13.5), Leo Burke (11.5), Mike Brashears (10.5), Dennis Scott (7.5), Clayton Anders (6.5), Mike Spinnler (5.5) and Jeff Scuffins (4.5).

Seventeen other individuals were nominated by members of the panel for the Male Mount Rushmore of Washington County sports, but they didn't receive enough votes to make the online poll. They included Terry Baker, Clyde Barnhart, Doug Batey, Al Buehler, Doug Cochran, Richard Doub, Chris Fox, Dwayne Freeman, Paul Imphong, Chris Kretsinger, David Miner, Phil Petry, Buzz Sawyer, Jim Schlossnagle, Eddie Semler, James Wolfensberger and Larry Yanos.

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