SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine - January 24, 2025 - Today, National Distributors and KeyBank jointly announce the scholarship winners of the Frank J. Gaziano Memorial Defensive and Offensive Linemen Awards. Joseph Dube of Lewiston has been named the top senior football defensive lineman and Henry Mahoney of Saco has been named the top offensive lineman in the state based on their hard work on the field, in the classroom and in their communities. National Distributors will present the winners with $5,000 scholarships and trophies, while KeyBank will present $1,000 scholarships and trophies to the remaining finalists: defensive linemen Kyle Doody of Gardiner Area High School in Gardiner and Porter Gahagan of Medomak Valley High School in Waldoboro, and offensive linemen Charles Majkowski of Kennebunk High School in Kennebunk and Cole Tomuschat of Scarborough High School in Scarborough.

The Gaziano Awards are the largest high school scholarships of their kind in the country and honor the memory of the late Frank J. Gaziano who was a college football All-American and professional player before founding National Distributors Inc. in South Portland. In the past 13 years, the Gaziano Awards program has awarded $178,000 in scholarships to Maine students. For the fourth year in a row, KeyBank has co-sponsored the awards, with National Distributors providing scholarships to the winners and KeyBank providing scholarships to the other finalists.

For more information on the scholarship program, visit Frank J. Gaziano Memorial Offensive and Defensive Lineman Awards - Maine Football Scholarships (gazianolinemanawards.org).

About National Distributors:
Established in 1960, National Distributors Inc. is a family-owned company that has been providing quality beverages to retailers for the benefit of consumers for more than 50 years. Though predominantly servicing retailers in southern Maine, the company continues to provide a variety of products and expand their distribution to central and coastal Maine. National Distributors maintains a strong vision for a greener future with an active environmental program. The company and its more than 170 employees also continue to be proud community leaders and promote the responsible consumption of their products. For more information, visit www.nat-dist.com.

About KeyBank/KeyCorp
KeyCorp's roots trace back nearly 200 years to Albany, New York. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Key is one of the nation's largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately $187 billion at December 31, 2024. Key provides deposit, lending, cash management, and investment services to individuals and businesses in 15 states under the name KeyBank National Association through a network of approximately 1,000 branches and approximately 1,200 ATMs. Key also provides a broad range of sophisticated corporate and investment banking products, such as merger and acquisition advice, public and private debt and equity, syndications and derivatives to middle market companies in selected industries throughout the United States under the KeyBanc Capital Markets trade name. For more information, visit https://www.key.com/. KeyBank is Member FDIC.