Chaminade-Madonna's Jeremiah Smith named winner of 2023 Nat Moore Trophy

AND URGING THEM TO STOP PAYING DUES TO THE UNITED TEACHERS OF DADE. YOU CAN REWATCH CBS NEWS MIAMI’S JIM DEFEDE’S INVESTIGATION ON OUR WEBSITE, CBSMIAMI.COM. AFTER MONTHS OF SPECULATION, WE FINALLY HAVE OUR NEWEST NAT MOORE TROPHY WINNER! IT WAS QUITE A SHOW TONIGHT. WIDE RECEIVER JEREMIAH SMITH BECAME THE SECOND PLAYER OUT OF CHAMINADE-MADONNA TO WIN THE AWARD. MIKE CUGNO WAS AT THE CEREMONY WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE OUR INAUGURAL YEAR, AND OFTEN SUPPLIER HAS WON THE NAT MOORE TROPHY. JEREMIAH SMITH, GOING HOME WITH THIS YEAR’S AWARD. HE REALLY ROSE ABOVE

THE COMPETITION THIS SEASON, LEADING CHAMINADE-MADONNA ANOTHER STATE TITLE. 80 CATCHES, NEARLY 1400 YARDS AND 19 TOUCHDOWNS. WILL DO THAT. HE IS HIGHLY REGARDED AS MAYBE THE BEST PROSPECT IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY ALTHOUGH THE ACCOLADES HAVE BEEN ROLLING IN FOR JEREMIAH SMITH ALL YEAR , I CAUGHT UP WITH HIM, HE TOLD ME THIS IS STILL A HUMBLING MOMENT. I AM JUST A LITTLE NERVOUS AT FIRST BUT ONCE I HEARD THAT CHAMINADE-MADONNA , THEIR RECEIVER, JEREMIAH. I WAS JUST HAPPY FOR HIM . ALL THE HARD WORK HE PUT IN THIS YEAR. WON THE STATE TITLE AND EVERYTHING.

JUST TO BE ABLE TO PUT MY NAME AND BUILD MY OWN LEGACY . MEAN SOMETHING BIG FOR ME, COMING FROM SOUTH FLORIDA. I MEAN, CHAMINADE-MADONNA , IT WAS A GOOD DECISION FOR ME BECAUSE IT DEFINITELY PUT ME ON THE

MAP A LITTLE MORE. I AM JUST HAPPY AND BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO GO TO CHAMINADE-MADONNA , THE PEOPLE THAT WORK AT THERE, THE ADMINISTRATION AND GREAT COACHES. I AM JUST HAPPY AND BLESSED. THE NEXT FEW HOURS WILL BE VERY BUSY FOR JEREMIAH SMITH. HE HAS GOT SIGNING DAY STILL TO COME. HE HAS GOT TO DECIDE

WHERE HE IS GOING TO PLAY HIS COLLEGE BALL. CHRIS CHRIS JACOBS WILL HAVE MORE ON THAT