Baltimore native Gino Culotta, who has spent the past two years playing linebacker and running back at the International School of Brussels, had a season to remember as a senior.

Culotta, who lives in Joppatowne in the summer and this year has been pursuing a Division I football scholarship, received every possible award during the season-ending banquet for the Department of Defense Dependents Schools League. The DoDDS League is composed of about 30 teams, most of them affiliated with schools on U.S. military bases around Europe.

The icing on the cake was that Culotta also received an offer from NCAA Football Championship Subdivision school Duquesne to join its football program.

“Gino’s plan is to keep his options open because he is hopeful his participation in the [Offense-Defense Bowl next month] will open some doors when college coaches can see him in person or at least competing against the highest level of competition,” said Culotta’s dad, Dominic, whose job with UPS took his family to Brussels in the first place. “The most common feedback he continues to get from colleges is they like his results, but they can’t gauge the level of competition he is playing against, therefore they consider him an unknown risk.”

Culotta is certainly not unknown in the DoDDS league. Here are the awards he received at the league’s recent banquet:

*Team Most Valuable Player, for leading it to an undefeated regular season

*Division II All-North Conference Running Back, for leading the league with 1,342yards and 20 TDs

*Division II All-North Conference Linebacker, with a team-high 41 solo tackles

*All-Europe League first-team Running Back

*All-Europe League first-team Linebacker

Cullotta is the 12th International School of Brussels player this decade to earn an All-Europe award in football, and the only one to earn the honor for both offense and defense.

— Sandra McKee