Lee County Coalition for a Drug-Free Southwest Florida to present academic, athletic, leadership awards today

To help celebrate Red Ribbon Week, the Lee County Coalition for a Drug-Free Southwest Florida will present a number of academic and athletic excellence awards today.

The program will be held at 7 p.m. the Lee County Education Center, 2855 Colonial Blvd., Fort Myers. The event is free and open to the public

The following awards will be presented:

Al Oerter Award for Academic and Athletic Excellence

Girls

• Melissa Arciere (Bonita Springs High School)

• Guiliana Carlini (Estero High School)

• Baker (Lucy) Castro-Waters (Cape Coral High School)

• Julianne Cunard (Cypress Lake High School)

• Ezarya Dale (Dunbar High School)

• Courtney Dingerson (Ida S. Baker High School)

• Heidi Kinsey (Fort Myers High School)

• Genavieve Molloy (North Fort Myers High School)

• Ashley Rodriguez (South Fort Myers High School)

• Laci Roszell (Riverdale High School)

• Stephanie Snyder (Mariner High School)

• Jasmine Vasquez (Riverdale High School)

Al Oerter Award for Academic and Athletic Excellence

Boys

• Keon Anderson (Island Coast High School)

• Carson Dougherty (South Fort Myers High School)

• Paul Flores (Gateway High School)

• Keelan Fort (Estero High School)

• Jayden Franklin (Cape Coral High School)

• Rowen Fricke (Riverdale High School)

• Jacob Fritz (Ida S. Baker High School)

• Caden Jakacki (Mariner High School)

• Ivan Marin-Padilla (Dunbar High School)

• Roland Colsen Palmer (Fort Myers High School)

• Nekhi Perry (North Fort Myers High School)

• William Perry (Bonita Springs High School)

• Vincent Stoll (Cypress Lake High School)

Jim Nathan Leadership Award

• Savannah Braun (Mariner High School)

• Quinn Campbell (Fort Myers High School)

• Gabrielle Ceurvels (Bonita Springs High School)

• Annabel Crater (Cypress Lake High School)

• Ayin Cruz (Gateway High School)

• Alexandra Davidson (North Fort Myers High School)

• Hayden Germanis (Estero High School)

• Kenise Jackson (Dunbar High School)

• Natalee Jones (Cape Coral High School)

• Carson Mulvey (Dunbar High School)

• Jose Manuel Roa (Riverdale High School)

• Deylysia Smart (East Lee County High School)

• Kaiden Wells (Mariner High School)

Lee County Sheriff’s Office Service to Our Nation Award

• Austin Arthur (Estero High School)

• Jacob Bilancione (Cape Coral High School)

• Abigail Fleuridor (Dunbar High School)

• Alexis Gifford (Mariner High School)

• Adam Larochelle (Cypress Lake High School)

• Nancy Morales (South Fort Myers High School)

• Benjamin Records (Fort Myers High School)

• Justin Rodriguez (Gateway High School)

• Arthur Smith, Jr. (East Lee County High School)

• Morgan Thynes (Ida S. Baker High School)

• Brittanie Wisniewski (Bonita Springs High School)

• Ryan Ziegler (North Fort Myers High School)

Thanks to the Cape Coral Police Department and the Cape Coral High School SADD Club, Lee County Coalition for a Drug-Free Southwest Florida was able to collect 578 pounds of pills at the Oct. 23 DEA Take Back Day!

For more about the Lee County Coalition for a Drug-Free Southwest Florida, contact info@drugfreeswfl.org