The Breeze Newspapers is celebrating student-athletes this week with the announcement of our annual year-end awards. <\/p>\n
In today\u2019s edition, readers will find a special section honoring Breeze Newspapers Athletes of the Week throughout the year, as well the announcement of our staff-selected male and females Athletes of the Year, Team of the Year, and Coach of the Year. A special video presentation can be viewed on The Breeze website and social media platforms. <\/p>\n
The Breeze Newspapers is also announcing that voting opens today for our fan-voted Reader\u2019s Choice Athlete of the Year. <\/p>\n
This year\u2019s nominees are:<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 Kaliyah Williams of North Fort Myers High School<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 Aaron Kluener of Bishop Verot High School<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 Kelsi Longabardi of Mariner High School<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 Bennett Sweitzer of Bishop Verot High School<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 Jaelyn Hoefer of North Fort Myers High School<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 Jermaine Skinner of Cape Coral High School<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 Nikolas Korf of Ida Baker High School<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 Austin Schoolcraft of Island Coast High School<\/p>\n
Voting for the Reader\u2019s Choice Athlete of the Year begins June 5 and runs through noon on June 11. <\/p>\n
To vote, click the link on the homepage of this website, or visit capecoraldailybreeze2.secondstreetapp.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Our Athlete of the Week program, that features two local student-athletes from our area, was distributed in print, online and via social media each and every week.<\/p>\n We graciously thank each school and their coaches and staff for working with us this year to help make this a reality, and are looking forward to continuing to grow this program \u2014 for our students, in our area.<\/p>\n