Voting underway for Breeze’s December Athlete of the Month
Voting for the Cape Coral Breeze Athlete of the Month for December is now open.
There were a number of top performances from student-athletes in The Breeze coverage area in December and now it’s up to readers to decide who will earn top honors for the month.
Nominees for December include:
• Erin Vezzola, junior, Oasis Sharks: The striker is off to an impressive scoring output in the early stages of the season for the Sharks. Vezzola netted 10 goals in her last five games during her nomination week, adding two assists, including a five-goal performance against Lehigh.
• Cameron O’Halloran, senior, Bishop Verot Vikings: The standout senior guard has had the scoring touch for the Vikings early on in the year. Over the first four games of the year, O’Halloran averaged 19.6 points per game, and turned in three-straight 20-point performances to start the season.
• Kamila Pena, junior, Mariner Tritons: Pena scored both goals in a 2-1 road win for the Tritons over the then-ranked No. 1 ranked team in the nation, American Heritage. The junior scored on two long-distance shots, with the game-winner coming off a free kick with just four minutes left in the match.
• Bianca Iten, senior, North Fort Myers Red Knights: The senior guard helped the Red Knights to a trio of wins during her nomination week, averaging more than 24 points per game. Iten also averaged nine rebounds and more than three assists per game in that stretch.
• Nancy Jaquiss, senior, Oasis Sharks: The senior had a big week for the Bulldogs, helping the team to an 8-0 win over Island Coast scoring a hat trick. Jaquiss followed up that performance with two goals in a narrow 4-3 loss to Cape Coral.
• Hannah Busenbark, junior, North Fort Myers Red Knights: The Red Knights’ leading scorer helped her team to three wins last week, bringing the club to a 10-2 record on the season. The junior recorded a hat-trick-or-better in each of the three matches, scoring a total of 10 goals and contributing three assists. Busenbark leads the team with 34 goals in 12 matches, which is the fourth-highest total for goals in the state so far this year.
• Seth Tshiams, senior, North Fort Myers Red Knights: The senior boasts a perfect 16-0 record thus far this season. Over the past three weeks, Tshiams has captured three individual bracketed tournaments in the 285-pound division, including the H-Town Throw Down, King’s Classic and King of the Castle.
Athlete of the Month nominees are comprised of the Breeze’s staff-selected Athletes of the Week for that respective month.
To vote, visit CapeCoralBreeze.com and click the “Vote Now” icon on the homepage.