Voting now open for Athlete of the Month
Voting for the Cape Coral Breeze Athlete of the Month for January is now open.
We had countless top performances from student-athletes in our coverage area to start the new year and now it’s up to readers to decide who will earn top honors for the month.
Nominees for January include:
• Grace Louzao, Freshman, Oasis Sharks: The freshman turend in a triple-double performance in a win against Ida Baker, scoring 13 points, collecting 10 rebounds and adding 10 steals. She’s averaging 14.4 points and 6.9 rebounds and 4.3 steals per-game through 19 games this year.
• Maple Brady, Junior, Mariner Tritons: The junior went 4-0 at the Triton Tussle to improve her record to 10-4 on the year. She also was tops in her weight class at the Best in the West weightlifting meet.
• Caroline Ward, Junior, Bishop Verot Vikings: The junior knocked down a buzzer-beating three-pointer to give the Vikings a win over Archbishop McCarthy. Ward is averaging 16 points-per-game this season, and most recently had a 31-point game in a Viking win.
• Alessandro Gonzalez, Senior, Mariner Tritons: The senior striker helped lead the Tritons to an LCEC Championship, netting seven goals in two games, adding three assists. Gonzalez has recored 44 goals in 24 games.
• Gianna Fabrizi, Junior, Bishop Verot Vikings: The junior netted four goals and added an assist in a big win over Ida Baker, and also added another goal in a 4-1 win over Naples. In the first round of the 3A-11 district tournament, Fabrizi scored a whopping five goals against Clewiston.
• Hezekiah Jones, Senior, Cape Coral Seahawks: The senior helped lead the Seahwaks to a 68-63 win over Lehigh on its our court to take home the Lee County Athletic Conference Championship. Jones led the way with 18 points.
• Jaelyn Hoefer, Sophomore, North Fort Myers Red Knights: The sopomore helped lead the Red Knights to a district semifinal win over Fort Myers, netting two goals and adding an assist in a 6-3 win.
• Saniya Narcisse, Senior, Mariner Tritons: The senior was a two-discipline weightlifting champion in 2A-13 in both Olympic and Traditional weightlifting, with lifts of 275 lbs and 340 lbs in the respective categories.
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.