At its annual Playmakers Tailgate Party on April 11, The Tommy Bohanon Foundation awarded scholarships to three local student-athletes while raising $265,000. Scholarships were presented to Fort Myers High School’s Shenard Williams, North Fort Myers High School’s Abigail Hynes and Cypress Lake High School’s Ezekiel Dube-Garrett.
Williams is a senior wrestler, musician in his school’s marching band and student body president who plans to attend Duke University and study civil engineering. He was awarded a multi-year scholarship of $40,000 over four years.
Hynes is a senior softball player with a weighted grade-point average of 5.28. After her junior year, she earned a Cambridge Advanced International Certificate of Education diploma with merit. Hynes, who received a $10,000 scholarship, plans to attend Saint Leo University and major in biological sciences with a minor in computer programming.
Dube-Garrett, who received a $10,000 scholarship, is a senior three-sport athlete participating in basketball, football and track. The class valedictorian plans to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology and study engineering.