The Lee County Faculty District has introduced the Lee County Athletic Convention Corridor of Fame inductees for 2024. 5 athletes, two coaches and one employees member are being acknowledged for his or her excellent athletic achievements for his or her college or college students.
The Lee County Athletic Convention Corridor of Fame Class of 2024 consists of:
ATHLETES
• Kiara Desamours, Dunbar Excessive Faculty
• Antwan Dixon, South Fort Myers Excessive Faculty
• Holly Fritz, Mariner Excessive Faculty
• Brittani Houghton, Fort Myers Excessive Faculty
• Frankie Luster, Estero Excessive Faculty
Trainers
• David Phillips, Mariner Excessive Faculty
• Dave Trepkowski, Ida S. Baker Excessive Faculty
contributor
• Dr. John Kagan, Fort Myers Excessive Faculty
Desamours led the Dunbar Woman Tigers to their first Lee County ladies basketball state championship of their first 12 months, main the workforce in scoring, rebounding and steals. She was the Information-Press Ladies Basketball Participant of the Yr and the Information-Press Athlete of the Yr in 2012. In subsequent years, Kiara earned All-Space and All-State honors. The Dunbar Woman Tigers reached the Closing four in all 4 years of her enjoying profession and performed in three championship video games.
Dixon labored 12 instances at South Fort Myers Excessive Faculty. Performed 4 years of varsity soccer, basketball and observe. In soccer, he was the 2014 WINK Information Participant of the Yr, Information-Press All-Space Defensive Participant of the Yr, First Staff All-District Protection, First Staff All-State Protection and FACA State All Star Recreation Most Invaluable Participant. On the observe, Dixon was a three-time district champion within the 100 meters, a four-time district champion within the 4X100-meter relay and the 2015 state champion within the 4X100.
Fritz performed 4 seasons of ladies soccer for Mariner Excessive Faculty and earned all-county and all-state honors her freshman, sophomore and junior seasons earlier than graduating early. She was named MVP 3 times and set the county and college data for many targets scored in a season (66) and profession (185). Mariner gained three district championships and was fourth. Fritz was valedictorian of her class with a 5.91 GPA.
Houghton was a four-time LCAC All-County Staff choice in girls’s softball. She was the Fort Myers Excessive Faculty Defensive MVP in 1998, Offensive MVP in 1999 and workforce MVP in 2000 and 2001. Houghton is seventh within the nationwide highschool file guide for many hits in an extra-inning recreation. At Stetson College, she was voted to the ESPN The Journal/CoSIDA Tutorial All-America Third Staff in 2005 and was inducted into the Stetson Athletics Corridor of Fame in 2010.
Luster was a standout athlete in each soccer and observe at Estero Excessive Faculty. He earned All-LCAC and All-SWFL honors as a defensive again in 1988 and 1999. In 1989 and 1990 he was named to the LCAC All-Offense workforce and All-SWFL as a working again. In observe, Luster was named All-LCAC and All-SWFL within the 300 hurdles and an FHSAA state qualifier in 1990. Mississippi State College supplied Luster Estero Excessive Faculty’s first four-year scholarship to play soccer.
Phillips was the pinnacle wrestling coach at Mariner Excessive Faculty for 21 years. Received 4 district championships, three LCAC championships and one regional championship. His groups had been district runners-up eight instances and LCAC runners-up eight instances. In addition they positioned within the prime 10 on the state championship eight instances. Phillips has coached 49 state qualifiers, with 25 prime 6 finishes and 5 state championship wins. He was inducted into the Florida chapter of the Nationwide Wrestling Corridor of Fame in 2022.
Trepkowski was the women soccer coach at Ida S. Baker Excessive Faculty for eight years and led his workforce to the college’s solely state championship in 2012. Trepkowski compiled a powerful file of 150 wins, 31 losses and 21 of equalities. Within the 2009-2010 season, he led the Bulldogs to a 27-game profitable streak, the longest in Lee County highschool ladies soccer historical past.
Dr. Kagan volunteered his medical providers as a workforce doctor at Fort Myers Excessive Faculty from 1990 to 2023. To make sure the security of scholar athletes within the early 1990s, he paid for the county’s first on-site medical coach at Fort Myers Excessive Faculty Myers. Dr. Kagan coaches FMHS till he closes his apply in 2023. Dr. Kagan and his spouse Liz began fundraising for the district’s first artificial turf soccer discipline with a $250,000 donation.
The representatives shall be honored at a banquet on Thursday, April 18, on the Crowne Plaza Lodge. The banquet will start at 6pm and tickets can be found for buy for $30 per particular person. Tickets can be found on-line or by calling the district athletic workplace at 239-335-1479.