Meet the 2018 Silver Knight winners
2018 AWARDSThe founder of Amazon. The composer who wrote the score to Rocky. The first female U.S. ambassador in the Middle East. The former Surgeon General of the United States.
Their connection?
They were all winners of the Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald Silver Knight Awards, an accolade for outstanding high school seniors in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. Now in its 60th year, 742 seniors from 115 schools were nominated this year.
Of those, 15 students in Miami-Dade and 15 in Broward were named winners Thursday in a ceremony at the James L. Knight Center. They took home a Silver Knight statue, $2,000 and 25,000 American Airlines Advantage miles.
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Broward
Art
American Heritage
Sabrina Lin
Broward
Athletics
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Joseph Oprison
Broward
Business
North Broward Preparatory
Alexis Masciarella
Broward
Interactive Media
St. Thomas Aquinas
Colin Fitzgerald
Broward
Drama
St. Thomas Aquinas
Kelly Woodson
Broward
English
Fort Lauderdale High
Tomislav Lukic
Broward
General Scholarship
St. Thomas Aquinas
Alexa Hui
Broward
Journalism
Cypress Bay High
Rachel Friedman
Broward
Mathematics
St. Thomas Aquinas
Christine O’Dowd
Broward
Music & Dance
College Academy at Broward College
Chazriq Clarke
Broward
Science
St. Thomas Aquinas
Paige Pokryfke
Broward
Social Science
North Broward Preparatory
Carlee Goldberg
Broward
Speech
Coral Glades High
Kaitlyn Coyne
Broward
Vocational Technical
Archbishop McCarthy High
Joshua Honorat
Broward
World Languages
North Broward Preparatory
Regina Zavadzkas-Garza
Dade
Art
New World School of the Arts
Cristina Rodriguez
Dade
Athletics
Miami Country Day
Danielle Geathers
Dade
Business
Our Lady of Lourdes Academy
Megan de Armas
Dade
Interactive Media
Christopher Columbus High School
Antonio Castellanos
Dade
Drama
Miami Arts Studio
Emily Pasteris
Dade
English
Coral Park Senior High
Melissa Padron
Dade
General Scholarship
TERRA Environmental Research Institute
Gabriel Gonzalez
Dade
Journalism
Christopher Columbus High School
Christopher Ahrendt
Dade
Mathematics
Felix Varela Senior High
Kaytlin Alzugaray
Dade
Music & Dance
Coral Reef Senior High
Paloma Aisenberg
Dade
Science
Miami Country Day
Rachel Thomas
Dade
Social Science
MAST Academy
Tiana Headley
Dade
Speech
School for Advanced Studies, MDC Wolfson
Katherine Almendarez
Dade
Vocational Technical
Design and Architecture Senior High
Kayra Yasa
Dade
World Languages
School for Advanced Studies, MDC Wolfson
Gabriel Toja
This story was originally published May 17, 2018 at 9:30 PM with the headline "Meet the 2018 Silver Knight winners."