RJ Hosay, Betrice Drayton and Jose Gonzalez, winners of the 2023 Giovanni Vitrano memorial scholarships

2023 Scholarship Winners Honored

We are proud to announce winners of the 2023 Giovanni Vitrano Memorial Scholarship: Jose Gonzalez (Chiles), Betrice Drayton (Rickards) & RJ Hosay (Maclay).

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Ethan Stewart

2022 Scholarship Winner

“When I first got the call to varsity my sophomore year Gio was the first person to come to me. He really taught me that in soccer, your team is family and you can’t really have anything like that so being able to receive a scholarship that’s in memory of Gio is awesome. It means I have a part of him that’s always going to be with me.”

Ron Vitrano

Gio’s Dad & Foundation President

“These are great high school students, athletes, pillars of the community. To be able to help out a little bit, I think that’s the key. It helps ease the pain of what happened. Giovanni died six and a half months ago, but to watch these young students and athletes walk away with these awards, it warms my heart.”

Jose Gonzalez

2023 Scholarship Winner

I’m overwhelmingly happy with winning the scholarship. Thank you to the foundation for this experience, it’s been incredible.

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Scholarship winners Jose Gonzalez, Betrice Drayton and RJ Hosay pose with their awards.

Jose Gonzalez - $6,000 Scholarship Winner

Jose co-founded the Physical Club and participated in Science Olympiad, the National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, and more. He led the Chiles Boys’ Soccer Team to the 2022 Gio Cup Championship and the 2022-23 District Championship. Jose will attend Penn in the fall. He is a first-generation college student attending Penn in the fall.

Betrice Drayton - $2,000 Scholarship Winner

Betrice is a talented soccer player who scored 41 goals in 14 games this season, ranking as one of only two girls in Leon County with 40+ goals. She is also an ABC 27 Scholar-Athlete of the Week award recipient and will attend West Florida College.

RJ Hosay - $2,000 Scholarship Winner

RJ is the Editor-in-Chief of The Andalusian School Newspaper and a member of the National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society, and All-Florida Scholastic Press Association. He scored 44 goals in his varsity soccer career at Maclay and was named ABC 27 Scholar-Athlete of the Week. RJ will attend the University of Florida.

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