{"id":27904,"date":"2013-11-05T14:51:53","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T19:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=27904"},"modified":"2013-11-05T14:51:53","modified_gmt":"2013-11-05T19:51:53","slug":"riverdale-high-school-student-named-wendys-high-school-heisman-state-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2013\/11\/riverdale-high-school-student-named-wendys-high-school-heisman-state-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Riverdale High School Student Named Wendy\u2019s High School Heisman State Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_27905\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27905\" style=\"width: 203px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27905\" title=\"Chenelle Walker\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Chenelle-Walker.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"271\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27905\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wendy\u2019s High School Heisman State Winner Chenelle Walker with Riverdale High School Principal Jerry Demming.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Riverdale High School\u00a0is proud to announce that senior\u00a0Chenelle Walker\u00a0has been named a State Winner for the Wendy\u2019s High School Heisman Award. Since 1994, the Wendy\u2019s High School Heisman Program has honored more than 395,000 of the nation\u2019s most esteemed high school seniors in partnership with the Heisman Memorial Trophy\u00ae Committee.\u00a0Like the Heisman Memorial Trophy Committee, the Wendy\u2019s program believes in the pursuit of athletic and academic excellence with integrity. In addition to honoring student accomplishments, the Wendy\u2019s High School Heisman Program inspires all future high school students to pursue their higher education goals. The Award is an honor reserved for students who excel in academics, athletics and leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Chenelle currently holds a GPA of 5.08 at Riverdale and is a member of the top 1% of all seniors in Lee County academically.\u00a0 As a student-athlete, she is a four year varsity member of the volleyball, basketball and track teams.\u00a0 Chenelle truly shines in the sport of volleyball \u2013 she is a two year All-Conference member for both the Lee County Athletic Conference and the Florida Coaches Association.<\/p>\n<p>On\u00a0Wednesday, November 13th, Chenelle will sign a Letter of Intent to play volleyball at the\u00a0University of Iowa, a member school of the Big Ten Athletic Conference.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->As a leader in the Riverdale Raider community, Chenelle is enrolled in the school\u2019s International Baccalaureate (I.B.) program, National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Math Team, Interact Club, Chorus and Art Club.\u00a0 As if that weren\u2019t enough, she volunteers in her spare time as the Alzheimer\u2019s Art Therapy Director at the Winkler Court Rehabilitation Center.\u00a0 Of Chenelle\u2019s achievements,\u00a0Principal Jerry Demming\u00a0states, \u201cWe are so proud to have a young lady like Chenelle Walker to represent the Riverdale Raider community.\u201d\u00a0 As she accepted the news of winning the Wendy\u2019s High School Heisman Award for Florida, Chenelle stated, \u201cI want to thank God for allowing me to have my friends, family and the support I have received at Riverdale High School for fulfilling my dreams.\u201d\u00a0 For more information about the Wendy\u2019s High School Heisman Award please visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendyshighschoolheisman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.wendyshighschoolheisman.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riverdale High School\u00a0is proud to announce that senior\u00a0Chenelle Walker\u00a0has been named a State Winner for the Wendy\u2019s High School Heisman Award. 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