{"id":893898,"date":"2026-05-17T17:42:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T17:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/893898\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T17:42:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T17:42:17","slug":"florida-lottery-jacksonville-jaguars-celebrate-high-school-student-athletes-at-gateway-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/893898\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Lottery, Jacksonville Jaguars celebrate high school student athletes at Gateway event"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gateway Conference Awards at Florida Theatre in downtown Jacksonville honored top athletes for academic success in Duval County schools.<\/p>\n

Some 350 student athletes from 17 public high schools across Duval County were honored for their performance on the field and academic achievements as well at the Gateway Conference Awards<\/a> in Jacksonville this month.<\/p>\n

The May 11 event at the Florida Theatre in downtown brought officials from the Florida Lottery<\/a> and the Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> to present the awards to the student athletes who compete in 22 different sports. Coaches, athletic directors, school administrators families and other community leaders attended the event. The student athletes being honored for their leadership were nominated by those school officials for their dedication both on and off the field.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis celebration goes far beyond athletic performance \u2014 it\u2019s about recognizing the discipline, commitment, and leadership these student-athletes demonstrate every day,\u201d\u00a0said\u00a0Florida Lottery Acting Secretary Reginald D. Dixon.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the Florida Lottery, our mission is to support education and create opportunity for Florida students, and these young leaders embody exactly what that investment is meant to build. We are proud to celebrate their achievements and support their continued journey toward success in school, in sports and in life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dixon added at the ceremony that there are additional measures of support for the athletes through the Florida Lottery Bright Futures Scholarship Program when they go on to attend college. The program assists students in higher education pursue their career goals.<\/p>\n

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Jacksonville\u2019s NFL franchise, the Jaguars, also added their support for the event as a partner. Team officials added the event shares values such as teamwork, preparation and perseverance that are essential to athletics.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cOnce again, the Jaguars are honored to celebrate high school students in the Gateway Conference Awards whose well-rounded accomplishments in academics, sports and beyond represent the complete package,\u201d said\u00a0Jaguars Senior Vice President and Chief Community Impact Officer Whitney Meyer.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir commitment to leadership and excellence sets them apart today and signals a bright future for Jacksonville as these students graduate and go on to make meaningful contributions to our community.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gateway Conference Awards at Florida Theatre in downtown Jacksonville honored top athletes for academic success in Duval County…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":893899,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2060],"tags":[120302,120303,19913,120304,7,120305,212,125,2401,213,6,120306,120307,4929,120308],"class_list":["post-893898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville-jaguars","tag-academic-achievements","tag-bright-futures","tag-duval-county","tag-florida-lottery","tag-football","tag-gateway-conference-awards","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-jaguars","tag-jacksonvillejaguars","tag-jaguars","tag-nfl","tag-reginald-d-dixon","tag-scholarship-program","tag-student-athletes","tag-whitney-meyer"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116591155478365705","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=893898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/893899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=893898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=893898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}