Class of 2025 Student-Athlete Seniors

Attention student-athletes in the class of 2025, applications are now being accepted for the Don O’Connell Scholarship. Now in its second year, the Don O’Connell Scholarship is awarded to student-athletes who reside on Marco Island, Goodland, or Isles of Capri.  

Don O’Connell was a softball player in the Marco Island Senior Softball League (MISSL) who died following a courageous battle with cancer in November of 2023.A loving husband, father and friend, O’Connell embodied the MISSL’s values of sportsmanship, leadership, respect and fairness. Those same qualities are being sought for the 2025 student-athlete candidates seeking this scholarship. To read more about Don and the creation of the Don O’Connell Scholarship Fund as well as the 2024 recipients, please visit the online version of the Coastal Breeze from April 4, 2024 and June 6, 2024. In addition, the MISSL will be donating proceeds from a raffle to be held at the League’s annual dinner dance to be held on Saturday, February 8, 2025.  

In conjunction with Collier County Public Schools and the Collier County Community Foundation, Don O’Connell Scholarship applications can be downloaded at:  

https://www.swflscholarships.org/finder/search/scholarship/?id=565 

Upon completing your application, either submit it to your guidance counselor or mail it to: Don O’Connell Scholarship Fund, 337 Vintage Bay Dr. Unit 31, Marco Island, FL 34145. Applications are to be postmarked by April 11, 2025.  

For more information or questions, please email to donoconnellfund@gmail.com.