Cape Coral MOAA President Col. Gary Nolan and Vice President COL Tom Wagner present national MOAA medals and certificates to 16 JROTC cadets representing each high school in Lee County. PROVIDED

Cape Coral MOAA President Col. Gary Nolan (USAF, Ret.) and Vice President COL Tom Wagner (USAR, Ret.) attended the JROTC Awards Ceremony earlier this month at South Fort Myers High School, where they handed out $2,000 Cape Coral MOAA Scholarships to three Lee County cadets and presented national MOAA medals and certificates to 16 JROTC cadets.

The event was a countywide event, representing JROTC units from all 16 Lee County high schools. One cadet from each of the 16 JRTOC units was presented the medal and certificate from Nolan and Wagner.

The three cadets presented the Cape Coral MOAA $2,000 scholarships were:

• Cadet Trentonn Olsen, Deputy Area Commander, Brigade Commander, Mariner High School. He has applied for ROTC and has been accepted at the University of South Florida and the University of Tampa.

• Cadet Melanie Leon-Vara, Area Commander and Brigade Commander, North Fort Myers High School. She has applied for ROTC and has been accepted at the University of South Florida and the University of Tampa.

• Cadet Jacob Martinez, Brigade Commander, Cape Coral High School. He has applied for ROTC and has been accepted at Valley Forge Military College in Wayne, PA.