2026 CONFERENCE WINNERS   
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Special Recognition Awards

   NCWA/FGCU - Fulbright Fellows Director ($500)
     Dr. Ally Zhou
   
   MUN Faculty Coach Award ($500)
     Dr. Ronald Young (Canterbury High School)

SWFLMUN XXXIII Awards

   Mo Winograd Memorial Special Team Competition Awards
                    Combatting the Global Teen Mental Health Crisis
      1st place:  $2,000 - Cypress Lake High School        (Funded by Howard & Nancy Cohen)
      2nd place: $1,500 - Donahue Academy                  (Funded by Rollie Crawford)
      3rd place:  $1,300 - Port Charlotte High School       (Funded by Patrick Mattingly & Jill Force)
      4th place: ​ $1,000 - Cardinal Mooney High School   (Funded by Bob and Erna Place)
       5th place: $   500 - Gulf Coast High School             (Funded by Linda and Adam Crescenzi)

​​   Lynn Knox Coach of the Year Award ($750 each)  (Funded by Rollie Crawford)
     Elizabeth Smith (Cardinal Mooney High School)
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​   Position Paper Awards                
              School                                 Delegate
      1st:   Cardinal Mooney                 Cristina Marie Peterson  ($2,500 Barbra Markel Memorial award)
      2nd:  North Fort Myers                  Stefany Saldana             ($2,000 Ron Gymer Memorial award)
      3rd:   Canterbury High School       Azriela Contreras           ($1,500 Mark & Cathy Walchak)
      4th:   Gateway High School          Ashley Chen                   ($1,000 Mary & James Gately)
      5th:  Canterbury High School       Ari Magas                        ($   800 Wyman Family Foundation)
      5th:  Aubrey Rogers High School Luke Brown                     ($   800 Wyman Family Foundation)     
      7th:   Gulf Coast High School       Lavya Patel                       ($   500 Mark Schwab)     
      8th:   Port Charlotte High School  Mary De Jesus                ($   400 Jan & Mike Johnson)     
      9th:   Donahue Academy              Anna Fulmer                  ($   300 Marvin & Helaine Lender)
    10th:   Plant City High School         Grace Gulke                 ($  250 Judi Palay)     
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   Diana McGowan Most Improved School Award  ($500)
      Bishop Verot High School (Coach: Rob Schmidbauer)

   Outstanding Team Leadership Award  ($1,000 per team)
      Gateway High School
      Bishop Verot High School
      Cypress Lake High School

  2026 Caucus Awards - $250 per winner
     Fort Myers            Zaara Rahman       Press Corps
     Gulf Coast            Catherine Saadeh  Conference on Trade and Development
     Cypress Lake       John Harris             GA 5th Committee
 
  Mo Winograd Outstanding Delegate Award  ($1,500)
     Azriella Contreras (Canterbury School)

  Committee Awards
      A gavel and $1,000 to 1st place for each committee
     





























   























































 

Amb. Gregor Zore Memorial Top Schools Awards

         1st place - $1,000 2nd place - $750 3rd place - $500

 

   Larger Delegation:

1. Gulf Coast High School

2. Cypress Lake High School

3. Aubrey Rogers High School

 

   Smaller Delegation:

1. Barron Collier High School

2. Bishop Verot High School

3. Babcock High School

Single Year Performance Awards
    
     Best Single Year Performance by a Junior ($1,000 each)
        Larger Delegation: Timothy Harrison, Gulf Coast High School
        Smaller Delegation: Tristan Capo, Barron Collier High School

     Best Single Year Performance by a Sophomore ($1,000 each)
        Larger Delegation: Leilah Lansiquot, Gulf Coast High School
        Smaller Delegation: Edison Filner, Barron Collier High School

     Best Single Year Performance by a Freshman  ($1,000 each)
        Larger Delegation:  Luke Brownlee, Gulf Coast High School
        Smaller Delegation:  Riya Shah, Canterbury School
  
​Multiyear Performance Awards​

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Larger delegations

   Mimi Gregory Award ($2,500) 

       Arya Rajaram - Gulf Coast High School

   Ron Gymer Memorial Award ($2,500)

       Vibhav Nimmagadda - Gulf Coast High School

 

Smaller delegations

   Thomas J. O’Gorman Memorial Award ($2,500)

       Stefany Saldana - North Fort Myers High School

   Jinny and John Johnson Award ($2,500)

       Savannah L Truax - Bishop Verot High School

 

Ralph J. Bunche Award – All schools eligible  ($5,500)

   Catherine Saadeh - Gulf Coast High School

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