August 7, 2024
West Leesburg CDC Grants Leesburg High Graduate Macey Campbell College Scholarship
By Kyle Coppola
West Leesburg CDC Grants Leesburg High Graduate Macey Campbell College Scholarship
Macey Campbell who contributed heavily to Leesburg High’s trumendous girls basketball season earlier this year which saw the Yellow Jackets make the Regional Finals was feeling the love on Tuesday. The West Leesburg Community Development Corporation Granted Campbell a scholarship as she begins her college career to be a registered nurse. She will be taking courses at Valencia College and UCF. Also receiving a college scholarship was Kanye Gaines who is headed to college in Kansas for Football.
(Macey Campbell stands with Fred Griffin Jr. along with her scholarship for $1,000.)
In attendance was Fred Griffin Jr. who seems to be everywhere these days. We appreciate what Fred does for the community. He presented Macey with the check for an undisclosed amount. Macey was very appreciative of the kind gestured. Her mother Tangela Campbell was also there. Macey is the daughter of Leesburg High basketball coach Sean Campbell.
She played in 16 games as the only senior on the Leesburg High roster. She contributed 2.6 points per game, 1.3 rebounds per game and helped Leesburg to a 24-2 record for the girls program which was one of the best records in school history. The only thing missing was a State Championship.
We are so happy for Macey Campbell and we wish her the best of luck in College!
Kyle Coppola was born in Newton, Massachusetts and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communications from Curry College in 2016. After traveling to Florida on a family vacation, he decided he could not get enough of the warm weather and made the move from snowy Massachusetts to central Florida 8 years ago.
For the last decade Kyle has gained valuable experience in social media content creation, marketing and sales, writing, video production, sports announcing and even broadcasting for local radio stations, such as FM 102.9 in The Villages and FM 91.5 in Massachusetts. Every year he volunteers at The Villages Charter High School as a play-by-play sports announcer for the football games as well as a public address announcer for the basketball games, including the annual Battle at The Villages Tournament.
Outside the office Kyle is a husband and father to two beautiful girls along with their cat. In his spare time he likes to spend time with his family, travel, play golf and swim. He is also a huge sports junkie and even bigger motorsports fan and loves to attend racing events when he can.
