One student athlete will be selected per week during the 17-week celebration of young athletes.
Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, in collaboration with Miami Dolphins Radio Network, is recognizing exceptional high school athletes from Miami-Dade and Broward counties this football season. Parents, coaches, principals, and athletic directors are encouraged to nominate a high school athlete who has demonstrated outstanding sportsmanship, academic excellence, and athletic ability throughout the year.
Selected winners are being featured on iHeartMedia Miami stations Y100 and 103.5 The Beat.
Miami Dolphins Radio Network will choose one student athlete per week during the 17-week celebration of young athletes, which launched in September.
Each student “athlete of the week” winner will receive a $150 gift card, be recognized on Miami Dolphins Radio Network, and will be eligible for a “Student Athlete of the Year” scholarship to the college or the university of their choice.
“We are excited to once again join the Miami Dolphins Radio Network in recognizing exceptional young athletes in South Florida,” said Matthew A. Love, president and CEO of Nicklaus Children’s Health System, parent organization of the hospital. “As the leading pediatric hospital in South Florida, we are dedicated to ensuring that the student athletes and their families have access to the best possible care to support their athletic careers.”
For more information and to nominate a student athlete, visit the following links:
Y100 Miami https://y100.iheart.com/promotions/nicklaus-children-s-play-healthy-athlete-of-the-week-1690237/
1035 The Beat https://1035thebeat.iheart.com/promotions/nicklaus-childrens-play-healthy-athlete-of-1690235/
About Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Where Your Child Matters Most ™ (2025)
For 75 years, Nicklaus Children's has stood as a beacon of hope for children and families across the state of Florida and beyond. Nicklaus Children's Hospital is South Florida's #1 nonprofit, freestanding specialty licensed hospital exclusively for children serving close to 70 percent of children in the Miami metropolitan community. In addition, Nicklaus Children's offers care within NCH North Hospital in Naples, Jupiter Medical Center's De George Pediatric Unit and select Baptist Health Hospital pediatric emergency units. The hospital and its network of more of nearly 35 outpatient care locations offer lifesaving care in in Miami-Dade, Broward, Martin, and Palm Beach counties. These outpatient locations include an array of urgent care, pediatric primary care, and subspecialty care centers and are either hospital-based or outpatient locations under Nicklaus Children's Pediatric Specialists, LLC (NCPS). Providing a pipeline of future physicians and groundbreaking research, Nicklaus Children's is an academic and clinical affiliate of Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. Nicklaus Children's is home to centers of excellence including the Helen & Jacob Shaham Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute, the Nicklaus Children's Orthopedic, Sports Medicine and Spine Institute, Nicklaus Children's Neuroscience Institute and Nicklaus Children's Heart Institute. The 325-bed hospital is renowned for excellence in all aspects of pediatric medicine, with many programs routinely ranked among the nation's best by U.S. News & World Report since 2008. Nicklaus Children's also includes a nonprofit physician practice subsidiary with over 40 specialties, and an ambulatory surgery center.