KUDOS: Cherokee's Alexa Antonelli gets Widener University leadership award.

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Cherokee High School junior Alexa Antonelli leads as an athlete, which earned her the Widener University/NBC10 High School Leadership Award recently.

“Alexa is an important leader on her field hockey and swim teams. She provides encouragement and support for her teammates, but most importantly, models outstanding character and work ethic. Alexa is exactly the type of mature, kind, and articulate student that Cherokee is proud to have represent them,” Cherokee guidance counselor Matthew McMullen said in a November 24 statement from the Lenape Regional High School District.

The award recognizes 160 students from New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware high schools and includes a $20,000 four-year scholarship to Widener should the recipient attend the Chester, Pennsylvania school.