This award is presented by the Florida DECA Board of Advisors to a board member who has, over the years, accepted challenges and dared to inspire the very best in the people they have served.
Nominees must be recommended by a committee of one to three individuals from the Professional Division with the approval from the Florida DECA Board of Advisors. No more than two such awards may be presented in one year except under unusual circumstances. No recipient shall be eligible to receive the Eagles Dare to Achieve Award more than once. |
1983Carl Grieco
Miramar High School 1984Dave Green
Seminole CC 1985Edgar Fleming*
Florida Department of Education 1986Fred Reed
Edgewater High School 1988Richard Hoptar
Ft. Myers High School 1989Barbara Anderson
Hillsborough County Schools 1990Douglas Johnson
Florida Department of Education |
1991John Hilick
Hillsborough County Schools 1992Rhea Lighter
Cocoa High School 1994Jim King
Astronaut High School Dennis Sweetapple Spanish River High School 1996Arlen Mizell
Apopka High School 2000Lynore Levenhagen
Lyman High School 2003Jerry Holt
South Plantation High School |
2006Mark Rael*
Cooper City High School 2010Tammy DeLeonardo
Jupiter Community High School 2016
Carla Ross B.T. Washington High School Robert J. Hosier Cypress Bay High School 2017
Rochelle Stanfill Thomas Jefferson High School |