Midfielder Jaiye Sheppard and Alexcia Ali were named the Boys and Girls Secondary Schools League Players of the Year for 2019.

With a top score of 14 goals, Shep­pard of Presentation College who is also a member of the National Under 17 team,  was pre­vi­ous­ly short­list­ed among the League’s top five play­ers, that in­clud­ed San Juan North’s Em­manuel John, Josi­ah King of Cara­pichaima, Tyrese Spicer (St Au­gus­tine) and Isa Bram­ble of Na­pari­ma Col­lege.

Af­ter­wards, Shep­pard, who was the key man in his team’s south zone In­ter­Col crown and first-ever Co­ca Co­la Na­tion­al In­ter­Col ti­tle, said he  be­lieves the award will be a tremen­dous boost for his team for this sea­son, start­ing in Sep­tem­ber.

 As he enters his fi­nal year in school, Shep­pard said he plans to im­prove him­self, re­gard­less of where he ends up. “My plan is to make it as far as pos­si­ble, whether that takes me abroad or lo­cal­ly, as long as I grow while I go on.”

Alexcia Ali guid­ed Pleas­antville to the south zone and Na­tion­al In­ter­Col ti­tles.  They were both awarded at a ceremony on Thursday evening.