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2019 Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland Youth of the Year Frank Austin and President/CEO Ron Soeder are scheduled to be on WTAM at 7:20 a.m. Monday on the Morning News with Wills and Snyder. Tune in! ... See MoreSee Less

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ICYMI: Thanks to Frank Wiley and WEWS-TV for this story on the annual water deliver trip made by Saint Luke's Club Director Earl Ingram and Club members to people in Flint, Michigan. ... See MoreSee Less

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Frank Austin, a senior at Max S. Hayes High School and a youth leader in the Slavic Village neighborhood, has been named Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland’s Youth of the Year for 2019.

Frank,18, who attends the Broadway Club and is a junior staff member there, was honored at today’s BGCC Breakfast of Champions and Youth of the Year Recognition event at Cuyahoga Community College. Finishing second was Ti’yonna Scott of John Adams High School and the John Adams Teen Center, while Danesha McKinney and Doriann Johnson, both students at Jane Addams Business Career Center and members of the King Kennedy Club, tied for third.

Frank, who will now move on to state competition April 5-6 in Perrysburg, Ohio, said he was angry and in need of direction when he and his siblings lost their mother unexpectedly four years ago.

“I found that direction at Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland,” he said. “They had everything -- a basketball court, games, computers, books and music. Most importantly, it was a place where I could just be a teen.”

Frank was the recipient of scholarships from Cleveland Indians Charities, the BGCC Women's Board, Matrix Trade Institute and Liberty Ford as well as a special gift from Spectrum Reach.

At Friday’s event, Cuyahoga Community College President Alex Johnson gave the keynote address and was honored as Youth Champion of the Year. Master of ceremonies was WEWS anchor Frank Wiley.

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