UNICO presents Brian Piccolo Award to Kai Vitella

UNICO Delaware District 1 presented Cape Henlopen High School student Kai Vitella with its 2nd Annual Brian Piccolo Award at a luncheon at Nicola Pizza May 3. This award, established in 1977, is given to a local senior athlete of Italian-American heritage who exhibits the character traits modeled by the legendary football star of the Chicago Bears in the late 1960s.

Those character traits are courage, friendship, loyalty, teamwork, dedication, sense of humor and anti-bias. The student recipient of the award receives a plaque to commemorate this national honor.

All nominees and their coach and/or family member will be honored guests at the dinner, and the students will receive a book on Italian heritage, a DVD on the life of Brian Piccolo, and gift certificates from local restaurants, movies and activities centers.

The winner’s high school athletic department will receive a donation of $1,000, which will therefore benefit students of all ethnic backgrounds.