Tortuga Intern Honored with FSL Scholarship

DAYTONA BEACH, FL - The Daytona Tortugas, in conjunction with the Florida State League and the Miami Marlins, are proud to award the franchise's fourth FSL Scholarship to Theodore Cannon. Cannon is the Tortugas Creative Media Intern.
"It's a great honor that I was the one selected over everyone else involved in the internship program with the Daytona Tortugas," Cannon said about the award.
Cannon, an Irmo, South Carolina native, is a rising Junior at Clemson University, where he is majoring in Architecture with a Visual Arts minor.
He helped design jerseys, provide content for social media, and was instrumental in the game day production involving the new video board at The Jack, but he quickly learned that there things outside of your job description that go into the nightly production of a MiLB game.
"I was hired on as a graphic design intern and even though that is my official position, I have done a little bit of everything at the ballpark," Cannon stated. "I helped pull tarp, I've helped in concessions, and sometimes I helped with ticket sales."
The Florida State League Scholarship Committee awarded twelve $1,500 educational scholarships to applicants from each team in the league. The award is based on both financial need and grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. Students eligible for the scholarship must be an employee, or the child or grandchild of an employee, of the participating club from April 5 to September 2 and must be at least a high school junior by the 2018 fall term.
Cannon is going to use the scholarship money on supplies for the upcoming school year. "I can now afford things I couldn't before, which is great, so it's a little weight off my chest."
The Miami Marlins have sponsored this program for more than 18 years and have contributed over $200,000.
Cannon hopes to take his work ethic from the summer into the school year.  
"This is probably the most I've worked in any period, let alone the summer period." He added, "this has taught me to think things through in my head, allocate my time wisely, and give every task the desired amount of time."
Cannon was honored at Radiology Associates Field at Jackie Robinson Ballpark on Tuesday, August 7, prior to a Tortuga game against the Dunedin Blue Jays, by throwing out the first pitch.
"It's a great honor to be able to throw out the first pitch," Cannon mentioned prior to the moment. "The fact that they allowed an intern to do it is very interesting, hopefully I don't mess that up."
Cannon capped off the ceremony by firing a perfect strike.