Talented teen, 19, who was born in a prison and spent 14 years in foster homes wins a $40,000 scholarship to play football at Florida Tech Nyre Handy, 19, was adopted as a 14-year-old after spending his early life in six different foster homes having been born in prison and then given up into care Amal-Brenal and Bill Kibler adopted him after they were touched by his caring and polite nature compared to some of the other young boys in the foster home After showing talent as a footballer, Handy developed and was offered a chance to play for Florida Tech university - and then landed a $40,000 scholarship too 'I came from basically nothing, having nothing, it's just hard to say that I won a $40,000 scholarship,' said Handy, as he collected the award this week Never let anyone tell you you can't do something, because I've been told that millions of times, and it's definitely not true,' Handy said, in a powerful message
By Rod Ardehali For Dailymail.com
Published: 15:14 BST, 11 May 2019 | Updated: 15:14 BST, 11 May 2019
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A teenager who was born in prison and spent the first 14 years of his life bouncing from care home to care home before finally being adopted has won a $40,000 scholarship to study at Florida Tech.
Talented football player Nyre Handy, 19, moved his adoptive parents to tears when he signed his letter of intent to play for the college team, having only picked up a ball for the first time five years before.
And their pride was doubled when Handy won the Patricia Means Scholarship, given out by the Southwest Florida Community Foundation, which will go towards his college tuition.
