WATCH: Steve Wilson Talks With Letwan Sutton, National Business Aviation Association Top 40 Under 40 Awardee

Rockledge High School/Florida Tech Graduate Continues to Make an Impact in the Aviation Industry

WATCH: Letwan Sutton talks with the Friday Night Locker Room’s Steve Wilson at the Erdman Automotive Studio in Cocoa. Sutton is a graduate of Rockledge High School and Florida Tech and is a recipient of the 2023 National Business Aviation Association Top 40 Under 40 Award. He is currently Manager of Aviation Tax at MySky.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – I recently had the opportunity to sit down and talk with former Rockledge Raider and Florida Tech Panther, Letwan Sutton. The last time I saw him he was volunteering at Trinity Lutheran School, and prior to that, he was on the football field playing for the Panthers.

Sutton’s athletic career may be behind him, but it has not slowed him down one bit.

During his high school years, Sutton made the decision that he wanted to be an engineer. He enrolled in one of the top engineering colleges in the country in the Florida Institute of Technology.

His first semester he declared General Studies as a major, which he thought would be a prelude to an engineering degree. However, as a member of the FIT Panthers football team, Sutton traveled quite a bit via air. It was at that time that he became interested in business aviation.

After taking an Introduction to Aviation course, he was hooked!  He then changed his major to Aviation Management and never looked back.

Sutton is currently Manager of Aviation Tax at MySky. Just last year, he became a recipient of the 2023 National Business Aviation Association Top 40 Under 40 Award.

I put Sutton on the spot when I asked him what he would like to be doing 10 years from now. He said, “I would like to be a CPA managing taxes, which is what I do now, but I would be a director.” He continued, “I would be teaching, what I am learning now.” Sutton said he would like to possibly own his own business as well, and said, “That is my dream scenario.”

Do not bet against Letwan Sutton. He is a very special young man with a lot of talent. He is the type that if he puts his mind to it, he will do it!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Steve Wilson was born in DeRidder, Louisiana and grew up in both New Orleans and Macon, Georgia.  He moved to Brevard County in 1984 and retired from local government as the Community Advocate/Assistant to the City Manager with the City of Rockledge in 2018.

Among the awards and accolades Steve has received over the years are 15 + year Rockledge Little League volunteer, Brevard Public School Jefferson Award Recipient, Rockledge High School Raider Booster Award 2001, 2006, City of Rockledge Employee of the Year 2006, Rockledge Kiwanian of the Year 2006-2007, City of Rockledge Quality Public Service Award 2008, 2012, 2017, Rockledge Kiwanis Citizen of the Year 2012-2013, Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame – Sportscasting 2015, Rockledge High School Leadership and Service Award 2016, Central Florida Humanitarian Award 2017, Space Coast Inspiration Award – 2018,  Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame – Lifetime Achievement – 2020, Ecofest Achievement Award – 2022, Quality Floridian Award – 2022, presented by U.S. Congressman Bill Posey.

Wilson is especially proud of his chairing two fundraisers in support of pediatric cancer research through the St. Baldrick’s Foundation in honor of Merritt Island resident Julie Spurlock that raised over $25,000.00.

He has been a partner, along with Orville Susong, for the past 24 years with the Friday Night Locker Room, a broadcasting team that covers and reports on a wide variety of local events that are of significance to the residents of the Space Coast and beyond. Their mission is to promote youth sports, support first responders and law enforcement personnel, and showcase community and charitable events that are produced by our nonprofit partners in central Florida.

The Friday Night Locker Room has awarded hundreds of sports achievement plaques to Brevard County student-athletes over the years. They have also awarded more than $18,000 in academic scholarships to Brevard County high school seniors.

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